Tourism promoting independent bookstores
Bookstore tourism is a type of "cultural tourism" that promotes independent bookstores as a group travel destination. [defintion by The National Council on Bookstore Tourism]
Bookstore tourism started as a grassroots effort to support locally owned and operated bookshops, many of which have struggled to compete with large bookstore chains and online retailers.
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The National Council on Bookstore Tourism
The National Council on Bookstore Tourism is a non-profit organization led by Larry Portzline that partners with booksellers, publishers, the travel industry, arts organizations, government agencies and independent business alliances across the U.S. to promote the concept of bookstore tourism.
A writer and college instructor from Harrisburg, PA, Larry Portzline is the originator of the grassroots Bookstore Tourism movement.
He is currently planning the Why Indie Bookstores Matter Tour, a 10-week, cross-country road-trip that will include stops at 200 independent bookstores.
A writer and college instructor from Harrisburg, PA, Larry Portzline is the originator of the grassroots Bookstore Tourism movement.
He is currently planning the Why Indie Bookstores Matter Tour, a 10-week, cross-country road-trip that will include stops at 200 independent bookstores.
Bookstore tourism resources
- American Booksellers Association.
- Searchable directory of member bookstores
- Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America
- ABAA promotes ethical standards and professionalism in the antiquarian book trade in America.
- Author Homes
- Author homes that you can visit in your literary travels.
- Book Festivals & Other Literary Events
- Library of Congress Center for the Book.
- Bookwormzonline
- Indie Bookstore Search Engine!
- Classical Pursuits
- A cultural and educational travel company based in Toronto, Canada, specializing in small group literary travel and learning vacations, providing adventures for the mind and travel for the soul - to places like Hemingway's Paris, Joyce's Dublin, Dante Alighieri's Italy, and Flannery O'Connor's Georgia.
- NewPages Guide to Independent Bookstores
- Searchable directory of indie bookstores across U.S.
- Independent bookstore (Wikipedia article)
- Some of the well-known independent bookstores US, Canada, UK).
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THE BOOKSTORE TOURISM BLOG - ROAD TRIPS FOR BOOK LOVERS!
The grassroots Bookstore Tourism movement celebrates and sustains independent bookstores by organizing group "road trips" to cities and towns with great bookshops, literary sites and libraries.
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