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LateNite<p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/BookStadon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookStadon</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/bookstores" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstores</span></a></p>
Atlas Obscura<p>Lovecraft Arts &amp; Sciences in Providence, Rhode Island</p><p>This bookstore for weird fiction doubles as Providence’s de facto center for information about H.P. Lovecraft.<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=bookstores" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstores</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=hplovecraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hplovecraft</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=section-Atlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>section-Atlas</span></a><br><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/lovecraft-arts-sciences" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lovecraft Arts &amp; Sciences</a></p>
Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Black</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Bookstores" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstores</span></a> Will Never Die</p><p><a href="https://nextcity.org/features/black-bookstores-will-never-die" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nextcity.org/features/black-bo</span><span class="invisible">okstores-will-never-die</span></a></p>
Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p>The 12 Most Popular <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libraries</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bookstores" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstores</span></a> on Earth</p><p><a href="https://www.mentalfloss.com/worlds-most-popular-libraries-bookstores" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mentalfloss.com/worlds-most-po</span><span class="invisible">pular-libraries-bookstores</span></a></p>
Free Software Foundation<p>Craig Topham, our Copyright &amp; Licensing Associate, got together with the founder of <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/Abelujo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Abelujo</span></a>, a <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a> solution for managing <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/BookStores" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookStores</span></a>. Read about Abelujo's backstory, uses, and future here: <a href="https://u.fsf.org/46d" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">u.fsf.org/46d</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/FSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FSF</span></a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/AGPLv3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AGPLv3</span></a></p>
Architecture News<p>DesignBoom : lllab. clads pageone vinyl concept bookstore’s interiors with wood in beijing <a href="https://www.designboom.com/architecture/lllab-pageone-vinyl-concept-bookstores-interiors-wood-beijing-03-25-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">designboom.com/architecture/ll</span><span class="invisible">lab-pageone-vinyl-concept-bookstores-interiors-wood-beijing-03-25-2025/</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/woodandtimberarchitectureanddesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>woodandtimberarchitectureanddesign</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/architectureinbeijing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>architectureinbeijing</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/retailinteriors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retailinteriors</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>architecture</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bookstores" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstores</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/readers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>readers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/lllab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lllab</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/vinyl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vinyl</span></a></p>
katzenberger 🇺🇦<p>100 <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> to get to know <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a>, in all of its facets.</p><p>Many links to Amazon in there, I recommend to order and buy at local <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/bookstores" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstores</span></a> instead, or via ethically acceptable mail-order alternatives.</p><p>»100 books from Ukraine or about Ukraine are presented in this selection. They were all published after 1991, were written in different <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/genres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genres</span></a>, and communicate a wide range of topics. They each represent Ukrainian <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/identity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>identity</span></a> in their own way. Our list focuses on <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/German" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>German</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/French" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>French</span></a> translations.«</p><ul><li><a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> and politics</li><li><a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a></li><li><a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/Fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fiction</span></a></li><li><a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a></li><li><a href="https://mastodon.de/tags/Children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Children</span></a>'s literature</li></ul><p><a href="https://pen.org.ua/en/100-knyzhok-yaki-dopomozhut-zrozumity-ukrayinu" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pen.org.ua/en/100-knyzhok-yaki</span><span class="invisible">-dopomozhut-zrozumity-ukrayinu</span></a></p>
Melbourne Doco Film Fest<p>BOOKSTORES: How to Read More Books in the Golden Age of Content <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstores" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstores</span></a> <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lIW5jBrrsS0&amp;vl=en" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">m.youtube.com/watch?v=lIW5jBrr</span><span class="invisible">sS0&amp;vl=en</span></a></p>
Dan Wagstaff<p>“Get up, the store’s on fire.”</p><p>Brad Johnson, owner of East Bay Booksellers, on the destruction and rebirth of a bookstore:</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/the-things-we-learned-in-the-fire-on-the-destruction-and-rebirth-of-a-bookstore/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/the-things-we-learn</span><span class="invisible">ed-in-the-fire-on-the-destruction-and-rebirth-of-a-bookstore/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstores" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstores</span></a></p>
Sadie<p>Made the switch from Audible to Libro.fm, so I could support independent <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bookstores" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstores</span></a> instead of Amaz0n. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/audiobooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>audiobooks</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm790989" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm7</span><span class="invisible">90989</span></a></p>
Prism & Pen<p>Beyond the book choices, there’s also the fact that there’s something enlivening, invigorating, and even life-giving about getting together with other queer folk to talk about queer things.<br><a href="https://buff.ly/43kHkCn" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">buff.ly/43kHkCn</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://stranger.social/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://stranger.social/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://stranger.social/tags/QueerSpaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QueerSpaces</span></a> <a href="https://stranger.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://stranger.social/tags/BookStores" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookStores</span></a></p>
HeiDe<p><a href="https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/editorial/2025-02-12/ty-article-opinion/.premium/in-post-october-7-israel-a-childrens-coloring-book-is-considered-a-ticking-time-bomb/00000194-f6e5-dd03-add7-f7e7302d0000" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">haaretz.com/opinion/editorial/</span><span class="invisible">2025-02-12/ty-article-opinion/.premium/in-post-october-7-israel-a-childrens-coloring-book-is-considered-a-ticking-time-bomb/00000194-f6e5-dd03-add7-f7e7302d0000</span></a> (€) On Sunday, police raided two branches of the Educational Bookshop chain in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EastJerusalem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EastJerusalem</span></a>. The officers went through the shelves, read the titles of books in Arabic using Google Translate, confiscated dozens of the books, hinted that an edition of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Haaretz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Haaretz</span></a> English could be considered incitement and arrested the store's owners. dozens of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israelis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israelis</span></a> have visited the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Muna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Muna</span></a> family's <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstores" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstores</span></a> to buy books and show <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solidarity</span></a>.</p>
LB Thomas 💎🏳️‍🌈<p>"Bookshop.org enters the e-book arena, giving indie stores a new way to compete with Amazon"</p><p>[It is not yet available for non-Android eReaders (e.g., Kobo, Kindle, Nook)] ". . . but Hunter says that’s the company’s next step – a necessary one given that Amazon’s e-reader is the preferred device of three-quarters of digital bibliophiles."</p><p><a href="https://www.salon.com/2025/01/28/bookshoporg-enters-the-e-book-arena-giving-indie-stores-a-new-way-to-compete-with/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">salon.com/2025/01/28/bookshopo</span><span class="invisible">rg-enters-the-e-book-arena-giving-indie-stores-a-new-way-to-compete-with/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/eBook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eBook</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Bookstores" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstores</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/LocalBookstores" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LocalBookstores</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/writers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>writers</span></a></span></p>
Stephen Coles<p><a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Bookstores" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstores</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/BookDealers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookDealers</span></a> are essential to curators. Not just for finding specific items, but for recommending others. Can’t tell you how many times I found what I was seeking at a shop, but was then introduced to stuff I should have been seeking. Curation enables curation (however you want to define it).</p>
Courtney<p>The moment I've been waiting for has arrived! <br>Bookshop.org is now selling ebooks<br><a href="https://www.engadget.com/mobile/tablets/bookshoporg-is-now-selling-ebooks-113033975.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">engadget.com/mobile/tablets/bo</span><span class="invisible">okshoporg-is-now-selling-ebooks-113033975.html</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/readersofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>readersofmastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstores" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstores</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/booklovers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>booklovers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/booksky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>booksky</span></a></p>
StanceOfMind<p>BookshopOrg is launching an ebook store to take on Amazon.</p><p>Local bookstores should benefit from ebooks, too, BookshopOrg thinks. Making that happen at scale will take a fight.</p><p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/597137/bookshop-org-ebooks" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theverge.com/tech/597137/books</span><span class="invisible">hop-org-ebooks</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/BookshopOrg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookshopOrg</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/eBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eBooks</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Bookstores" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstores</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a></p>
Anne Deschaine<p>Oh wow! Bookshop has ebooks now!! Support your local bookshop(s)!!!*</p><p><a href="https://bookshop.org/ebooks" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bookshop.org/ebooks</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>* I don't see them on the UK site yet, but hopefully it's coming!</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/bookstores" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstores</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/bookshops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookshops</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/shopLocal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shopLocal</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/shopIndie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shopIndie</span></a></p>
Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Bookshop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bookshop</span></a>.org is launching <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ebooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ebooks</span></a> to help <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/local" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>local</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bookstores" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstores</span></a> compete with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Kindle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kindle</span></a></p><p>The challenger brand to Amazon’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hegemony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hegemony</span></a> has big plans to build further, starting with a new <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ebook</span></a> initiative.</p><p><a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/91267652/bookshop-org-is-launching-e-books-to-help-local-bookstores-compete-with-amazons-kindle" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fastcompany.com/91267652/books</span><span class="invisible">hop-org-is-launching-e-books-to-help-local-bookstores-compete-with-amazons-kindle</span></a></p>
Nelson GonçalvesCentesima Página, an independent bookstore in Braga (Portugal)<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Braga?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Braga</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/100pagina?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#100pagina</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookstores?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstores</a>
John Wilker 👨🏽‍💻<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://urbanists.social/@HyL" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>HyL</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodo.neoliber.al/@petes_bread_eqn_xls" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>petes_bread_eqn_xls</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60abeedec121630b3a504099/1623724831995-C2JRNUMWKR09QYKSXNNR/mike+the+bike%2C+a+delivery+bicycle+at+bookbar+in+denver" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">images.squarespace-cdn.com/con</span><span class="invisible">tent/v1/60abeedec121630b3a504099/1623724831995-C2JRNUMWKR09QYKSXNNR/mike+the+bike%2C+a+delivery+bicycle+at+bookbar+in+denver</span></a></p><p>My local indie bookstore (RIP) had Mike the Bike.</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/bookstores" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstores</span></a></p>