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2025 FALL FEST
Please join us for two full days (September 17-18) of education, authors, and connection with booksellers throughout the state of California.
South San Francisco Conference Center
255 South Airport Boulevard____________________________Click here for more information.
South San Francisco, CA 94080
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September 17
9:40 AM - 10:30 AM
- Education - First-Time Trade Show Attendee
- Education - Events Beyond the P&L: Tools for measuring event success
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
- ABA Education - Measure What Matters: 5 Key #s to Focus on During Turbulent Times
2:40 PM - 3:30 PM
- Education - Handselling the Holidays: What You Don’t Know About Kids Books
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September 18
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
- ABA Education - Navigating Attacks on Your Store
- Education - Working with Self-Published Authors: Softening the “No” and Finding the Win-Win
11:30 AM - 12:20 PM
- Education - Managing for Cultural Stewardship: Caring for Your Institution's Cultural Health
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POLITICAL ADVOCACY COMMITTEE
*Feedback and examples needed* for CALIBA Tool Kit for Booksellers: Politics and Bookselling (login required) - With the help of Bookshop Santa Cruz, your Political Advocacy Board has put together the bones of this peer-to-peer bookseller tool-kit. We would like YOUR HELP on fleshing it out. Please suggest additional examples and possible language in the google doc or email Hannah at hannah@caliballiance.org. Thank you in advance for helping us make this a better and stronger resource for your fellow CALIBA booksellers.
Round Table: Tips & Tricks for Recognizing & Battling "Soft" Book Bans Session Recording
Tell us ways that you’re involved in political action (letter writing events, mutual aid, etc.) in your community. Share your events with Hannah or tag us (@caliba_20).
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PROFESSIONAL BOOKSELLERS SCHOOL
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2025 WINTER CATALOG: IMPRINT PROOFS DUE TO STORES
You haven't missed anything! Due to unexpected delays, proofs will be sent out at a later date. We will let you know the new time-frame as soon as we can.
Prep for your marketing, buys, and hand selling with the catalog resources page.
Have any questions? Contact Alecia, alecia@caliballiance.org.
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1 - The Quirky Crow Bookshop, in San Ramon, signed a lease for their brick-and-mortar. Congratulations!!
2 - Isis Asare, owner of Sistah Scifi (in Oakland), New Executive Director of SFWA (via Shelf Awareness, photo: Bryon Malik).
3 - On Waverly, in San Francisco, held a fun event for eventgoers to reconnect with their inner child through readings and conversations.
4 - Noe Valley Books, in San Francisco, is gonna need a bigger boat for all these shark week books.
5 - Two Birds, in Santa Cruz, has a few alternatives to Shark Week.
6 - Ruby’s Books, in Folsom, has a display to celebrate Aunts & Uncles’ Day.
7 - Book Loft, in Solvang, shows off a few of their favorite summer cookbooks.
8 - Flintridge Bookstore, in La Cañada Flintridge, has loads of options with a summer blockbuster movie display.
9 - Octavia’s Bookshelf, in Pasadena, partnered with Children’s Hospital Los Angeles to collect books for a “Christmas in July” book drive.
10 - Word Horde Emporium, in Petaluma, is counting down to spooky season.
11 - Readers’ Books, in Sonoma, is also counting down to Fall with Summerween picks.
12 - dym books & boba, in Pasadena, are celebrating Bookstore Romance Day with a Julie Tieu book signing.
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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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- *NEW* Managing Director of Finance and Operations - City Lights Books, San Francisco
- *NEW* Marketing Manager - Simon & Schuster, Virtual
- Part-Time Administrative Assistant - The Collective Book Studio, SF Bay Area
- National Accounts Manager - Chronicle Books, San Francisco
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Plus Size Player
Danielle Allen
9781250331182
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Hannah
Executive Director
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How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying
Django Wexler
9780316392204
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Valentina
Operations Manager
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The Compound
Aisling Rawle
9780593977279
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CALIBA RESOURCES
Click here for a complete list.
MEDIA OUTLETS
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This map shows our current bookstore members.
Don't see your store on the map? Check your information on our website, then contact Alecia to update the map.
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Email Valentina to join.
Current CALIBA bookseller membership required.
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We're working hard to make your life easier with membership tips & tricks:
How to set up auto-pay for dues.
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Support CALIBA
Publishers support CALIBA when bookstores participate.
Bookstore Participation = Publisher Sponsorship = CALIBA = Bookstore Education, Advocacy, Networking +++
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