2017
Independent Bookstore Day
Catalog
Orders must be placed by february 1st at
indiebookstoreday.com
Table of Contents
An Author’s Best Friend Canvas Pouch
Pg. 9
This handy 100% cotton canvas zippered pouch features portraits
of real author dogs like Sparky Patchett and Jennie Sendak.
Literary Condoms (pack of 12)
Pg. 10
These cleverly beautiful literary condoms are perfect counter-top
impulse buys. Each pack of 12 contains 6 “Give Me That Darcy”
Jane Austen condoms and 6 “Great Expectations” condoms.
“Bad Citizen” Graffiti Stencil
Pg. 11
This year’s stencil features a quote from professor Henry Louis
Gates Jr.: CENSORSHIP IS TO ART AS LYNCHING IS TO JUSTICE.
Pg. 12
This year’s flour sack tea towels feature two food-related literary
quotes from Virginia Woolf and Oscar Wilde.
Literary tea towels
Elephant & Piggie “READ” onesie
Pg. 13
This soft cotton onesie featuring Mo Willems’ wonderful Elephant
and Piggie and an encouragement to READ.
ordering instructions
Pg. 3
Everything you need to know about ordering, discounts, schedules,
invoicing and more -- PLEASE READ!
2017 Exclusive items
$6 sTORY: tHE sANDMEYER rEACTION
Pg. 4
A special SIGNED edition of IBD’s ongoing “$6 Story” series
featuring a cut from Michael Chabon’s latest novel, Moonglow.
A literary cocktail party
Pg. 5
This fun and useful book contains funny anecdotes and witty stories
along with cocktail recipes from some of our favorite writers.
Welcome to Night Vale vinyl Record Pg. 6
A vinyl edition of the bestselling Welcome to Night Vale by Joseph
Fink and Jeffrey Cranor.
“Lost & Found” Coloring Print
Pg. 7
This original, SIGNED black and white drawing by Jenny Lawson
(aka The Bloggess) is inspired by her forthcoming activity book,
You Are Here.
A Literary Map of the U.S.
Pg. 8
A SIGNED giclee print created by 3Fish Studios, creators of
Bookstore Day’s A Literary Map of California and A Literary Map
of the Seas.
“Child of Books” fine art print Pg. 14
The acclaimed New York Times bestselling authors of A Child of
Books, Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston, offer an exclusive SIGNED
fine art print for book lovers of all ages.
Giveaways, bookmarks &
special terms
Free Giveaway items
Pg. 15
Free items for bookstores and customers: a Got Character? Card
Game and a Rainbow Rowell short story.
Make your own little golden book
Pg. 16
IBD BOOKMARKS
Pg. 17
special terms
Pg. 18
ordering instructions
Independent Bookstore Day is Saturday, April 29, 2017.
Order deadline is February 1, 2017.
Eligibility and participation: All current dues-paying members of a regional Independent
Bookseller’s Association who run a brick and mortar store are eligible to participate in IBD. By
ordering, each store is agreeing to the “Rules of Participation” listed on the order form.
Each participating store must order at least 15 pieces total (15 of one item, 5 each of three items,
or any other combination) from the IBD catalog. We will make every effort to fulfill all quantities
ordered, but we can’t guarantee every amount and some orders may be reduced if supplies are
limited. Bookstores will be invoiced for what they actually receive.
Ordering: All orders must be placed online at www.indiebookstoreday.com by February 1, 2017.
All orders are non-returnable and cannot be changed or canceled after February 1, 2017.
Distribution and discounts: All distribution will be via Ingram. Stores must have an account in
good standing. All items are non-returnable and include free freight. Discounts of at least 45%
apply to all IBD items.
Invoicing: Ingram will handle all invoicing.
Shipping: Items will be shipped by April 15, 2017.
Lay-Down Date: No items may be sold in-store or online until April 29, 2017. It is our hope that
most items will sell out on that date and we suggest you order accordingly. Stores may continue
to sell items in store after IBD. Stores can sell the items on their own websites beginning May 8,
2017. Do NOT sell items on third party websites such as eBay or Abe Books.
Stores may display IBD items as soon as they are received!
Bookstore Day Merchandise: Additional IBD tote bags and t-shirts can be ordered at any time
by contacting Ann Seaton at [email protected] or 415-561-7686 at the NCIBA. Payment must be
received at time of order. These DO NOT count towards your 15 item total.
contact information
For all other questions, please contact Samantha Schoech at [email protected] or 415-8466131, or Calvin Crosby at [email protected] or 415-561-7686.
$6 Story: The Sandmeyer Reaction
Exclusive signed story from michael chabon
The second edition in our on-going $6 Stories series is a short story that was cut from Michael
Chabon’s newest novel, Moonglow. It’s a hilarious side-story of the half-baked plan to catch
a German spy via the well-connected Jews of Philadelphia’s underbelly in the 1940s. In typical
Chabon style, it’s fast and funny, and bursting with a cast of perfectly rendered outcasts and
oddballs.
About the author: Michael Chabon is the bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The
Mysteries of Pittsburgh, Wonder Boys, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Summerland, The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, Telegraph Avenue, Moonglow, and many others. He lives in
Berkeley, California with his wife, the novelist Ayelet Waldman, and their children.
Publisher: CBD Publishing
Author: Michael Chabon ISBN: 9780998449906 Retail Price: $6.00
Specs: 5” x 7”, PB, Saddle-stiched
Suggested Companion Titles
- Moonglow: A Novel ($28.99, 9780062225559)
A literary cocktail party
Favorite Drinks from our Favorite Writers
A LITERARY
Cocktail
PARTY
Favorite Drinks from Our Favorite Writers
SLOANE CROSLEY * ANTHONY MARRA *
VIET THANH NGUYEN * JAMES PATTERSON *
MOLLY PRENTISS * EMMA STRAUB * AND MANY MORE...
Illustrations by Ashley Despain
Welcome to the country’s best literary cocktail party. This fun and useful book contains funny
anecdotes and witty stories along with cocktail recipes from some of our favorite writers. Learn to
make an Old Fashioned with Daniel Handler; discover Julia Glass’s namesake cocktail, the Julia’s
Glass; or just sit back and enjoy the simple pleasure of champagne bubbles with Emma Straub.
Invite a contributor to do an event in your store on Bookstore Day! Contributors include: Amy
Stewart (Eureka, CA), J. Ryan Stradal (LA, CA), Joshilyn Jackson (Decatur, Georgia), Novella
Carpenter (Oakland, CA), Julia Glass (Marblehead, MA), Beth Lisick (Brooklyn, NY), Daniel Handler (San Francisco), Homer Hickam (Huntsville, AL), Lauren Groff (Gainesville, FL), Edan Lepucki
(LA, CA), Amor Towles (NYC), James Patterson (Palm Beach, FL), Meghan Daum (LA, CA), Molly
Prentiss (NYC), Sloane Crosley (NYC), Emma Straub (Brooklyn), Viet Thanh Nguyen (LA, CA),
Anthony Marra (Oakland, CA), Willy Vlautin, (Portland, OR), Louis Bayard (NYC), Min Jin Lee
(NYC), Samuel Ligon (Spokane, WA), Wendy Mass (NJ), A.S. King (PA), Karen Abbott (NYC),
Kate Schatz (Bay Area), David Swinson (Northern Virginia), Jacqueline Luckett (Oakland, CA).
Publisher: CBD Publishing
Specs: Paper over board, 5.5” x 8.5”
ISBN: 9780998449913
Retail Price: $16.99
welcome to night vale
vinyl record
A vinyl edition of the bestselling Welcome to Night Vale by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor.
Based on the tremendously popular podcast of the same name, Night Vale has a huge and
ardent fan base. This edition features highlights from the audiobook and exclusive commentary from Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor, and Cecil Baldwin. Beautifully packaged with “flypaper”
sleeve, the purple vinyl also includes a full-length digital download of the Welcome to Night
Vale audiobook performed by Cecil Baldwin, Dylan Marron, Retta, Thérèse Plummer, and Dan
Bittner.
Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 9780062681485 Retail Price: $24.95 Authors: Joseph Frink & Jeffrey Cranor
Specs: 12” x 12” purple vinyl record in sleeve, with free MP3 download
Suggested Companion Titles
- Welcome to Night Vale ($15.99, 9780062351432)
“Lost & Found”
An original print by jenny lawson
This original, black and white drawing by Jenny Lawson, aka The Bloggess, is inspired by her
forthcoming activity book You Are Here (Mar. 17). The pro-books, pro-reading design is printed
on archival, gallery quality paper and can be framed and hung as is or used as a large-format
coloring poster. It is not included in the book and will become a must-have for her legions of
fans.
Lawson’s two memoirs, Let’s Pretend This Never Happened and Furiously Happy, were #1 New
York Times bestsellers. Her newest book, You Are Here (March, 2017), is part therapy, part humor, part coloring book.
Publisher: Flatiron Books Retail Price: $17.99
ISBN: 9781250155047
Author: Jenny Lawson
Suggested Companion Titles
- You Are Here ($15.99, 9781250119889)
- Furiously Happy ($15.99, 9781250077028)
- Let’s Pretend this Never Happened ($16.00, 9780425261019)
Specs: 16” x 20”
A literary map of the u.s.
The 52 titles featured on this beautiful literary map of the US are an unpredictable mix of
modern classics and more obscure novels that create a reading list for America. Each state is
represented by a single novel that captures some important essence of its setting. Created by
3Fish Studios, creators of Bookstore Day’s A Literary Map of California and A Literary Map of
the Seas.
Publisher: CBD Publishing ISBN: 9780991171095 Retail Price: $42.00
Author: 3Fish Studios
Specs: 16” x 20”, full-color, gallery quality giclee print suitable for framing.
An Author’s Best Friend
Canine Canvas Pouch
This handy 100% cotton canvas zippered pouch (perfect for pencils, make up, cash, and other
sundries) features portraits of real author dogs like Sparky Patchett and Jennie Sendak. All
hand drawn especially for IBD. Cute!
Publisher: Out of Print Clothing
UPC: 008523509512
Retail Price: $14.00 Illustrator: Caryn Cast
Specs: 100% cotton canvas, zipper enclosure, 9” x 6”, Made in the USA
literary condoms
(pack of 12)
These cleverly beautiful literary condoms are perfect counter-top impulse buys. Booksmith in
San Francisco developed them for Bookstore Day 2016 and they were so popular we’ve decided
to make them available nationwide! Each pack of 12 contains six “Give Me That Darcy” Jane
Austen condoms and six “Great Expectations” condoms.
Publisher: Booksmith
Retail Price: $3.99 ($47.88 for 12) Illustrator: Madeline Gobbo ISBN: 9780986396953
Specs: Each order contains 12 lubricated, FDA-certified latex condoms to be sold
separately. Bad Citizen Stencil
Every year we create our signature “Bad Citizen” Graffiti Stencil to highlight the authors and the
words that push us to think, read, and be disruptive when necessary. This year’s stencil features
a quote from professor Henry Louis Gates Jr.: CENSORSHIP IS TO ART AS LYNCHING IS TO
JUSTICE.
Publisher: CBD Publishing
ISBN: 9780986396984 Retail Price: $35 Author: Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Specs: 12” x 16” on 1⁄8” red oak board with detailed laser cutting
Suggested Companion Titles
- In Search of Our Roots ($17.99, 9781510720701)
Literary tea towels
This year’s flour sack tea towels feature two food-related literary quotes:
“ONE CANNOT THINK WELL, LOVE WELL, SLEEP WELL, IF ONE HAS NOT DINED WELL.”
– VIRGINIA WOOLF, A ROOM OF ONE’S OWN
“I HATE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT SERIOUS ABOUT MEALS. IT IS SO SHALLOW OF THEM.”
– OSCAR WILDE, THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
The bold, graphic design is by Evan Robertson of Obvious State.
Publisher: CBD Publishing
Retail Price: $22
Authors: Virginia Wolfe & Oscar Wilfe ISBN: 9780986396991
Trim Size: These two 100% cotton 18” x 25” flour sack towels are packaged together in a cellophane bag with a hangtag.
Elephant & piggie
“read” onesie
This soft cotton onesie featuring Mo Willems’ wonderful Elephant and Piggie and an encouragement to READ makes the perfect baby gift for bibliophiles.
Mo Willems is a three-time Caldecott Honor winner (for Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!,
Knuffle Bunny, and Knuffle Bunny Too), he also won two Geisel Medals and two Geisel Honors
for his “Elephant and Piggie” books.
Publisher: Out of Print Clothing Retail Price: $22 Specs: 100% cotton, size 12 months
UPC: 008523509505 Author: Mo Willems
Suggested Companion Titles
- An Elephant & Piggie Biggie ($16.99, 9781484799673)
- Waiting is Not Easy! ($9.99, 9781423199571)
- We Are in A Book! ($9.99, 978-1423133087)
Child of Books
Limited fine art print by Oliver Jeffers
off with her head
Illustration from A Child of Books published by Candlewick Press; copyright © 2016 by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston
Behold a piece of picture book magic. From the acclaimed New York Times bestseller and #1
Indie Next title A Child of Books, Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston offer an exclusive signed fine
art print for book lovers of all ages. This lyrical picture book showcasing Jeffers’s elegant images
combined with Winston’s typographical landscapes shaped from excerpts of children’s classics inspires readers to create, to question, to explore, and to imagine. All 1000 giclée prints are
signed and suitable for framing.
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 9780763698454 Retail Price: $29.99
Authors: Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston
Limited Print Run: 1,000
Specs: 15.5” x 8.5”, full color fine art print suitable for framing. Shipped flat with
backing.
Suggested Companion Titles
Please see back page for special terms and a 50% discount on A Child of Books.
free Items
These items are donated by the publishers and are meant to be used as prizes,
giveaways, and rewards for customers on Bookstore Day only.
Got character? card game
Publisher: McMillan Kids
ISBN: 9781250149046
Author: Various
Specs: 2.6” x 3.6” x 7”
Retail Price: FREE
The Got Character? card game uses classic and contemporary characters from Macmillan’s bestselling
and award-winning titles like Bad Kitty and Tikki Tikki Tembo to update Go Fish. Large cards are made for
little hands.
“kindred spirits” short story by rainbow rowell
A short story about a girl camping out to see the new Star Wars
movie who unexpectedly meets an unlikely someone who might
truly understand the way she feels. Charming and romantic.
Rainbow Rowell is the award-winning author of the adult novels
Attachments and Landline and the YA novels Eleanor & Park,
Fangirl, and Carry On.
Publisher: St. Martin’s
ISBN: 9781250147264
Author: Rainbow Rowell
Specs: 4.75” x 6.875”, HC
Retail Price: FREE
Suggested Companion Titles
- Eleanor & Park ($18.99, 9781250064875)
- Fan Girl ($18.99, 9781250030955)
“CREATE YOUR OWN”
LITTLE GOLDEN BOOK
INDIE BOOKSTORE DAY RETAIL EVENT KIT
DESCRIPTION:
2017 marks the 75th anniversary of LITTLE GOLDEN BOOKS – a brand that has revolutionized children’s book publishing by making high-quality illustrated books at affordable prices,
and therefore available to millions of families across the globe.
We invite you to celebrate this milestone with us for Indie Bookstore Day! The “Create Your
Own Little Golden Book” Indie Bookstore Day Event Kit features storytime activities, giveaways, and an opportunity for your customers to create their very own Little Golden Book!
This exclusive event kit is FREE to Independent Bookstore Day participants. To order, please
complete the form at the following link: https://goo.gl/forms/vkSY6OQJbRyYDtfF3. The
deadline for all orders is Friday, March 10th.
CONTENTS:
• 8-Page Activity Brochure (1)
• Create Your Own Little Golden Book” Mini Book (50)
• Sticker Sheets (50)
• Poky Little Puppy Pouch (50)
free ibd BOOKMARKS
Thanks to our publishing partners Penguin
Random House, Harper Collins, Hachette,
and the ABA we are able to provide FREE
Independent Bookstore Day bookmarks to
all stores!
Order as many as you think your store(s)
can give out in April—from 500 to 15,000
(multiples of 500 only). All stores must agree
to give out the IBD bookmarks in place of
or in addition to their own bookmarks with
every transpaction for the month of April.
Each bookmark has a small space, 2” x 1”,
for your store’s stamp or sticker.
Your bookmarks will be shipped by the ABA
and will arrive with your March ABA RED
BOX. Please keep an eye out for it.
Stay tuned for our MARKETING IN A BOX
package containing signs, teasers, shelf
talkers and balloons to help you get the
word out. More information coming in February.
special terms & discounts
A Child of Books by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston
In order to encourage in-store displays of the books with the prints, Candlewick is offering the following special terms on book orders.
ORDER: a minimum of 5 copies of A Child of Books (9780763690779) per
ship location to ship between 4/15/17 and 5/15/17
RECEIVE: 50% discount
Promo Code = ECY
(For EDI Orders Use RCP033)