• 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.

SHELF INSIDER SEASONAL NEWSLETTER: NOW ACCEPTING FALL/WINTER '25 AND SPRING/SUMMER '26 TITLES

Want to maximize visibility for your latest titles? Our seasonal newsletters offer prime space to showcase your most anticipated books to our booksellers and their audiences. Your book will be included in an email listing with cover art, blurb, and a contact link for ARCs or galley requests. Reach 1k+ booksellers.

Book your listing and submit your title information.

Have Questions? Email Alecia.

SOCIAL MEDIA PROMOTIONS: JULY TO SEPTEMBER THEMES ARE LIVE

Our booksellers have requested a new way to feature your books as part of their social media marketing. We've come up with a list of themes to promote your titles. Click here to view the themes, purchase a spot, and submit title information.

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

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

July 30: Golden Poppy Awards - Summer Titles Submission Deadline

August: Back to School Month / Black Business Month

August 8: Fall Fest Call for Sponsors Deadline

August 9: Bookstore Romance Day

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

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

September 15: Golden Poppy Awards - Fall Titles Submission Deadline

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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Alecia

Supporting Staff

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Livermore CA 94550