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This guide contains 13 of the essential independent bookstores of San Diego County: where to find them, what to expect, the genres they sell and more.
Here are some of the best things to do in San Diego County this weekend, including several arts festivals, classical music, food events, concerts and more.
More than a dozen San Diego County stores are participating in annual event, which includes the three-day San Diego Book Crawl
Celebrating the joys of San Diego's independent bookstores in time for Small Business Saturday and the season of giving
Print When it comes to book sales, the COVID-19 pandemic has been both a blessing and a curse. Authors and publishers rejoiced at the fact that book sales were up in 2020 by 6 percent, according to NPD Bookscan, but independent booksellers and neighborhood bookshops saw their sales dip according to the American Booksellers Association. Some stores even reported sales down 40 percent compared to 2019 numbers. So while it seemed like the pandemic drove people to buy more books, most of those books were purchased online at sites such as Amazon and Walmart. Many independent bookstores did their b...