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Indies First Day: Created by author Sherman Alexie, Indies First Day falls on Saturday, the 30th, and is a way for book-lovers to participate in Small Business Saturday (the responsible consumer’s antidote to Black Friday). All over Brooklyn, authors will stop by independent bookstores for meet-and-greets with readers and shoppers. Have you always wanted to meet Jami Attenberg and tell her how much The Middlesteins kicked ass? Now’s your chance! She’ll be at Word in Greenpoint! Interested in telling Ayanna Mathis that The Twelve Tribes of Hattie is one of the best books you’ve read all year? She’ll be at Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene! Maybe you don’t want to meet your heroes because you’re afraid of being disappointed? Fine! Don’t say hi to anyone. But still go to an indie bookstore near you and buy some books.