Scout & Morgan Books in Cambridge will be celebrating Independent Bookstore Day on Saturday, April 30, along with 420 other independent bookstores in 48 states.
Scout & Morgan will offer exclusive 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. Plus, the store will have store-wide discounts, special sales and raffles. This event is one day only, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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 percent on Independent Bookstore Day.
“Consumers control the marketplace by deciding where to spend their money,” said Ann Patchett, bestselling author and co-owner of Parnassus Books. “If what a bookstore offers matters to you, then shop at a bookstore. If you feel that the experience of reading a book is valuable, then read the book. This is how we change the world: we grab hold of it. We change ourselves.”
Scout & Morgan Books is located at 114 Buchanan St. N., Cambridge, and can be reached at 763-689-2474.