{"id":14315,"date":"2016-04-20T17:59:49","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T21:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=14315"},"modified":"2016-04-20T17:59:49","modified_gmt":"2016-04-20T21:59:49","slug":"celebrate-independent-bookstore-day-at-lets-play-books-on-saturday-april-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=14315","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day at Let\u2019s Play Books! on Saturday, April 30"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Join 420 independent bookstores in 48 states for <\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n

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Emmaus, PA, April 30, 2016<\/strong> Bookstore Day marks its second year of celebrating independent bookstores nationwide on April 30th, with literary parties around the country.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s Play Books! will be celebrating with members\u2019 only early hours, children\u2019s author story time with Joe McGee, a meet and greet with CHASE from Paw Patrol, free activities on the porch, and an owner\u2019s reception.<\/strong> \u201cWe have something for everyone \u2013 from babies to grandparents! A true family experience.\u201d says owner Kirsten Hess.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s Play Books! will also offer exclusive day-of merchandise created especially for Independent Bookstore Day by major publishers and authors. Since its inception in 2014, more than 120 authors have demonstrated their support for independent bookstores by donating work for Bookstore Day. You can follow Independent Bookstore Day at Let\u2019s Play Books on Facebook:\u00a0 https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/472913162896198\/<\/a><\/p>\n

The second annual National Independent Bookstore Day is sponsored in part by Penguin Random House, Ingram, and The American Booksellers Association. Last year participating bookstores saw an average increase in sales of 70% on Independent Bookstore Day. \u201cWe had a marvelous Independent Bookstore Day\u20145.5 times the sales from last year on this date. But the best part was the many customers who came in to celebrate!\u201d said John Paul from Letterpress Books in Portland, Maine.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love Bookstore Day because it is a large-scale communal event that joyously celebrates the literary ecosystem and shows how symbiotic the relationship is between readers, writers, and bookstores is, and how essential they all are in sustaining the contemporary written word,\u201d noted Lauren Groff, 2016 Bookstore Day Author Ambassador. Groff is the author of Fates and Furies<\/em>, Arcadia, Delicate Edible Birds, <\/em>and The Monsters of Templeton.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Independent Bookstore Day is proud to announce a selection of exclusive books and art pieces for Bookstore Day 2016. These limited edition, unique items will be available only at participating IBD bookstores, on April 30. Not before. Not online. And not in chain stores.<\/p>\n

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Children\u2019s items include:<\/strong><\/p>\n