April First Friday & Secondhand Saturday Earth Month Celebration at Bobzbay Books
Schedule
Fri, 04 Apr, 2025 at 10:00 pm to Sat, 05 Apr, 2025 at 05:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
419 N Main St, Bloomington, IL, United States, Illinois 61701 | Bloomington, IL
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Kick off Earth Month at the bookstore with a weekend of deals, specials, and pop-ups celebrating nature, the environment, and the positive environmental impact of secondhand shopping! Join us at the bookstore on First Friday (4/4 from 10am-8pm) and Secondhand Saturday (4/5 from 10am-5pm) for:- USED BOOK SALE! Buy any two used books, get another used book for free! (This sale applies to all used books in the shop, excluding glass case items.) Opting for secondhand over new books lessens the demand for new book production, therefore making it a great way to help reduce deforestation and conserve the natural resources that are necessary to produce new books. Choosing a used book also prolongs the lifespan of each book already in existence, keeping them on bookshelves and out of landfills. (See, your book-buying habit really is saving the planet!) We’ve got a well-rounded and always-changing selection of secondhand books in all major genres (roughly 75% of the books on our shelves are used!) so swing by to see what you can find!
- POP-UP VINTAGE SHOP! Shop vintage and secondhand clothing in a variety of styles, sizes, and decades from local pop-up vintage shop Alma at the Party! The fashion industry is responsible for producing ~10% of the globe’s carbon emissions (that’s more than the entire European Union!), is both the second-largest consumer AND polluter of water (responsible for about 20% of wastewater pollution worldwide), and sends roughly 85% of all textiles to landfills every year, making it one of the most wasteful and environmentally destructive industries on the planet. Shop vintage and secondhand clothing for a more environmentally sustainable way to keep your closet looking and feeling fresh, while prolonging the life of existing garments and supporting a local & woman-owned business (Alma at the Party is bookseller Sydney’s other job!) For more info: https://linktr.ee/almaattheparty
- BOOK TRADE-IN BONUS! Trade-in your gently used books on Friday 4/4 or Saturday 4/5 and receive a special bonus card with a 15% discount off any single item in the future! A study on book recycling showed that approximately 320 million books are thrown away each year rather than recycled or reused, and paper accounts for 25% of waste in landfills. Help us keep books in circulation and out of the trash by trading them in for store credit at Bobzbay! We’ll be available for book trade-ins during all open hours on Friday and Saturday. Check out our most in-demand genres (and what books we’ll pass on) here: https://bobzbay.square.site/book-trade-ins
- EARTH MONTH BOOK DISPLAY! Dive into all things Earth Month and check out our new book display featuring a curated selection of books that focus on conservation, environmentalism, and nature. Can’t make it in-store? You can shop our Earth Month display online! (Link to come soon!)
See what else is going on at Bobzbay Books: https://bobzbay.square.site/events
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Where is it happening?
419 N Main St, Bloomington, IL, United States, Illinois 61701Event Location & Nearby Stays:
