We must stay home, we must flatten the curve. Vulnerable members of our community need it, your friends and family need it. This is a once-in-a-century moment, and we must rise to the collective occasion and care for our community.

We also want to support our favorite local indie bookstores during this unprecedented moment. The loss of business is huge, and we want to weather this storm with our favorite stores intact.

Here's what local indie stores are doing — support them, and make sure they have income when things are so hard:

• The Elliott Bay Book Company is closed, but they are offering free shipping inside of Washington through March 31st.
• Third Place Books is offering free shipping through March 31st.
• Phinney Books also delivers books by hand to the neighborhood, and books can be bought online.
• The Queen Anne Book Company is offering free delivery to the Queen Anne neighborhood.
• University Bookstore is offering free shipping for all orders over $50.00
• Magnolia's Bookstore is offering free delivery in the Magnolia neighborhood.
• Eagle Harbor Books is offering free shipping in Washington through March 31st.

• Island Books on Mercer Island does free delivery on the island, curbside pickup, and free delivery. Store owner Laurie Swift Raisys also wrote about her experiences trying to sell in this time on Slate.

• Open Books is offering curbside pickup, and free delivery to certain parts of Seattle
• Book Larder is now a virtual store — you can do shopping trips via Facetime, and will ship free orders over $50.

• Golden Age Collectables — the world's oldest comic shop! — is closed temporarily. If you have a box with them, they will still get subscriptions, and can mail comics, with free shipping for orders over $50. If you’re a walk-in customer, you can setup a temporary box to make sure you don’t miss out. Best way to contact them is via email

• The used stores are working, too. Mercer Street Books, though currently open, will take orders over the phone for books or gift certificates, deliver books to the Queen Anne area for free the next morning before noon, and will do book-buy pickups and mail checks for books they purchase.
• Libro.fm is currently donating 100% of audiobook gift memberships to your local bookstore. They also pay fees to stores you affiliate your account with, so ordering a bunch of audiobooks helps your local stores.

Know of more stores we should be listing? Send us a tip and we'll look into keeping this list updated.