Thank you for submitting your exhibitors, authors, and rep picks. Invitations will be sent out in the coming weeks.

*NEW EVENT & THIS YEAR ONLY* 2026 FALL FEST: BOOKSTORE TOUR

We will also have a bookstore tour on Sunday, September 13th. There will be a select number of seats available for vendors and publishers to purchase. Special invites will be sent to our participating vendors and publishers closer to the event. Guarantee your spot by becoming a Bookstore Tour Sponsor today!

*CLOSE JULY 10TH* 2026 FALL FEST: SPONSORSHIP & PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

CALIBA is meeting at the DoubleTree by Hilton Mission Valley San Diego for two days of lively conversation, education, rep picks, and networking on Saturday-Tuesday, September 14th-15th.

Interest Forms: Sponsorships |Galley Room & Promotions

Have more promotion ideas or special events booksellers would find useful? Send in your ideas here.

June: Pride Month / Audiobook Appreciation Month

June 19: Juneteenth / 2026 Golden Poppy Awards Submissions Close / Paperback Book Day (7/30) Marketing Assets - Book Submissions Due

June 20: 2026 Winter Catalog - Ad Space Reservations Close

June 21: Father's Day

June 26-29: ABA Children's Institute

July: Disability Pride Month / Margins Bookselling Month / National Culinary Arts Month / National Independent Retailer Month

July 4: Independence Day

July 10: 2026 Fall Fest Sponsorships & Galley Room & Promotions Forms Close

July 17: Book Lovers Day (8/9) Marketing Assets - Book Submissions Due

July 20-25: Shark Week

*SAVE THE DATE* September 13-14: 2026 Fall Fest: Bookstore Tour & Bookseller Conference

1 - Judging by the Cover Bookstore, in San Dimas, celebrated their 1 year anniversary!

2 - The Pleasant Pheasant Bookstore, in Woodland, is moving!

Pride Month:

3 - Book Soup, in West Hollywood, showed off their “Before Pride was a parade, it was a riot” display.

4 - A Seat at the Table Books, in Elk Grove, is hosting a Big Queer Party: Homecoming Edition

5 - Word After Word Bookshop, in Truckee, highlighted their favorite gay reads.

6 - Book Society, in Berkeley, has restarted their Summer BreakHappy Hour for educators and librarians.

7 - City Lights Books, in San Francisco, has their poetry room prepped for the summer heat.

8 - Rakestraw Books, in Danville, had a very special visitor who kindly posed with a couple of her book-to-movie adaptations.

In the News

• APA: Audiobook Sales Rise 9%, to $2.43 Billion, in 2025
• B&N Opening Stores This Week in Fla. & Calif.
• Celestial Books, San Francisco, Calif., Eyeing Bricks-and-Mortar Store
• Ruby's Books in Folsom, Calif., Expanding with Move into Newly Purchased Building
• Image of the Day: Ingram Hosts NAB2

Don't forget to follow CALIBA (@caliba_20)!

Alecia

Supporting Staff

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Hannah

Executive Director

The Book of Elsewhere

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Valentina

Operations Manager

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Jennifer Mandula

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Check out CALIBA’s 2026 Reading List!

• For Authors: How to Partner with Independent Bookstores
• From the ABA: Urge Congress to Reverse Tariffs
• Anti-Censorship Resources
• Panorama Picks - Books in Demand at US Libraries

Click here for a complete list.

Hannah Walcher

Executive Director

hannah@caliballiance.org

Valentina Moberg

Operations Manager

valentina@caliballiance.org

Alecia Reddick

Supporting Staff

alecia@caliballiance.org