• Rebound Bookstore will celebrate their 20th anniversary on July 7th
• Congratulations to Jessica Green (of Mrs. Dalloway’s) for becoming PBS’ third fully certified bookseller, ever!
• Image of the Day: Buzz Me In at Book Soup
• Cool Idea: Summer Reading Marches in at Green Apple Books
• Copperfield's Books Downsizing Petaluma, Calif., Store
• Scrawl, Scribble & Smirch Bookshop Coming to Gustine, Calif.

2025 WINTER CATALOG: IMPRINT PROOFS DUE TO STORES

Prep for your marketing, buys, and hand selling with the catalog resources page.

IMPORTANT DATES:

• July 5-19 (continuous): Imprint proofs to stores.
• September 5: Marketing assets available and digital catalog pages published.
• October 1: Catalogs shipped to stores and to newspapers.
• November 1: Catalog direct mailing date.

Have any questions? Contact Alecia, alecia@caliballiance.org.

CALIBA MARKETING ASSETS: NEW WEBPAGE

We've created assets that you can share with your customers to give you time back for other projects. Visit our Marketing Assets webpage.

July themes:

• Disability Pride Month
• International Self-Care Day (available July 17)
• National Avocado Day (available July 17)

August themes:

• Back to School Month (available July 17)
• International Cat Day (available July 24)
• National Dog Day (available August 7)
• National Beach Day (available August 14)

Have more marketing ideas or special events members would find useful? Send in your ideas here.

INDIE TO INDIE

The Independent Publishers Caucus has TWO playlists to help corral the kiddos and give parents some solace — one focusing on climate change and the other their latest Young Readers Edition of the Indie-to-Indie Playlist, focusing on summer reading. Also, check out the Indie Press Backlist Essentials!

BOOKSTORE ROMANCE DAY

August 9th is a day designed to give independent bookstores an opportunity to celebrate Romance fiction—its books, readers, and writers—and to strengthen the relationships between bookstores and the Romance community.

Mark your calendars for the seventh celebration of Bookstore Romance Day! Click here for information and to sign up to participate!

*DUE BY JULY 15TH* SCBWI Impact and Legacy Fund Independent Bookstore Grant: three independent bookstores will be awarded a $1,000 grant to host a public program or bookstore event featuring a children's book author or illustrator. Apply here.

WORD FOR WORD: "ANNUNCIATION" WITH LAUREN GROFF

Word for Word, the San Francisco theatre company (based at Z Space), will be producing Lauren Groff's short story "Annunciation" from June 18 - July 13. On July 9, Lauren Groff herself will be joining them for a post-show conversation. Click here for more info and to download event poster for your store.

Would you like to attend the event at a discounted rate? Contact JoAnne Winter, jwinter@zspace.org, (415) 659-8133 for discounted tickets. 

July: Disability Pride Month / #MarginsBookselling Month / Find Waldo Local

July 8-11: Ditch the Algorithms and Shop Indie This Pr*me Day!

July 9: Tri-West Summer School - Panel: Creating Successful Bookstore Crawls and Passport Programs

July 15: SCBWI Impact and Legacy Fund Independent Bookstore Grant Applications Close

July 16: Tri-West Summer School - Roundtable: Tips & Tricks for Recognizing and Battling "Soft" Book Bans

July 23: Tri-West Summer School - Holiday Prep Starts Now: Create Your Checklist

August: Back to School Month / Black Business Month

August 6: Tri-West Summer School - Edelweiss: What Is It? Why Do You Need It? And How to Get Started!

August 9: Bookstore Romance Day

August 13: Tri-West Summer School - Round Table: Marketing Audiobooks and E-Books as Part of Your Brand to Capture Non-traditional Reading Customers.

August 20: Tri-West Summer School - Understanding & Improving Cost of Good Sold

August 25: Fall Fest Hotel Group Rate Ends - Book Now!

September: Self-Care Awareness Month / National Hispanic Heritage Month

September 17-18: Fall Fest @ South San Francisco Conference Center

October 5-11: Banned Books Week

1 - Kepler’s Books, in Menlo Park, showing off 70 years of love notes; here’s to 70 more years 💕

2 - Napa Bookmine helped two veteran local booksellers pick out some perfect picture books 📚

3 - Linden Tree Books, in Los Altos, kicked off their July book drive 💌

4 - Bloodstone Books, in Sacramento, held a Queer Author Market for the last weekend of June. Pride year round 🏳️‍🌈

5 - dym books & boba, in Pasadena, has a new event for their local community, “Mahjong Mondays”! 🀄🧋😋

6 - Tia Chucha’s Centro Cultural and Bookstore, in Sylmar, has provided ways to protect your mental health if you’ve been affected by ICE raids. ❤️‍🩹

7 - Ruby’s Books, in Folsom, has a list of great reads to honor Disability Pride Month ❤️💛🤍💙💚

8 - Leigh’s Favorite Books, in Sunnyvale, is celebrating Jane Austen’s 250th(!) birthday in July. 📝

9 - Northtown Books, in Arcata, has kicked off Find Waldo Local in their neighborhood. 🗺️

10 - Pegasus Books, in Berkeley, has a wide range of summer reading books. 🌞

11 - The Reading Bug, in San Carlos, has gone nautical with their summer reading display. 🌊

12 - Wild Plum Books, in St. Helena, has re-upped their bookmark supply - so pretty 😍

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Click here for the Los Angeles Times & Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestseller List

Click here for the San Francisco Chronicle & Northern California Independent Bookstore Bestseller List

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