Independent Bookstore Day is almost here, so the shop is in prep mode. There are plans for a costume event for kids, raffle prizes, local authors coming through, and a couple golden tickets hidden somewhere in the store. In between all the planning, the trio still finds time to give the rundown.

When a bookstore turns an event into something interactive, does it bring people in or just add to the noise around it?

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This chapter centers on Independent Bookstore Day at Middle Ground Books, with plans for a costume event, raffle prizes, local authors, and a couple golden tickets hidden somewhere in the store. Megan, Lance, and Debra talk through what’s coming together, what’s already in motion, and what they’ve been reading in the middle of it all, from mystery and horror to a few unexpected standouts.

📖 The Covered Pages

The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer

The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

A Song to Drown Rivers by Ann Liang

My Husband’s Wife by Alice Feeney

Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas

Vicious by V. E. Schwab

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Dante’s Inferno by Dante Alighieri

Delvers LLC by Blaise Corvin

Dungeon Crawler Carl: The Butcher’s Masquerade by Matt Dinniman

The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest by Aubrey Hartman

Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky

What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher

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