A Declaration of Independents

The quirky, fiercely independent bookstores throughout the South are some of the last bastions of freedom.

• Bookstores protect your First Amendment right to read anything.
   
• Independent Bookstores provide unique services to their unique communities.
   
• Local Independent businesses reinvest three times more money in their local economies than non-independent stores.
   
• Independent Bookstores offer opportunities in the breadth and depth of selection that can only be offered by those that know their communities well.
   
• Bookstores add to the prosperity of their communities and offer opportunities via employment, author events, book fairs & more.
   
• Independent Bookstores cooperate with each other, community leaders & libraries, and other local retailers to provide an exciting experience for customers.
   
• Bookstores do not share private information. They can be trusted.

Shopping at Independent Bookstores is a patriotic act and a form of activism!