Twin Cities Independent Bookstore Events

Independent Bookstore Day
Independent bookstores in the Twin Cities will celebrate Independent Bookstore Day on Saturday, April 25. We’re printing up the 2020 Twin Cities Independent Bookstore Passport—jam-packed with bookstore coupons and illustrations by local artist Kevin Cannon, the Passport is FREE to pick up, and the best way to maximize your Independent Bookstore Day experience. Get it stamped at multiple stores for discounts, prizes, and more!
Passports will be available at all of the participating bookstores below on April 25 only. Get your Passport stamped at every store you visit, because each and every stamp activates a store coupon. Visit FIVE or more stores and you activate ALL the coupons, good until October! Get even more stamps to increase your chance of winning one of twelve literary prize packs, and a grand prize worth over $500 in books!
Read on to find out where to go and how
you can win prizes. See you on the 25th!
How to Participate
  1. Pick up a passport on April 25 at any of the participating stores and get a stamp at every bookstore you visit that day. Each stamp activates that store’s coupon; just bring your passport back on a later date to redeem the coupon.
  2. Collect stamps from any 5 bookstores and ask the fifth one to stamp a special page that activates the entire coupon book — bring your passport back to any store on a later date to use your coupon!
  3. Collect stamps from any 10 bookstores on April 25, and you’ll be entered to win a literary prize pack, each chock full of new books and other great prizes! Just ask the tenth store to stamp your prize entry card in the back of the Passport.
  4. Get stamps from any 15 bookstores on April 25, and you'll be entered to win the the grand literary prize pack, which contains all the prizes in the literary prize pack above PLUS an additional 19 books chosen by our great independent bookstores! Just ask the fifteenth store to stamp your prize entry card in the back of the Passport.
  5. Get stamps from all 19 bookstores on April 25, and you'll receive a medal as an Independent Bookstore Champion, which will entitle you to a 20% discount at all of the participating stores until October 1, 2020.
​​When you’re finished visiting stores, just tear out the entry card and leave it with any bookseller before the end of the day for a chance to win. (Don’t turn in your entry card until you have reached your final destination.) Prize entry cards will only be accepted on April 25, 2020. A representative from Rain Taxi will notify the winners via e-mail and send your prizes within one week of Independent Bookstore Day. Thank you, and happy book hunting!