Have you heard the great news? Indie bookstores are experiencing a renaissance. The number of bookstores as well as sales of books across the country have been increasing steadily over the past few years.

Print is not dead, and bookstores aren’t going anywhere, because people like you understand

the importance of shopping local and are buying books where it matters most.

Shopping at local, independent bookstores is one of the most powerful ways you can give back to your community. Every book you buy supports your local economy and keeps these thriving communal spaces in your own backyard.

This passport was created to encourage book lovers to experience the wealth of indie bookstores Minneapolis and St. Paul have to offer. There are many more bookstores in the Twin Cities than the ten featured here, but these stores exemplify the diversity of book-buying experiences available where we live.

We hope you take the time to visit each of these stores and truly get to know the many booksellers and bookstores who make this community such a well-read place. Happy reading!

Local Books Are Best

1. Keep your money local

Spend $100 locally, $68 dollars stays in the community. Spend $100 online, $43 stays in the community. Spend $100 on Amazon, $0 stays in the community.

You wouldn’t want your house to look like everyone else’s. Why would you want your community to look that way?

2. Create local jobsLocal businesses are better at creating higher-paying jobs for our neighbors. Small local businesses are the largest employer nationally.

7. Help the environmentShopping locally consumes less fuel and packaging material and discourages urban sprawl and loss of native habitats.

3. Nuture your communityStudies show that local business donate to community causes at more than twice the rate of chains.

8. Conserve tax dollarsShopping locally encourages less infrastructure and grows your community’s tax base.

4. Create a better sense of choiceLocal shopkeepers stock items to sell based on what what their community needs and wants.

9. Use local expertiseLocal shopkeepers are skilled in their trade and know how to help customers.

10. Invest in entrepreneurshipSupport the creative spirit the American

economy is founded on.

5. Make your community a destinationThe more interesting and unique a community is, the more it will attract new neighbors, visitors, and guests.

Celebrate Your Independents6. Embrace the unique

Birchbark Books & Native Arts

Good books, native arts, jewelry, and community events

Common Good Books

Common Good Books

Live local, read large

Daybreak Press Global Bookshop

Education, activism, and positive community experiences

DreamHaven

Books, comics, art

Magers & Quinn Booksellers

The Twin Cities’ largest independent bookstore

Moon Palace Books

A neighborhood bookstore in South Minneapolis

Paperback Exchange

Used and new books, est. 1975, over 150,000 in stock

Red Balloon Bookshop

books and authors for 30 yearsConnecting children, teens, and adults with great

Subtext Books

Satisfy your curiosity

Wild Rumpus

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2115 West 21st StMinneapolis, MN 55405 * (612) 374-4023 Open daily 10 am–6 pmbirchbarkbooks.com

720 Washington Ave SEMinneapolis, MN 55414 * (612) 584-3359Mon–Sat 10 am–9 pm, Sun 12–5 pmdaybreak.rabata.org

2301 East 38th StreetMinneapolis MN 55406 * (612) 823-6161Tues–Sat 12–6:30 pmdreamhavenbooks.com

2227 West 50th StMinneapolis MN 55419 * (612) 929-8801Mon–Thurs 10 am–8 pm, Fri–Sat 10 am–5:30 pm Sun 12–4 pmcargocollective.com/paperbackexchange

891 Grand Avenue St. Paul, MN 55105 * (651) 224-8320 Mon–Fri 10 am–8 pm, Sat 10 am–6 pmSun 12–5 pmredballoonbookshop.com

6 West 5th St. St. Paul MN 55102 * (651) 493-2791 Mon–Sat 9 am–9 pm Sun 10 am–6 pmsubtextbooks.com

DreamHaven

Red Balloon Bookshop

Birchbark Books and Native Arts

Daybreak Press and Global Bookshop

Paperback Exchange

Subtext Books

Local Books Are Best

3038 Hennepin Ave SMinneapolis MN 55408 * (612) 822-4611Sun–Thur 10 am–10 pm Fri–Sat 10 am–11 pmmagersandquinn.com

2820 E. 33rd StMinneapolis MN 55406 (612) 454-0455Mon-Fri 11 am–6:30 pmSat 10 am–6:30 pm, Sun 12–4 pmmoonpalacebooks.com

Moon Palace

Magers & Quinn Booksellers

38 South Snelling AveSt Paul MN 55105 * (651) 225-8989Mon-Sat 9 am–9 pm, Sun 10 am–7 pmcommongoodbooks.com

Common Good Books

2720 West 43rd StreetMinneapolis, MN 55410 * (612) 920-5005Mon 10 am–5 pm, Tue–Fri 10 am–8 pmSat 10 am–5 pm, Sun 12–5 pmwildrumpusbooks.com

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The stores featured in this passport have chosen to participate in Independent Bookstore Day on April 30, 2016 and also participate in

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