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Grammy and Billboard Award winner Irvin Mayfield (r.), David Harris, Grayson Hackelman and Ashlin Parker perform at Octavia Books on Independent Bookstore Day. |
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Last weekend was Independent Bookstore Day for most of the country, but three stores in New Orleans chose to celebrate Saturday, May 8, instead (in order not to compete with the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival). Octavia Books, Garden District Book Shop and Tubby & Coo's Mid-City Book Shop hosted a scavenger hunt among their stores, author appearances and musical performances, and offered a selection of IBD merchandise plus a special journal made by Blackbird Letterpress in Baton Rouge featuring a map of New Orleans on the cover.
Tubby & Coo's reported: "Yesterday was the shop's #1 sales day since we opened last September. Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who came out to support us and the other indies for Independent Bookstore Day!"