It’s time to think small.

This year, Small Business Saturday falls on Nov. 29, and the event is always a good excuse to support one of Southern California’s 80+ local independent bookstores while also shoring up your TBR pile.

And it’s about to get even more interesting. The shops that make up the San Gabriel Valley Bookstore Friends – Black Cat Fables , dym books & boba , Fables & Fancies , Matilija Collective , Octavia’s Bookshelf , and Underdog Bookstore – are teaming up for an event that could potentially save you some money on a future book purchase.

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“This is the first time we’re doing the passport program,” says Black Cat Fables store owner Nicole Fabry, who says the idea was first proposed by

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