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OPT-IN TO THE *FREE* GOLDEN POPPY SHELF AWARENESS MAILINGS
Share the Golden Poppy Award finalists and winners with your customers for easy online shopping! Email Schedule: December 2, 2025 (Finalists) & January 30, 2026 (Winners). Click here to sign up.
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BLACK BOOKSTORE HERITAGE GRANT
This grant, presented by the National Association of Black Bookstores (NAB2), is designed to support Black-owned bookstores. Each year, this grant will award a total of up to $5,000 to selected applicants. Applications are now open for the Black Bookstore Heritage Grant.
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THE JAMES PATTERSON HOLIDAY BONUS OPENS NEXT WEEK
Mark your calendars! Beginning on October 1, the nominations form for the Holiday Bookstore Bonus Program will open.
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PROFESSIONAL BOOKSELLERS SCHOOL
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BANNED BOOKS WEEK IS COMING!
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This year, Banned Books Week will be held October 5 – 11. The theme for Banned Books Week 2025 is: “Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights.”
Current efforts to ban books and information held in schools, libraries, archives, and bookstores are a truth close to fiction — namely, the depiction of extreme censorship by an oppressive regime in George Orwell’s cautionary and prescient tale 1984. The Banned Books Week 2025 theme reminds us that the right to read belongs to all of us, that censorship has no place in contemporary society, and that we must defend our rights. Read more about the theme and Banned Books week on Bookweb, where you can also find shareable social media assets.
See ABFE's latest Banned Books Week newsletter with lots of event ideas, and more!
Check out the Shelf Awareness special Banned Books Week edition.
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1 - Dog Eared Books, in San Francisco, is 33 years old today and is celebrating with a 33% off sale!
2 - Napa Bookmine, celebrated their 12th anniversary on September 13th.
3 - Rebel Reads Bookstore, in Yucaipa, is turning one (!) and throwing a customer appreciation party in October.
4 - Get Lit Books & Things, in Moreno Valley, is looking for their forever home and will be closing the doors to their current location on September 28th. Best wishes for the search!
5 - The Fleuria, in Los Angeles, had a record turnout for their third Audiobook Walk.
6 - Underground Books, in Sacramento, has a recap of the Sac Black Lit Book Fest. Congrats on a successful festival!
7 - Linden Tree Books, in Los Altos, had a special storytime to celebrate Deaf Awareness month with popular children’s stories in ASL (American Sign Language).
8 - Banter Bookshop, in Fremont, has a book display to celebrate Deaf Awareness Month.
Spooky Season has officially begun:
9 - Ruby’s Books, in Folsom
10 - Caspian Books, in Tracy
11 - Vroman’s Bookstore, in Pasadena
12 - Copperfield’s Books, in Healdsburg
USA Today features
Book Society in Berkeley, California pairs curated wine with bestselling books
Shelf Awareness features
Happy 70th Birthday, Kepler's Books!
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.
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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* Bookstore Manager - Chevalier's, Los Angeles
- Accounting Assistant - Chronicle Books, San Francisco
- Publicist - Chronicle Books, San Francisco or New York
- Brand Designer - Chronicle Books, San Francisco
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Our Vicious Oaths
N.E. Davenport
9780063397781
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Hannah
Executive Director
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The God and the Gumiho
Sophie Kim
9780593599662
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Valentina
Operations Manager
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A Witch’s Guide to
Magical Innkeeping
Sangu Mandanna
9780593439371
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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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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).
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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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