Give Books for the Holidays!

Now that we have enjoyed Thanksgiving, the holiday shopping season has begun. As you are planning gifts for Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or other holidays, please consider buying books for many or most of those on your gift list. We need to support book publishing! And there are books for everyone with every interest. Further, please buy those books from independent bookstores. We really need to support those wonderful bookstores (see my 2/11/10 post for several reasons why). Your holiday spending could make a difference in the survival of these great cultural and literary resources, these bookstores that are suffering from large chains moving in and undercutting them, as well as suffering from the current economic problems. So, make an afternoon of it: go to your favorite independent bookstore with your gift list, browse, ask the knowledgeable salespeople for suggestions, get your books gift wrapped, and you are all set! And maybe pick something up for yourself while you are there...