{"id":2509,"date":"2014-11-28T13:25:49","date_gmt":"2014-11-28T21:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/culturecrash\/?p=2509"},"modified":"2014-11-28T13:26:29","modified_gmt":"2014-11-28T21:26:29","slug":"dont-forget-indies-first-and-small-business-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/culturecrash\/2014\/11\/dont-forget-indies-first-and-small-business-saturday.html","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Forget Indies First and Small Business Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[contextly_auto_sidebar id=&#8221;7mL6F2lbAkJJdYtci9RNPwVHLSs7mqPA&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>TODAY, of course, is the start of holiday-shopping season &#8212; which sounds like a euphemism for something &#8212; so I want to remind me readers how important it is to frequent independent, brick-and-mortar shops when you go looking for books and music especially.<\/p>\n<p>This year sees both the Indies First campaign &#8212; which urges support of independent bookstores &#8212; and Small Business Saturday, during which Neil Gaiman and other authors will volunteer at an indie.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Indies First campaign\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bookweb.org\/indiesfirst\" target=\"_blank\">Here<\/a> is a link to the Indies First page.<\/p>\n<p>A Wall St. Journal <a title=\"WSJ on indies xmas season\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/corporate-intelligence\/2014\/11\/28\/small-book-retailers-pushing-experience-over-discounts\/\" target=\"_blank\">story<\/a> says that so far, despite the crushing power of Amazon and chains, some indies are doing okay this year.<\/p>\n<p>Hoping that\u00a0many of my fellow Angelenos will shop at stores like Book Soup, Skylight Books, Vroman&#8217;s, Amoeba Music, or Rockaway Reccords.<\/p>\n<p>If you are buying a guitar or strings, don&#8217;t forget shops like the Fretted Frog (Pasadena) or Imperial Vintage Guitar (Burbank) &#8212; both wonderful places run my musicians.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2510\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2510\" class=\"wp-image-2510 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/culturecrash\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/BANNER-FOR-EVENTS-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"BANNER-FOR-EVENTS\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/culturecrash\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/BANNER-FOR-EVENTS-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/culturecrash\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/BANNER-FOR-EVENTS.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2510\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image courtesy Skylight Books<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Happy holidays to my readers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[contextly_auto_sidebar id=&#8221;7mL6F2lbAkJJdYtci9RNPwVHLSs7mqPA&#8221;] TODAY, of course, is the start of holiday-shopping season &#8212; which sounds like a euphemism for something &#8212; so I want to remind me readers how important it is to frequent independent, brick-and-mortar shops when you go looking for books and music especially. 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