FAQ: General

FAQ: General

 

 

What is IndieBound?

IndieBound.org is part of the larger IndieBound marketing program of the American Booksellers Association (ABA), a trade association representing thousands of independent bookstores. This website allows the online book buying customer a way to shop local and indie, and provides an alternative to Amazon and other giant e-retailers. Local, indie businesses support and enrich local communities by keeping dollars circulating, people employed, and real estate occupied. To learn more about IndieBound and why shopping local does make a difference, visit https://www.indiebound.org/indiebound-faq.

 

Why can’t I find the indie bookstore I want in your database?

IndieBound.org is a program of the American Booksellers Association, so only members are listed in the store finder. If a member has a ecommerce-capable website, then it will be returned in search results for people looking to buy a book online. So, the quick answer to how to get on the site is to join ABA! You can read more about ABA, what we do, and how we can help your business at BookWeb.org. Here is the page for member benefits: http://www.bookweb.org/membership/categories-benefits. 

 

Can I partner with or exchange links with IndieBound.org?

IndieBound does not typically exchange links or banners with other websites.

 

Do you have a wish list or sell gift cards on IndieBound.org?

IndieBound.org discontinued the wish list functionality, and we cannot accept gift cards at the moment.

 

How can I subscribe to receive emails from IndieBound.org or to receive Indie Next List emails from my local store? How do I unsubscribe?

We would love to get you the Indie Next List via e-newsletter! To be added to an independent bookstore or Indie Next List e-newsletter, please email [email protected] with your name and ZIP Code, and IndieBound.org will pass along the information. To unsubscribe, click the unsubscribe link on the store e-newsletter.

 

I am interested in obtaining rights to a certain book (foreign, domestic, other); can IndieBound.org help?

IndieBound.org is a book sales platform only. To obtain or inquire about book rights, contact the publisher directly.

 

How does the ZIP Code store locator work?

The secret ingredient is geocoding, and the secret chef is Google! We use Google's APIs to turn each store's address into latitude and longitude coordinates. When a customer enters a ZIP Code, we turn that into latitude and longitude coordinates as well and use trigonometry to calculate the closest stores to the center of that ZIP Code.

 

 

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