also has a Compass Books store in Terminal 2. Books Inc.'s longtime store in the Terminal was closed, and during construction, it's had a 350-square-foot temporary store. United is in process of taking over all of Terminal 3 and rebuilding it. The company will begin construction on the Compass Books store in July and open in time for the Terminal's grand opening on November 15. has won the bidding process for a store in the renovated Terminal 3 at San Francisco Airport.
More information on participating stores and authors can be found here. Among the authors are Joseph Boyden ( The Orenda), Guy Gavriel Kay ( River of Stars), Ann-Marie MacDonald ( Adult Onset) and Cathy Marie Buchanan ( The Painted Girls). So far, more than 100 bookstores and 500 authors have signed on. She initially envisioned the event as a British Columbia-only event, but enthusiasm for the movement quickly spread across Canada. In much the same way that Sherman Alexie spearheaded Indies First, Canadian author Janie Chang provided the impetus for Authors for Indies. Some stores, in addition to having authors as guest booksellers, have also planned special readings, events and promotions for the day. Like Indies First in the U.S., the one-day event will feature authors volunteering at their local independent bookstores to talk to customers and handsell books. On May 2, the same day that the first Independent Bookstore Day takes place in the U.S., independent bookstores across Canada will team up for the first Authors for Indies Day.
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