Independent Bookstore Reading Challenge

The Bookstore People, Kim and Claire have a fantastic reading challenge up.

The Independent Bookstore Reading Challenge

From their site:

Challenge Guidelines

Here are the rules: go to independent bookstores that are new to you between January 1 and December 31, 2009 and have some sort of interaction.  The challenge comes with different levels you can sign up for:

• Scout – Visit 2 independent bookstores (easy!)
• Specialist – Visit 2 subject matter specialty bookstores (i.e., travel, children, cooking)
• Nationalist – Visit 2 independent bookstores and 1 additional bookstore in a state you do not live in
• Continental – Visit 2 independent bookstores and 1 additional bookstore in another N. American country (that would be the USA, Canada or Mexico)
• Globetrotter – Visit 2 independent bookstores and 1 additional bookstore on a different continent (if you’re going to Europe, check out Bookstore Guide)
• Type A Personality to the Max – Satisfy any two categories

We’ll have a page dedicated to the challenge where you can sign up and leave comments.  Plus, we’d love to have a review of the stores you’ve found and liked (we ignore stores with bad service or stock), we’ll post it with a description of you and a link back to your blog (if you have one), just e-mail it to me at kim@bookstorepeople.com.  In fact, we encourage cross posting bookstore reviews so post on your blog, Indiebound, Yelp, City Search, City Guide and any other place that would like it.

We’ll Give out a Prize!

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I plan to sign up for the Type A Challenge. Because I am always eager to find new specialty bookstores, and new indie bookstores that are local to me. And because I’m hoping like mad to get some international travel in this year- to a country where the bookstores are tourist attractions in their own right. (Scotland’s my current favorite.)

Added wrinkle to the challenge. If possible, pick up a book from a local or regional author. I’m just saying…