REACH BOOKSELLERS AS THEY HEAD INTO Q4!

Ensure your book is top of mind as booksellers prepare for the biggest show of the year. Our various promotional options will give your titles the spotlight they need right when booksellers are making key decisions.

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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's Glenn Goldman Scholarship Application (for ABA's 2026 Winter Institute): Due *SUNDAY* August 31st
• Carla Gray Memorial Scholarship for Emerging Bookseller: Applications Open Sept. 1st-20th

August: Back to School Month / Black Business Month

*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

*TUESDAY* September 2: Fall/Winter Shelf Insider Book Submission Deadline

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

September 15: Golden Poppy Awards - Fall Titles Submission Deadline

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

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

October 1: Catalog delivery to stores and newspapers

October 5-11: Banned Books Week

November 1: Catalog delivery 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 CALIBA (@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* 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

• For Authors: How to Partner with Independent Bookstores
• 2025 LA Fires Resources Page
• From the ABA: Urge Congress to Reverse Tariffs
• Anti-Censorship Resources
• Panorama Picks - Books in Demand at US Libraries

Click here for a complete list.

Hannah Walcher

Executive Director

hannah@caliballiance.org

Valentina Moberg

Operations Manager

valentina@caliballiance.org

Alecia Reddick

Supporting Staff

alecia@caliballiance.org