On March 12, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf asked all nonessential retailers in Montgomery County to close for two weeks. Since then, I’ve seen seen several tweets mentioning Bookshop.org, an online bookstore that provides financial support to indie bookstores. As the website is still in beta, some of the search functions can be a bit clunky, and the individual book pages found through the general search don’t give you the option to buy from a specific store. (You can read more about how sales are distributed on Bookshop.org’s About page.)
I’ve started a working list of online storefronts of bookstores for those looking to support their local businesses or help shops in areas hit especially hard by coronavirus (starting off with my own county’s indie bookstores).
Update March 20th: Good news! Bookshop.org now has a store locator function. Check it out!
In light of this development, I’ve shortened the list to stores that don’t (yet) have Bookshop.org pages, and will try to keep that updated as more join.
Greater Philadelphia
New York (Westchester, Nassau, and Rockland Counties)
New Jersey (Bergen, Essex, and Monmouth Counties)
Washington (King County)
California (Los Angeles, Santa Clara, San Diego, and San Mateo Counties)
Michigan (Wayne County)
Illinois (Cook County)
Louisiana (Jefferson County
Georgia (Fulton and Cobb Counties)
Florida (Miami-Dade County
Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Colorado (Denver and Eagle Counties)
Greater Philadelphia
- Town Book Center (Collegeville)
- The Doylestown Bookshop (Doylestown)
- Book & Puppet Company (Easton)
- Let’s Play Books! (Emmaus)
- Jazams (Lahaska)
- Farley’s Bookshop (New Hope)
- Newtown Bookshop (Newtown)
- Amalgam Comics (Philadelphia)
- Joseph Fox (Philadelphia)
- Giovanni’s Room (Philadelphia)
- Head House Books (Philadelphia)
- House of Our Own (Philadelphia)
- Penn Book Center (Philadelphia)
- The Spiral Bookcase (Philadelphia)
- The Head and the Arm (Philadelphia)
- Main Point Books (Wayne)
New York (Westchester, Nassau, and Rockland Counties)
- Split Rock Books (Cold Spring)
- Escape Pod Comics (Huntington)
- Pickwick Bookshop (Nyack)
- Bronx River Books (Scarsdale)
New Jersey (Bergen, Essex, and Monmouth Counties)
- Asbury Book Cooperative (Asbury Park)
- River Road Books (Fair Haven)
- The Curious Reader (Glen Rock)
- BookTowne (Manasquan)
- Montclair Book Center (Montclair)
- Watchung Booksellers (Montclair)
- Bookends (Ridgewood)
Washington (King County)
- Eagle Harbor Book Company (Bainbridge Island)
- Island Books (Mercer Island)
- Left Bank Books (Seattle)
- Madison Books (Seattle)
- Horizon Books (Seattle)
- Elliot Bay Book Company (Seattle)
- Arundel Books (Seattle)
- Ada’s Technical Books (Seattle)
- Queen Anne Book Company (Seattle)
- Book Larder (Seattle)
- Open Books: A Poem Emporium (Seattle)
- Secret Garden Books (Seattle)
- Arcane Comic Books (Shoreline)
- King’s Books (Tacoma)
California (Los Angeles, Santa Clara, San Diego, San Mateo Counties)
- Bay Books (Coronado)
- The Ripped Bodice (Culver City)
- Arcana: Books on the Arts (Culver City)
- Wow Cool Alternative Comics (Cupertino)
- Warwick’s (La Jolla)
- Stories Books & Café (Los Angeles)
- The Last Bookstore (Los Angeles)
- Skylight Books (Los Angeles)
- LA Librería (Los Angeles)
- Eso Won Books (Los Angeles)
- Chevalier’s Books (Los Angeles)
- {pages} (Manhattan Beach)
- Kelper’s Books & Magazines (Menlo Park)
- Once Upon a Time (Montrose)
- Book Smart (Morgan Hill)
- Vroman’s Bookstore (Pasadena)
- Mysterious Galaxy (San Diego)
- The Book Catapult (San Diego)
- Library Shop (San Diego)
- DIESEL (Santa Monica)
- Tia Churcha’s Centro Cultural & Bookstore (Sylmar)
- The Reading Bug (San Carlos)
- Hicklebee’s (San Jose)
- Book Soup (West Hollywood)
- Mystery Pier Books (West Hollywood)
Michigan (Wayne County)
- Pages Bookshop (Detroit)
- Source Booksellers (Detroit)
Illinois (Cook County)
- Pilsen Community Books (Chicago)
- The Seminary Co-op (Chicago)
- The Book Cellar (Chicago)
- Women & Children First (Chicago)
- Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, Inc. (Chicago)
- Wicker Park Secret Agent Supply Co. (Chicago)
- Unabridged Bookstore (Chicago)
- City Lit Books (Chicago)
- Uncharted Books (Chicago)
- RoscoeBooks (Chicago)
- Semicolon Bookstore (Chicago)
- Barbara’s Bookstores (Chicago)
- Madison Street Books (Chicago)
- Bookends & Beginnings (Evanston)
- Centuries & Sleuths Bookstore (Forest Park)
- The Bookstore of Glen Ellyn (Glen Ellyn)
- Anderson’s Bookshops (La Grange)
- Jake’s Place Books (Oak Park)
- The Book Table (Oak Park)
- Love’s Sweet Arrow (Tinley Park)
- The Book Stall (Winnetka)
Louisiana (Jefferson County)
Georgia (Fulton, Dekalb, and Cobb Counties)
- For Keeps (Atlanta)
- Bookish (Atlanta)
- A Cappella Books (Atlanta)
- Eagle Eye Book Shop (Decatur)
- Charis Books & More (Decatur)
Florida (Miami-Dade County)
Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
- The Silver Unicorn (Acton)
- Book Rack Arlington (Arlington)
- Porter Square Books (Cambridge)
- New England Mobile Book Fair (Newton)
- Book Ends Winchester (Winchester)
Colorado (Denver and Eagle Counties)
- The Bookies (Denver)
- 32nd Avenue Books, Toys & Gifts (Denver)
- Tattered Cover Bookstore (Denver)
- Book Bar (Denver)
- The Bookworm (Edwards)
Last updated March 24th, 11:00 pm.
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