POLITICAL ADVOCACY COMMITTEE - VIRTUAL MEETING

*TOMORROW* August 29th at 12pm PT

Continuing the "Soft" Book Bans Conversation

Register Here

ADVISORY COUNCIL - MEDIA OUTLET RESOURCE DOC

Let's crowdsource media outlet contacts to help each other publicize your brands/stores. Media Outlet Resource Doc.

THE BOOK INDUSTRY STUDY GROUP IS COMING TO THE BAY AREA

Join BISG for a gathering designed to connect publishing professionals across the publishing supply chain. Thursday, September 11th, 5-7pm. Click here for more details.

CALIBA MARKETING ASSETS FOR BOOKSTORES

We've created assets that you can share with your customers.

-National Wildlife Day (9/4)

-Grandparents' Day (9/7)

Click here to download Marketing Assets.

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

August: Back to School Month / Black Business Month

*TOMORROW* August 29: Continuing the "Soft" Book Bans Conversation

*SUNDAY* August 31: CALIBA's Glenn Goldman Scholarship Application Deadline (for ABA's 2026 Winter Institute)

September: Self-Care Awareness Month / National Hispanic Heritage Month / Digital Catalog pages to stores

September 5: Catalog assets available

September 7: Fall Fest Bookseller Registration Closes

September 11: The Book Industry Study Group is coming to the Bay Area

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

September 20: Carla Gray Memorial Scholarship for Emerging Bookseller Application Deadline

October 1: Catalogs delivered to stores and newspapers

October 5-11: Banned Books Week

October 31: Deadline for ABA Fall Show Special/ABA Membership Trial - use promo code: FallPromo2025

November 1: Catalogs delivered via direct mail

1. National Dog Day Celebration: Through the Fold Books, Ruby’s Books (in Folsom), and Sausalito Books.
2. Tía Chucha's Centro Cultural (in Sylmar) has their next “Sew Much Fun” meeting coming up in September.
3. Books Inc. Reading Bridge is excited for book fair season to begin!
4. Underground Books (in Sacramento) with the Guild Theater, will be hosting The Sacramento Black Book Festival September 13th. 
5. Bookshop Santa Cruz is saying goodbye to summer with a Fall Reading Challenge.
6. Bookshop Benicia is ready for 2026 with a large assortment of calendars!
7. New Release Tuesday - Katabasis Fervor! (Alibi Bookshop (in Vallejo), Banter Bookshop (in Fremont), The Best Bookstore in Palm Springs, The Book Seller (in Grass Valley), Bookshop Benicia, Browser Books (in San Francisco), Copperfield’s Napa, Capital Books (in Sacramento), Diesel: A Bookstore (in Santa Monica), Eureka Books, La Playa Books (in San Diego), Leigh’s Favorite Books (in Sunnyvale), Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore (in San Diego), River House Books (in Carmel), Two Birds Books (in Santa Cruz), and Word After Word Books (in Truckee)).

Shelf Awareness Features

• Image of the Day: Collateral Stardust
• Image of the Day: Judging by the Cover (in Fresno) with Tracy Rosenthal
• Halloween: For Some Booksellers, the Second Most Important Holiday - Flintridge Bookstore (in La Cañada Flintridge)
• Bookshop.org & Two Trees Press Donate to Support Binc

Don't forget to follow and tag us (@caliba_20) to be featured! CALIBA resources has

info about being featured by Shelf Awareness, USA Today, and Bay City News.

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* Accounting Assistant - Chronicle Books, San Francisco
• *NEW* Publicist - Chronicle Books, San Francisco or New York
• *NEW* Brand Designer - Chronicle Books, San Francisco
• *NEW* Ecommerce & Digital Sales Assistant - Chronicle Books, San Francisco
• *NEW* Copy Freelancers - Chronicle Books

Alecia

Supporting Staff

The Bewitching

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

9780593874325

Hannah

Executive Director

How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying

Django Wexler

9780316392204

Valentina

Operations Manager

We Love You, Bunny

Mona Awad

9781668059869

Join our monthly office hours (fourth Thursdays) to co-work with Hannah! Have a question, idea, or comment about a CALIBA program? Office hours are a great chance for you to check in directly with your Executive Director.

Click here to register for a morning session (9-10am) or afternoon session (2-3pm).

Hannah Walcher

Executive Director

hannah@caliballiance.org

Valentina Moberg

Operations Manager

valentina@caliballiance.org

Alecia Reddick

Supporting Staff

alecia@caliballiance.org

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