Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
Mind if I share some exciting news?
We’ve officially raised over $45 MILLION for local bookstores 🥳
Bookshop.org is SIX today. 🥳
In these six years, we’ve raised over $44 MILLION for local bookstores—and we have all of YOU to thank for that.
Thank you for loving and supporting indie bookstores as much as we do.
Fun fact: Your local bookstore is doing more to protect you and your neighbors than Amazon is.
A major newspaper publishing guide to help people identify the munitions their government is using against them is a real "Late Republic America" timepeice that future historians will comment on.
Naming a police officer is not doxxing. We aren’t supposed to have secret police in America.
If your resolution this year is to support more independent bookstores, hi!👋🏽
We’re Bookshop.org, an ethical alternative to Amazon for buying books online where every purchase supports indie bookstores all over the U.S. 😌📚
(And our CEO has never gone to space, just saying)
Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."
If your business model doesn’t work without breaking the law, then you’re not in business.
You’re in organized crime.
PSA: Because of readers’ support, this Independent Bookstore Day was not only the largest Bookstore Day ever for so many bookshops, but their biggest day of sales ever. We at Libro.fm also had our biggest day of sales ever, all of which supported indie bookshops across the globe.
Rule no. 1: Support indie bookshops this indie bookstore day and all year long!
Rule no. 2: Listen to rule number one 🥰
Our Indie Bookshop Appreciation Sale starts TODAY! Every purchase supports your indie bookshop. (Can you-know-who say that?) 🥳
libro.fm/sale
Personally, I think it should be front page news for at least a month if a sitting US President is using falsified evidence to try and deny due process to a man who has committed no crime, but that’s just me
This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
✅ Calendars marked for our Indie Bookshop Appreciation Sale starting on 4/21. Every purchase supports the indie bookshop of your choice!
✅ Calendars marked for Indie Bookstore Day on 4/26 ❤️
(And calendars NOT marked for another certain sale oh-so-coincidentally taking place the same week...)
I mean very obviously Hegseth should resign, and if it were a Democratic administration this would be quickly be a consensus position.
PSA that we can support both our independent bookshop AND public library ❤️
They play such a vital role in our local communities, and they both need our support to stay open and keep offering valuable resources.
It's not either/or, but both/and 🥰
When AOC and Adam Kinzinger are both furious at Chuck Schumer, for the exact same reason, maybe you need to give up the idea this is just a backlash coming from far left activists.
Though a certain ~boycott~ ends tomorrow, indie bookshops need our support all year long.
We're not going anywhere 💓
The FAA approved another launch before the last crash investigation was completed — and it ended in another disaster.
Why is SpaceX getting a free pass from DOGE cuts? 🤔
When Amazon launched in 1995, there were 5,500 indie bookshops in the U.S., with 7,000 locations. By May of 2023, that number had decreased to 2,185 indies & 2,599 locations.
When you purchase audiobooks via Libro.fm vs. Audible, you directly support indie bookshops. Let's make that number grow ❤️
This February, we saw a 275% increase in new Libro.fm memberships compared to February 2024.
More and more individuals are choosing to support their independent bookshop—and their local communities—over Amazon/Audible. Thank you for supporting your indie with us ❤️
Why should you switch to Libro.fm for audiobooks?
➡️ We share profits with indie bookshops
➡️ Booksellers drive our recs, not algorithms
➡️ You actually own your audiobooks
➡️ We are real people, not bots
➡️ Reader requests drive our tech updates
➡️ We're an employee-owned, Social Purpose Corporation
So let me see if I have this right - hundreds of thousands are getting/have been laid off, the economy is about to nosedive from tariffs, a measles outbreak is currently spreading with bird flu waiting in the wings, and now he wants to blow up the farm industry?
And this is going to make us great?
As a certain ~date~ given by a certain ~corporation~ approaches, after which users will no longer be able to download their ebooks...
We're DRM-free, meaning you actually own your audiobooks. You can download the files whenever, & listen to them wherever.
I know, I know...not ebooks. But still 😉
This is the energy. Gloves off.
I loved it right away, even though I missed a lot of things he was doing. Grateful to all the folks who broke down the performance so I could appreciate it even more!
No, but if you’re looking for one, I am aware of a guy you work with that was indicted four times and convicted of thirty-four felonies.
Banned/challenged books are often difficult reads with jarring content, but we can't shield ourselves nor our children from the realities of the world forever - it's better to build empathy and understanding through books, especially by reading books by/about marginalized people.
Are you looking for an Audible alternative but not fully convinced yet on moving away? What if we told you all of your purchases support indie bookshops? Or that we are employee-owned and community driven?
Let us know what questions you have about Libro.fm—we'd love to help make the switch easy 💓
