Support Independent Bookshops with #ReadIndieForward!

We’ve been so bowled over by your support over the past eight weeks and are so appreciative. Thank you so much to everyone who has called and written to buy books from us during this difficult time.

As many of you already know, although we are now allowed to open our doors, we have chosen not to do so until we are sure that it is the right and safe thing to do. In the meantime we are still mailing out books and doing curbside delivery (on which subject, have you seen our masks? We all have very natty ones that we put on when we run out to give you your books!)

Recent figures from the publishing industry have shown encouraging growth in sales of print books during the pandemic. (Only so much Netflix you can binge, huh.) But despite this good news, things remain perilous for independent bookshops. Thanks to your support, we have managed to keep staffing levels more or less as they were before the virus struck, but there is no way of knowing how sustainable this is. All of which is to say, we - and our local small business friends in the District - continue to rely on your support.

And here's a fun way to help with that. It’s called the #ReadIndieForward campaign. Participating is fun, simple, and easy:

1. Buy a book from your favorite independent bookstore and send it to a loved one;

2. Post to social media that you #ReadIndieForward by gifting a book to a loved one;

3. Tag the person receiving the book, tag the independent bookstore you bought the book from, and use #ReadIndieForward;

4. Encourage your friends and family to #ReadIndieForward too!

We’re looking forward to helping you spread a little bookish love across the universe! Give us a call on (573) 777 6990 or drop us an email at mail@skylarkbookshop.com, and we’ll take care of you!