Independent Bookstore Day Celebrations!

Featuring special virtual events, limited edition merch, and more!

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Virtual Events!

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YA @ Books Inc proudly presents Sasha Laurens in celebration of her much-buzzed fantasy debut, A Wicked Magic. The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina meets The Craft when modern witches must save teens stolen by an ancient demon in this YA fantasy-thriller debut.

Dan and Liss are witches. The Black Book granted them that power. Harnessing that power feels good, especially when everything in their lives makes them feel powerless.

During a spell gone wrong, Liss's boyfriend is snatched away by an evil entity and presumed dead. Dan and Liss's friendship dies that night, too. How can they practice magic after the darkness that they conjured?

Months later, Liss discovers that her boyfriend is alive, trapped underground in the grips of an ancient force. She must save him, and she needs Dan and the power of The Black Book to do so. Dan is quickly sucked back into Liss's orbit and pushes away her best friend, Alexa. But Alexa has some big secrets she's hiding and her own unique magical disaster to deal with.

When another teenager disappears, the girls know it's no coincidence. What greedy magic have they awakened? And what does it want with these teens it has stolen?

Set in the atmospheric wilds of California's northern coast, Sasha Laurens's thrilling debut novel is about the complications of friendship, how to take back power, and how to embrace the darkness that lives within us all.

Exclusive Items!

Exclusive Items! Created for Independent Bookstore Day 2020, these items will be available for purchase on a first-come, first-served basis at Books Inc. locations on August 29^th. These exclusive items can only be purchased directly from indie bookstores.

From top left: SIGNED SPECIAL EDITION BASKETBALL (AND OTHER THINGS) with exclusive mystery poster included by SHEA SERRANO; THE ART OF PROTEST POSTCARDS by JO RIBBON In Collaboration with AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL; EXCLUSIVE DOUBLE VINYL ALBUM OF FACE IT: A MEMOIR by DEBBIE HARRY; OPEN A BOOK, OPEN YOUR MIND SOCKS from OUT OF PRINT CLOTHING; BOOKSTORE DAY CANDLE by FROSTBEARD STUDIOS AND IBD PUBLISHING; EXCLUSIVE BOOKSTORE DAY EDITION FEATURING A LETTER FROM THE AUTHOR WAYS TO MAKE SUNSHINE by RENÉE WATSON; NOT QUITE NARWHAL KIDS TOTE by JESSIE SIMA; POEMS OF RESISTANCE, POEMS OF HOPE WITH POEMS OF HOPE BY JOY HARJO, ADA LIMON, HANIF ABDURRAQUIB, MORGAN PARKER, AND MANY OTHER CONTEMPORARY POETS; GIVE ME BACK MY BOOK ONESIE by JON KLASSEN; REVERSIBLE SUPA CAPE by DAV PILKEY; A SIGNED SHORT STORY NEVER BEFORE IN PRINT YOU HAVE ARRIVED AT YOUR DESTINATION by AMOR TOWLES; SPACE BANDITS ISSUES 1-5 SPECIAL EDITION WITH EXCLUSIVE COVER AND VINYL STICKER by MARK MILLAR/MATTEO SCALERA.