Quill & Quire is helping us spread the word that, as they put it, we want you to reach out and touch us!

This fall participating independent booksellers across the country will be featuring a selection of titles from a handful of LPG publishers in our 'Handmade Campaign.' The campaign is meant to remind us, through all the hype and doom of the arrival of ebooks for the masses, of the amazing experience of sitting down with a book -- wherever you happen to be and for as long as you want -- feeling the paper between your fingers as you flip the page, smelling that amazing 'book smell,' and admiring the beautiful work of art that a physical book is.

If that makes you want to go out and pick up a book, we have a few suggestions! Visit our Handmade Campaign book list to browse the participating titles.

Participating Bookstores:

Alberta - St Mary's University Bookstore, Shelf Life Books, University of Calgary Bookstore, Cafe Books, University of Lethbridge Bookstore.

British Columbia - 32 Books, Laughing Oyster Books, Galiano Island Books, Blackberry Books, Black Bond Books, University of British Columbia Bookstore, Book Warehouse, Sitka Books & Art, Favourite Gifts, University of Victoria Bookstore, Mosaic Books, People's Co-op Books.

Northwest Territories - North of 60 Books.

Ontario - Gullivers, Page and Turners, Booklore, Books and Co, University of Waterloo Bookstore, Collected Works, Octopus Books.

Quebec - Clio Bookstore, McGill University Bookstore, Argo Book Shop.