Independent Bookstore Day at About Time Bookstore
Schedule
Sat Apr 25 2026 at 09:00 am to 06:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
528 N. Milwaukee Ave, Libertyville, IL, United States, Illinois 60048 | Libertyville, IL
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About Time Bookstore: Independent Bookstore Day Details Join us on Saturday, April 25, for a day of giveaways, author meet & greets, and more for Independent Bookstore Day! Extended store hours 9am-6pm.
Special Activities & Promotions:
- About Time Bookstore is participating in the Chicago bookstore crawl, a city-wide all-day adventure that encourages book lovers to visit 10–15 independent books stores that day to earn 10–15% off at every store for the entire year! Learn more at: chilovebooks.com (Bus routes and information coming soon and we will update this page!)
- The Northern IL / Wisconsin passport program will be ongoing (more details on our events page).
- New York Times and USA Today Best-Selling Historical Fiction Author, Lisa Barr will be at the store for a meet & greet and signing from 10 AM - 12 PM. Lisa Barr is the author of THE GODDESS OF WARSAW, WOMAN ON FIRE, THE UNBREAKABLES and the award-winning FUGITIVE COLORS.
- USA Today Best-Selling Romance Author, Alison Hammer (Half of Ali Brady) will be at the store for a meet & greet and signing from 10 AM - 12 PM. Alison Hammer is half of the writing duo Ali Brady, and author of The Beach Trap, The Comeback Summer, Until Next Summer, Battle of the Bookstores, and the novellas, One Night, Two Holidays, and Merry Little Bookshop.
- Exclusive About Time tote bags for the first 50 customers who spend $20+
- Free sticker with any purchase (while supplies last)
- ARC (Advance Reader Copy) giveaways throughout the day (while supplies last)
- Make a purchase and enter in to win a bookish basket from our store
- Make a $10+ purchase at About Time Bookstore, As Above So Below (crystal shop next door) and A Wildwood Botanist (nature inspired shop next door) and receive an exclusive sticker and an entry to win a basket of goodies from all three stores
- Libro.FM Golden Ticket Hunt – Hidden somewhere in the store is a Golden Ticket that grants the finder 12 FREE audiobooks from Libro.FM!
- Golden Ticket Giveaway — Find the hidden golden tickets in-store and win an About Time gift card
- Coffee for purchase from Found Acre coffee cart starting at 10 AM
- Indie Bookstore exclusive merch to shop
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