Bookshop.org: The Nerd Stock Market

Claire and Linda discuss their connection as indie booksellers to Bookshop.org (aka, The Nerd Stock Market (well, only to us), which has raised almost $5 million for local bookstores since launching at the beginning of 2020. We sing the platform’s praises, including the ability to feature curated lists like Split This Rock Founding Director Sarah Browning’s Pandemic Poetry picks, with a focus on collections by poets from populations most grievously affected by COVID-19 and by the policies of our nation, and others’, that have rendered them so vulnerable. We also talk “Trends from the Trenches” and how pivoting to direct orders during a prolonged closure has affected the reading habits of our supporters.  

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