Reps! Please scour your list and send us your best from California authors and illustrators published from November 1, 2023, and October 31, 2024.

We are especially looking for titles for the following committees: Glenn Goldman (especially Design/Architecture titles), Martin Cruz Smith Award (Emerging Diverse Voices), Romance, Poetry and Young Adult.

Take advantage of the summer months to ensure that your submission has the best reading by our committees.

200+ booksellers throughout the state will be gathering together for two full days of author sessions, rep picks, education, networking, and exhibits.

Deadline: July 31st

Limited Space Available

Exhibitor set up:

Tuesday, 9/17: 10:00 AM

​Exhibit hours:

Tuesday, 9/17: 3:00 - 5:30 PM

Wednesday, 9/18: 10:45 AM - 3:15 PM (closed for lunch)

CLICK FOR MORE DETAILS.

Call for Authors is CLOSED

Thank you for your wonderful submissions! The CALIBA team is reviewing the authors submitted and we plan to send out invitations by the end of this week.

Galley Table & Welcome Bag

Get your titles front and center at our galley table and with welcome bag inserts. $150 per title.

CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT.

Rep Picks will be invite only this year. Invitations to go out the week of August 9th!

Sponsorship Opportunities

Your support keeps admission to this event free for our booksellers. We appreciate your support! Please email hannah@caliballiance.org or fill out our sponsorship form.

Thank you for your holiday catalog reservations!

What's Next?

Bookstores Imprint Proofs - July 5-19

CALIBA Office Final Proofs - August 9-13

Catalogs Shipped to Stores and Newspapers - October 1

Catalogs Mailed to Consumers - November 1

• July: #MarginsBooksellingMonth

• July-August: Tri-West Bookseller Summer School

• July 31: CALIBA Fall Fest Exhibitor Registration Deadline

• August 17: Bookstore Romance Day

• Sept. 17 & 18: CALIBA Fall Trade Show in Pasadena

• Sept. 22-28: Banned Books Week

1 - Protagonist Black was featured in USA today!

Every week, USA Today spotlights an independent bookstore on the USA Today Books page! For an opportunity to be featured, ABA member bookstores can fill out this google form and pitch your bookstore to USA Today.

2 - CALIBA visited 14 East and South Bay bookstores. Check out our reel.

Don't forget to follow CALIBA on Instagram @caliba_20!

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

• *New* Sales Floor Manager - Bookshop Santa Cruz
• Field Sales Representative - HarperCollins (California)
• Telesales/Inside Sales Rep - HarperCollins
• Adult Book Buyer - Changing Hands Bookstore (Phoenix, AZ)
• Managing Partner - Fair Arrow Books + Goods, Martinez

You Have Books; We Have Booksellers!

Promote your key titles to our booksellers through dedicated eblasts, banners and website promotions.

Our stats are pretty impressive!

Take a look and book your promotions.

Emma

Supporting Staff

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

Grady Hendrix

9781683692515

Hannah

Executive Director

The Fragile Threads of Power

V.E. Schwab

9780765387509

Valentina

Operations Manager

Leech

Hiron Ennes

9781250811202

• Anti-Censorship Resources
• Panorama Picks - Books in Demand at US Libraries

Click here for a complete list.

Hannah Walcher, Executive Director

Livermore CA 94550