The Brooklyn Bookstore Crawl is tomorrow! A few reminders...
We’re so excited that so many of you want to Bookstore Crawl with us. Here are a few things to keep in mind tomorrow.Â
1. While book buying is not required, it is highly encouraged.
You can participate in the Brooklyn Bookstore Crawl, and enter prize drawings, without a single book. But bookstores (not to mention authors!) can’t survive without book buyers. If you find a book that piques your interest, consider taking it home with you! We all love books and bookstores, or we wouldn’t be doing this, right?
2. Respect the bookstores and their employees.
We understand that there’s going to be a lot of excitement and a lot of hurrying tomorrow as everyone tries to hit all of the stores on their itineraries. But keep in mind the stores and the people who work there.
Be patient with booksellers, who may be busy, and with other customers (and Crawl-ers). If you take books off the shelves, please put them back where they belong after you’ve taken your pictures.
All of the sponsoring bookstores have been incredibly generous by donating prizes -- and in some cases opening for longer hours than usual to allow us to Crawl there. Let’s make sure they have a great time, too!
Bring some friends along! Stop at local bars and restaurants along the way. Share your pictures on social media. (If you’ve got an itinerary already planned out, share that, too!)
Your fellow Crawl-ers will also be posting pictures. Keep an eye on the #bkbookstorecrawl hashtag on Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, and Facebook, and see what cool stuff everyone is up to! Maybe you’ll discover another store you want to visit.
The Bookstore Crawl itself is on Tumblr as bkbookstorecrawl; Twitter as @bkbookstcrawl; Instagram as @bkbookstorecrawl.Â
4. Check out our sponsors!
A lot of companies donated cool prizes. Check them out on our Sponsors page, and send them some love on social media!
If you’re crawling without entering the prize drawings, COOL! If you do want to enter drawings, here’s how that works.
Each store has an assigned task. You’ll be able to find these starting Friday night on the Prizes page on our website (and in other places). Each store will also have a flyer identifying its task. If you can’t find the flyer, just ask!
To enter the Grand Prize, which contains gift certificates, books, and swag from the participating bookstores, you must visit at least 5 of the sponsoring stores. A list is available on the Meet the Stores page. (Check it for updates, as we’ve had some last-minute additions and deletions.)
If you’re entering one of the other drawings, and visiting non-sponsoring stores, use one of these tasks or just get creative!
a) post a picture of a book you added to your to-read list today;
b) post a picture of a quote from a favorite book.
If at all possible, post pictures of each task on a publicly viewable social media account. If you don’t have any publicly viewable social media accounts, shoot us a line at “info [at] bkbookstorecrawl [dot] org” and we’ll figure something out.
An entry form will go live on Friday night, also on the Prizes page, where you can enter links to these pictures. You must fill out the entry form with links to your pictures to enter the drawings. The deadline for filling out the entry form is 11:59 PM Sunday night, May 1st.
