Reading is _____________ (Fill in the blanks, spread the bookish love!)

Every June, we spotlight a list of LGBTQIA+ indie bookstores we partner with. Last year, there were 465. This year, there are over 600 🥹 Keep supporting LGBTQIA+ owned indies and authors all year long. Because it really, really makes a difference 💓

Audiobook lovers, it's our time to shine! 🌟 June is Audiobook Month and we are celebrating with events at 175+ indie bookshops, a global audiobook walk, and more. Community is more important than ever, and we're so excited to use this month to encourage spending time with fellow readers. ⏬

There are currently three bills in the House and Senate that would impact the freedom to read: H.R. 2616, 7661, and 8705. 1️⃣ Contact our reps about these bills 2️⃣ Vote in every election 3️⃣ Join/run for our school and library boards

Just a note to say thank you to all the booksellers, librarians, and library workers out there 💓 Thanks for creating safe spaces to learn, encouraging curiosity, imagination, and knowledge, and for being the hubs our communities need.

Audiobook walks are such a great way to practice parallel play - stroll with friends, enjoy your own books, and then catch up after at your indie bookstore! (Bonus points if you make plans to meetup on June 13 to join our global audiobook walk!)

Them: I love— Me: AUDIOBOOKS? Me too! Have you heard about Libro.fm, the audiobook company that shares profits with indie bookshops? They're a Certified B Corp, employee-owned, a Social Purpose Corporation, and they value real people! Them: ... Them: —rocks.

Reminder: Audiobooks are a great way to help you read more. Add them into your every day routine! (And yes, they "count" as reading.)

Our personal horror story? 😧 Indie bookstores closing their doors because of big tech and corporations that prey on small businesses, don't pay local taxes, and want to monopolize the bookselling market.

You're invited to our AUDIOBOOK WALK 🚶🎧 To celebrate Audiobook Month, we want you to join us—wherever you are—for an audiobook walk on June 13! Put on your sneakers, grab your headphones, and head outside. Whether walking around your neighborhood or a local trail, anything goes.

Y'all, I want to feel the fomo. Show me a photo of your favorite outdoor reading spot ⏬🌤🌼

We don't need more protein, we need more reading.

PSA: You don't need to have a membership to buy audiobooks from us! We love memberships—they're a great way to show sustained support for your indie, & make audiobooks more affordable. But you can also buy audiobooks via credit bundles or à la carte—the latter is especially great for sales 😎

Read an audiobook! Yes, read it! R E A D it!! And, even better if you grab the audiobook from your indie bookstore or public library...and then go READ it!!

No matter how much you read, what format you read, or what genre you read...you are a reader if you love books and reading 💓

Well, would you look at that. Free...free?!...free!! romance audiobooks available today and tomorrow! Yep :) Stuff your earbuds, folks, and spread the word: libro.fm/collections/...

Doing marketing for an ethical business is pretty fun, not gonna lie. Like, being able to say "We're an audiobook app that shares profits with indie bookstores!" is much cooler than "We're an audiobook app that makes our billionaire founder richer at the expense of everyone else!"

If, like me, you are trying to de-Amazonize your life, @libro.fm has been an awesome substitute for Audible.

Just ONE WEEK LEFT for you to stream THE LIBRARIANS for free on the PBS app and YouTube channel! Already seen the film? Be sure to let your friends and family know to watch it before May 9th while it's still FREE to stream! Watch and share now: tinyurl.com/TheLibrarian...

Can you guess which audiobook has received almost 40 reviews from our bookselling partners in the past 30 days? 👀

About a month ago, I found my old iPod nano (green, in a purple and green striped case, for those wondering). And I'm STOKED to upload music + audiobooks onto it for the summer... Which I can do because Libro's audiobooks are DRM-free, meaning I can listen anywhere, anytime 🙃

Shout out to everyone who is doing their best these days to shop small when they can, support their public library, and build community 💓 These actions add up, and do not go unnoticed! We are grateful for you!

It's Friday, Friday, gotta visit my bookstore on Friday. Everybody's lookin' forward to the bookstore, bookstore.

A friendly reminder, since it's been everywhere on our feed the past week: Audiobooks ARE reading!

Your daily dose of bookish hope: Because of you, we had our biggest Independent Bookstore Day yet. And many bookshops did, too 💓

We gotta stop using anti-book language. "Hit the books." Violence. "The oldest trick in the book." Have you ever read a book? They're extremely clever. "I borrowed a page from your book." DESTRUCTION. "They're a closed book." It is not a book's fault. Maybe you should buy them a book to gain trust.

Your annual reminder that the Monday after Indie Bookstore Day is actually a holiday for catching up on all your new books.

These knees aren’t for the club. They’re for browsing my local bookshop’s shelves on Indie Bookstore Day.

Reminder: Public libraries need our support to remain public. Support them with your library card and by advocating for their funding! ⭐

That feeling when people get "mad" at you for having such great audiobook sales, all in support of independent bookshops 😜 Sorry we want everyone to read more and to create a healthy, thriving book ecosystem!

Our Indie Bookshop Appreciation Sale starts...NOW! Stock up on audiobooks, save $$, and feel good knowing that every audiobook you buy directly supports your indie bookshop ⏬ Also - share pics of your cart/what you grab in the thread! We love seeing what you're excited about!

Idk, I'd just really rather ask a librarian or bookseller than a robot to help me understand a subject. It's more helpful and 9 out of 10 times we end up bonding over something random, like their calendar featuring dogs in sweaters.

I wish I had known about audiobooks as a child. Maybe then I wouldn't have pronounced "youth" as "yohwth" until I was 13.

An audiobook platform run by real, book loving humans? Revolutionary 😜 We’re real book lovers, real indie bookshop enthusiasts, real people who cancel plans to stay home to read...just like you.

Love reading audiobooks? Trying not to support big tech? Hey hey 👋 We're an audiobook company that shares profits with indie bookshops. Not only are we a Certified B Corp, Social Purpose Corporation, & 100% employee owned, but our audiobooks are DRM-free—meaning you can listen to them anywhere.

When we say we're proud to be both a Social Purpose Corporation and a Certified B Corp, what we mean is that we're proud to put time and resources into supporting indie bookshops and getting more folks to read—because we actually care about the reading ecosystem, and we want it to thrive 💓

The freedom to speak and to read is a fundamental principle of the United States of America. Use the action center to urge your representative to vote NO on HR 7661, or better, yet, to not take it up for a vote: tinyurl.com/hapf2m9r

Supporting small businesses has a H U G E impact. Because instead of giving major corporations ~more power~ we recirculate that $ in our neighborhood. We reduce our carbon footprint. Plus, small businesses are linked to lower poverty levels, & are way more likely to sponsor local orgs/charities.

Who will find the Golden Ticket? 🎫 This Bookstore Day (April 25), we're partnering with indie bookshops across the US and Canada to giveaway Golden Tickets worth 12 audiobooks each. Why? Because we love indie bookshops and they need our support!

Just a reminder that we work especially hard to ensure our apps are accessible and enjoyable. We take your support and feedback seriously, and want you to have the best audiobook experience possible. Enshittification is real, and we're not about that.

Today is the inaugural Black Bookstore Day! We partner with over 300 Black-owned bookshops across the globe, and today—and every day—is a great time to show them love 💓 Looking for a store near you to support? Check out our map ⏬

What if we told you that there's an audiobook platform out there powered by bookseller recommendations instead of blah algorithms 👀

Raise your hand if you want to read audiobooks from a company that 1) supports your indie bookstore 2) offers them DRM-free (you get the actual files) 3) is a certified b corp and employee owned 4) doesn't take away your credits (they don't expire)

P.S. It's never too late to become a reader 💓

Is Audible itself an April Fools prank? Their audiobooks have DRM, credits expire, and the money just goes to...billionaires? Hmm.

😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘 <----- real life footage of me sending kisses to my independent bookshop

Psst - don't forget that you can take 40% off audiobooks in our playlist featuring stories by trans, gender nonconforming, and nonbinary authors with code TRR26 😍 Ends tomorrow! Link to the playlist ⏬

Hi! We're an alternative to Amazon's Audible, & here are a few things that people often don't know about us: 1. We have over 600k audiobooks in our catalog! You'll pretty much find whatever you want to read, other than Audible exclusives (but that's on them, not us)

Today is a great day because we can officially say that INDIE BOOKSTORE DAY IS ONE MONTH AWAY 🎉 Mark your calendars for April 25, prepare your TBRs, and get ready to show your indies all the love they deserve!

Did you know that you can preorder books through your indie bookstore? It's a great way to support both the author and the shop! And when you preorder audiobooks on Libro, they'll appear in your app immediately on release day 💓