Join the #22in22 challenge!
Do you love to read?
Visit bookstores 22 times in 2022!
(In person. Like, with your body.)
Zibby Books initiative
WHY?
Because there’s something that gets lost in purely transactional online shopping.
Because you’ll discover a book.
Because being surrounded by books can improve any mood.
Because you’ll be mingling with other like-minded people.
Because bookstores are so important, especially to their local communities.
Because bookstores suffered during Covid and we want to help.
Because you’ll feel good once you do it.
Because authors depend on readers showing up for them.
Because it’s super fun.
Featured Partners & Bookstores
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Bookstore Partner Locations
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Well Red: Auburn, AL
Dog Ear Books: Russellville, AR
Bel Canto Books: Long Beach, CA
Iliad Bookshop: North Hollywood, CA
pages: a bookstore: Manhattan Beach, CA
Satellite Sisters: Santa Monica, CA
Shop Around the Corner: Redding, CA
A Seat at the Table: Elk Grove, CA
Owl’s Nest: Calgary, Canada
Russell Books: Victoria, Canada
Tattered Cover: Denver, CO
Bank Square Books: Mystic, CT
Barrett Bookstore: Darien, CT
Diane's Books: Greenwich, CT
Dogwood Bookstore: Greenwich, CT
Title IX: A Bookstore: New London, CT
Westport Bookshop: Westport, CT
Bethany Beach Bookstore: Bethany Beach, DE
Hockessin BookShelf: Hockessin, DE
Bookstore 1: Sarasota, FL
The Bookshelf: Thomasville, GA
The Inside Story: Hoschton, GA
Anderson’s Bookshop: Naperville, IL
Bobzbay Books: Bloomington, IL
Book Bin: Northbrook, IL
Wild Geese Bookshop: Franklin, IN
Brewster Bookstore: Brewster, MA
The Montague Bookmill: Montague, MA
Park Books & LitCoLab: Severna Park, MD
A Novel Concept: Lansing, MI
Fine Print Books: Saline, MI
Neighborhood Reads: Washington, MO
Skylark Bookshop: Columbia, MO
The Novel Neighbor: St Louis, MO
Downtown Books: Manteo, NC
Golden Fig Books: Durhan, NC
Page 158 Books: Wake Forest, NC
Quail Ridge Books: Raleigh, NC
South Main Book Company: Salisburg, NC
Chapters Books & Gifts: Seward, NE
Still North Hanover NH Books & Greetings: Northvale, NJ
Books are Magic: Brooklyn, NY
Finley’s Fiction: Shelter Island Heights, NY
Hudson Valley Books: Ossining, NY
Merritt Bookstore: Millbrook, NY
Picture Book: Dobbs Ferry, NY
Red Jacket Books: Westhampton Beach, NY
Shakespeare & Co: New York, NY
The Strand: New York, NY
Commonplace Downtown: Edmond, OK
Commonplace Midtown: Oklahoma City, OK
Ink Fish Books: Warren, RI
Savoy Bookshop and Café: Westerly, RI
Parnassus Books: Nashville, TN
Blue Willow Bookshop: Houston, TX
Fabled Bookshop & Café: Waco, TX
Interbang Books: Dallas, TX
Patchouli Joes: Denton, TX
Whose Books: Dallas, TX
The King's English Bookshop: Salt Lake City, UT
Bespoke Books: Leesburg, VA
Blacksburg Books: Blacksburg, VA
Fountain Bookstore: Richmond, VA
The Vermont Bookshop: Middlebury, VT
Watermark Books & Café: Anacortes, WA
FIND A BOOKSTORE NEAR ME
What do I get?
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1 time
An electronic badge.
Invitation to the private Facebook group.
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5 times
An electronic badge
A bookmark.
A social media story shoutout.
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10 times
Invite to a special Zoom event.
Exclusive list of bookseller recommendations from some of our partners
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15 times
An original PDF of writing advice from expert authors.
A story on social media congratulating you.
A discount code for Nene's Treats!
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22 times
Custom certificate of achievement!
A special electronic badge.
Entered to win a $500 gift card to your favorite bookstore.
The satisfaction of knowing you won.
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Extra Credit
Every time you post on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter about a bookstore visit and add hashtag #22in22 and #zibbybooks (and please tag @zibbybooks), you’ll get entered to win one of two $500 gift cards that you can spend at your favorite bookstore.
And you’ll make us very happy.
The Not-So-Fine Print
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1. Sign up by clicking the ‘Join the #22in22 challenge’ button at the top of the page.
2. Print out the PDF checklist to track your visits.
3. Every time you visit a bookstore, come back right here and quickly input the name and city/state of the bookstore and date of visit. Also tell us what you discovered/bought (optional!).
4. We’ll go through all the submissions once a week and distribute all the spoils of victory.
5. Follow @zibbybooks for more information about the challenge.
6. Tag us @zibbybooks with hashtags #22in22 and #zibbybooks so we can track your exciting progress!
HAVE FUN! Start discovering books.
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1. You can’t visit the same bookstore 22 times in one day. (I mean, you can, but you won’t get credit for it.)
2. Yes, it can be the same bookstore 22 times but you'd have to visit it on 22 different days.
3. Yes, you *could* do all 22 visits in one day at different stores, but wow, that would be quite a day!
4. Please be honest. This is a purely self-reported challenge. We’re trying to help bookstores, authors and, ultimately, readers like you. If you’re someone who is trying to game the system, please do something else with your limited time. I mean, come on.
5. You don’t *have* to buy anything when you visit the bookstores. But hopefully browsing will encourage you to discover new books and authors who just might change your life. And if you do, we want to hear about it!!
6. Optional: If you go to a bookstore encouraged by this challenge and buy a book that you end up loving, please post about it! Add hashtags #22in22 and #zibbybooks. Tag the author. Tag the bookstore. Tag @zibbybooks. It’ll make us all feel great.
7. This is a global challenge, not just the U.S.! Anyone can join. The more, the merrier.
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Want to partner with us?
We’re looking for partners who will help us spread the word! Email info@zibbybooks.com if you’re interested!
Your logo will be on our website!
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Did you enjoy visiting a bookstore you hadn’t been to lately because of our challenge?
Did you find an amazing book?
Meet a special someone?
Find a writing group?
Did anything of note happen as a result of this challenge in your life?
Tell us your stories! Email: info@zibbybooks.com.
We’ll post some anonymously on our site on and on Instagram @zibbybooks!
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What!? We thought we covered everything!
Okay, fine. Email questions to info@zibbybooks.com.
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Want to write amazing things about this initiative? Great!
Please contact Laura Rossi, Director of Corporate Communications at Zibby Books, laura.rossi@zibbybooks.com.
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We hope you’re excited about this!! If you’d like some posters to display in store or if we can help in any other way, please email info@zibbybooks.com. Thanks!!
There’s nothing like the power of a story to connect us all. It’s time to start discovering more books. In person. In stores.
Let’s do this.
Warmly,
The Zibby Books team
Zibby Books is an independent publishing home for fiction and memoir co-founded by Zibby Owens and Leigh Newman. Learn more here.
