my3books

We were overwhelmed by the level of interest in this contest from indie bookstores, publishing folks, and good old-fashioned book lovers - the number of tweets that were tagged with #RDB714 over the past couple of weeks has been amazing.

During the judging, we agreed that we wanted the focus to remain on all the terrific indie bookstores around the country - that was the point of the contest from the very beginning. So we'll keep it short here - each of these five stores were well-represented on Twitter by their passionate fans, and are deserving of your ongoing interest & support & patronage.

The five winning bookstores, in alphabetical order:

• Copperfield's Books (Sonoma & Napa Counties, CA) - on Twitter and on the web.
• Next Chapter Bookshop (Mequon, WI) - on Twitter and on the web.
• Oblong Books & Music (Millerton & Rhinebeck, NY) - on Twitter and on the web.
• Page & Palette (Fairhope, AL) - on Twitter and on the web.
• WORD (Brooklyn, NY) - on Twitter and on the web.

Winning bookstores, your prize boxes are on their way to you!

Thanks to everyone who nominated their favorite indie bookstore,

Geoffrey Jennings - Rainy Day Books (Fairway, KS) - on Twitter and on the web.
John Mesjak - my3books.com - on Twitter, too.