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East City Bookshop

Independent Bookstore
@eastcitybookshop
All the best words. ✌️❤️📚 Women-owned, neighborhood proud. Capitol Hill, Washington, DC.
  • eCommerce/DTC
  • Following 1.7K
  • Followers 19.4K
  • Engagement 1.06%
  • Avg comments 5

About East City Bookshop

East City Bookshop (@eastcitybookshop) is an Independent Bookstore creator on Instagram, also filed under eCommerce/DTC. The account has 19,406 followers and 2,339 published posts. Recent posts average 230 likes and 5 comments, an engagement rate of 1.06%.

With 19.4K followers, East City Bookshop is a micro creator by the common 10,000 to 100,000 definition. East City Bookshop follows 1,744 accounts, so the audience is roughly 11 times the size of the list followed. East City Bookshop is set up as an Instagram business account. Flinque files East City Bookshop under Independent Bookstore, with eCommerce/DTC as a secondary category.

The Instagram bio for East City Bookshop runs to 11 words across 3 lines. Emoji sit alongside the words. The latest activity Flinque has on record for East City Bookshop dates from January 2026.

Story Highlights

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2,339 Posts

Of the 10 most recent posts shown for East City Bookshop, 8 are carousels, 1 is a single image and 1 is a video. That mix leans toward carousels. With 2,339 posts published, East City Bookshop's archive runs well past the 2,000 mark. Against the audience, that is roughly 8.3 followers for each post published. East City Bookshop also keeps 11 story highlights on the profile. All 10 carry captions, averaging 80 words each. The captions are written mainly in English. Words that recur across them include indiebookstore, dcbookstore, shoplocal, books and booksellers. The captions tag #eastcitybookshop, #indiebookstore, #dcbookstore, #shoplocal and #booksellers.

It’s cold outside 🥶 what better way to spend the winter months than keeping warm with a cozy read?

📚 Cozy Adult Fiction

• FAR AND AWAY by Amy Poppel
• A WITCH’S GUIDE TO MAGICAL INNKEEPING by Sangu Mandanna
• THREE BAGS FULL by Leonie Swann
• KATE & FRIDA by Kim Fay
• THE KEEPER OF MAGICAL THINGS by Julie Leong
• GOOD SPIRITS by B.K. Borison
• MURDER BY CHEESECAKE by Rachel Ekstrom Courage
• MONK AND ROBOT by Becky Chambers
• VIOLET THISTLEWAITE IS NOT A VILLAIN by Emily Krempholtz

📚 Cozy Nonfiction

• WINTER SOLSTICE by Nina MacLaughlin
• THE SERVICEBERRY by Robin Wall Kimmerer
• THE BOOK OF DELIGHTS by Ross Gay
• PATCHWORK by Maddie Ballard
• OF TIME AND TURTLES by Sy Montgomery
• BITE BY BITE by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
• THE UNIVERSE IN VERSE by Maria Popova
• DEAR WRITER by Maggie Smith
• WINTERING by Katherine May

📚 Cozy Kid Lit

• TAXI GHOST by Sophie Escabasse
• SUGAR SHACK by Lucy Kinsley
• CREAKY ACRES by Calista Brill & Nahila Magruder
• HUDA F ARE YOU? by Huda Fahmy
• TO THE STARS AND BACK by Peplo
• KINDRED DRAGONS by Sarah Mensinga
• SHUNA’S JOURNEY by Hayao Miyazaki
• THE DOG WHO FOLLOWED THE MOON by James Norbury
• ALWAYS REMEMBER by Charlie Mackesy

🏷️ #EastCityBookshop #CozyReads #BookRecs #WinterReads #CozyBooks
Indiana Jones meets Hidden Figures in this brand-new stand-alone historical fantasy set in the world of THE CONDUCTORS, in which the space race of the mid-20th century will be determined by magic...if not murder.

In one week, on Thursday, January 15th in-store and online at 7pm, join us in welcoming Nicole Glover to discuss her next novel, THE STARSEEKERS in conversation with Leslye Penelope.

🏷️ #EastCityBookshop #IndieBookstore #DCBookstore #ShopLocal #WashingtonDCEvents
Wish you’d snagged a holiday romance while shopping for loved ones? Still have a few holiday cards you need to send? Well do we have the deal for you!

We’re having a mini holiday sale! Calendars and select holiday books are 40% off and holiday cards, wrapping paper, and other sidelines are 50% off. Come in and grab them before they’re gone!

🏷️ #EastCityBookshop #IndieBookstore #DCBookstore
🗓️ECB HOURS UPDATE🗓️

If you aren’t subscribed to our newsletter, you may not have heard— we’ll be closed on Mondays in January, but will be back to normal hours in February.

If you want to stay up to date on the books we’re loving and the events we have coming up, sign up for ECB’s weekly newsletter at the link in our bio!

🏷️ #EastCityBookshop #IndieBookstore #DCBookstore
New Year, New Books 📚 Start 2026 off right by checking out which authors are stopping by ECB this January!

Tues 1/13— Isabelle Engel, MOST ELIGIBLE, with Ava Wilder (in-store + online)

Tues 1/13— Emily Austin, IS THIS A CRY FOR HELP?, with Emma Sarappo MLK Jr. Memorial Library

Thurs 1/15— Nicole Glover, THE STARSEEKERS, with Leslye Penelope (in-store + online)

Fri 1/16— Clifford Thompson, JAZZ JUNE, with E. Ethelbert Miller Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital

Wed 1/21— Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres & David H. Plylar, LET THE PEOPLE HEAR IT (in-store + online)

Thurs 1/22— Talk of the Hill with Bill Press featuring Rick Atkinson, THE FATE OF THE DAY Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital

Thurs 1/22— Emma R. Alban, LIKE IN LOVE WITH YOU (in-store + online)

Wed 1/28— Natan Last, ACROSS THE UNIVERSE, with Stefan Fatsis Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital

Thurs 1/29— Dr. Farah Karim-Cooper, ALL THE WORLD’S YOUR STAGE, with David Kilpatrick (in-store only)

ECB will be closed on Mondays in January, but we’ll be open for our regular hours Tuesday-Sunday!

🏷️ #EastCityBookshop #WashingtonDCEvents #IndieBookstore
What can we say, we love shopping local! 📚💚

#eastcitybookshop #dcbookstore #shoplocal #booksellers #indiebookstore
ECB Bookseller 2025 Favs pt. 3: Book Buyer Edition 👀 our Adult Book Buyer Emilie and Kids Book Buyer Amy read A LOT 📚 — check out their favorite reads from 2025!

🏷️ #EastCityBookshop #KidLit #BookRec #Booksellers #ShopLocal
ECB Bookseller 2025 Top 5s pt. 2 💚

🏷️ #EastCityBookshop #Booksellers #BookRec #ShopLocal #SupportSmallBusinesses
ECB’s top 5 of 2025 pt1!!!

🏷️ #EastCityBookshop #IndieBookstore #DCBookstore #ShopLocal #shoplocaldc
Starting this week we’ll be open one hour later each day, which means there’s extra time for you to finish your holiday shopping with us!

Let us assist you by recommending the perfect gifts in-store and online— at this point we can’t guarantee that out of stock items will make it to the shop by 12/24, but our booksellers have lots of in-stock favorites to share!

Also remember to join us this Thursday, 12/18 for our last Books & Bevs of the year. Stop by the shop from 6-8pm to enjoy wine from DCanter and other drinks while you shop!

🏷️ #EastCityBookshop #IndieBookstore #DCBookstore

East City Bookshop's engagement

East City Bookshop's engagement rate on Instagram is 1.06%, between 1% and 3%, or 1 to 3 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 94 followers. An average post collects 230 likes and 5 comments, close to 46 likes for each comment.

Engagement rate

1.06%

Avg likes
230
Avg comments
5
Interactions : followers
1 : 94

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Who is East City Bookshop?

East City Bookshop (@eastcitybookshop) is an Independent Bookstore creator on Instagram, also filed under eCommerce/DTC. East City Bookshop is set up as an Instagram business account. The Instagram bio for East City Bookshop runs to 11 words across 3 lines.

How many followers does East City Bookshop have?

East City Bookshop has 19,406 followers on Instagram (19.4K). East City Bookshop follows 1,744 accounts, so the audience is roughly 11 times the size of the list followed. With 2,339 posts published, East City Bookshop's archive runs well past the 2,000 mark.

What is East City Bookshop's engagement rate?

East City Bookshop's engagement rate on Instagram is 1.06%, between 1% and 3%, or 1 to 3 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 94 followers. An average post collects 230 likes and 5 comments, close to 46 likes for each comment.

What does East City Bookshop post about on Instagram?

Flinque files East City Bookshop under Independent Bookstore, with eCommerce/DTC as a secondary category. Of the 10 most recent posts shown for East City Bookshop, 8 are carousels, 1 is a single image and 1 is a video. The 10 recent Instagram captions Flinque holds for East City Bookshop repeatedly use the words indiebookstore, dcbookstore, shoplocal, books and booksellers. East City Bookshop's captions carry hashtags such as #eastcitybookshop, #indiebookstore and #dcbookstore. East City Bookshop writes those captions mainly in English. East City Bookshop keeps 11 story highlights, which open with a free Flinque account.

How do I contact East City Bookshop for a collaboration?

East City Bookshop's contact details are not published on Flinque's public profile. The Instagram bio links to 1 external site, and a free Flinque account opens that link. The account is registered as an Instagram business account. Brands with a free Flinque account can shortlist East City Bookshop and use Flinque's outreach tools wherever a contact route is on file.

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