CALIBA OFFICE STAFF CHANGES

After four wonderful years with CALIBA, Emma is off to pursue other endeavors. We are so thankful for all of the hard work, creativity and energy she has brought to the office. Emma just completed her last day, but will be assisting in training our newest staff member, Alecia. Thank you, Emma!

WELCOME, ALECIA!

Hi all, I'm Alecia, the new CALIBA support staff member. I'm excited to join CALIBA because I believe in the power of community and the vital role independent booksellers play in connecting readers with stories. Before I joined CALIBA I worked as a graphic designer, creating digital marketing assets for Williams-Sonoma, Inc. When I'm off the clock, I work on my pop-up bookstore, Wallflower Bookshop; try to keep my Duolingo streak going (1+ years) and spend time reading the many ARCs on my TBR list. I can't wait to collaborate with all of you and help champion California's amazing bookselling community!

ABA DEIC NOMINATIONS CLOSE TOMORROW, OCT. 25

The ABA’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee (DEIC) serves as a sounding board and advisory council on issues related to antiracism, equity, access, and representation facing the bookselling community and ABA.

At this time, to ensure the council is as representative of membership as possible in terms of members’ racial identity, neurodiversity, disability, gender identity, and sexual identity and their stores’ format, size, and region, we are specifically looking for new members who identify in one or more of the following ways:

• Midwest bookseller or bookstore owner
• Bookseller or bookstore owner in California 
• Pop-up store bookseller or bookstore owner
• Bookseller or bookstore owner who identify as Latinx/Hispanic/Chicano/x

Booksellers are invited to nominate themselves or another bookseller!

Nominations are due by 8:59 pm PT on Friday, October 25, 2024 and will then be reviewed by current DEIC members and ABA staff who together will select the new members to fill the empty seats. 

HAVE YOU CHECKED YOUR LISTING? CALL FOR REP DIRECTORY UPDATES

It's that time of year again! The directory is alphabetized by publisher/rep group and remains keyword searchable.

Please take a look and email Valentina if any corrections are necessary!

APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR SECOND BINCTANK COHORT

The Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation will accept applications for the second cohort of BincTank, its business incubator pilot program to support BIPOC-owned retail bookselling businesses that are physically located in their community, Oct. 13-Nov. 3, 2024. The application will be available at https://www.bincfoundation.org/binctank/.