• Golden Poppy Awards
• It's Time to Vote!
• Golden Poppy Display Contest
• RSVP for the Virtual Awards Ceremony
• Join a Golden Poppy Awards Committee
• Deadline for Catalog Rebates is 1/15/24
• CALIBA is Hiring!
• CALIBA Bestsellers of 2023
• Denver Publishing Institute Scholarships - Open Now!
• Professional Booksellers School Courses
• BincTank is Accepting Applications
• Dates and Deadlines
• Bestseller Lists
• Classifieds
• Bookseller Resources

BOOKSELLERS: DON'T FORGET TO CAST YOUR VOTE!

Voting is open to California independent booksellers only. Please share with your bookseller friends! Voting ends January 15th at 5PM PST.

GOLDEN POPPY DISPLAY CONTEST

Make a Golden Poppy display by January 15th and tag us on Instagram @caliba_20 for a chance to win $100 for your store!

Click here for the Golden Poppy digital toolkit to help with your displays.

2023 Display Winners - Books Inc

GP '23 VIRTUAL AWARDS CEREMONY

January 25th at 7PM PST.

HOSTING A WATCH PARTY FOR THE AWARDS CEREMONY?

LET US KNOW!

INTERESTED IN JOINING A GOLDEN POPPY AWARDS COMMITTEE?

CALIBA will reimburse up to $400 of the cost of your newspaper insertions.

Have your invoice ready to upload and apply here by January 15th.

Applications are being accepted for CALIBA’s Executive Director, $80,000 - $90,000. Find out more and apply here.

We've compiled our lists to bring you the titles that appeared on our bestseller lists the most last year.

Register for Basic Bookselling

Registration Opens Monday, 01/22 @ 10 am PT

The Spring 2024 Basic Bookselling Course will begin March 11, 2024. Classes will be on Mondays at 4 pm PT and run from March 11th to May 20th.

Preview the Syllabus Here

Enrollment is limited to 60 students.

$125. CALIBA members, use code CALIBAbb and save $10.

The 2024 Event Management Course begins on Sunday, January 21, 2024.

Classes are Sundays from 5 - 7 pm PT

The course runs for 16 classes. The cost is $375. Read about the course here.

Enrollment is limited to 40 students.

$375. CALIBA membership, use discount code CALIBAem and save $25. 

*CALIBA will reimburse bookseller members who complete PBS courses and are certified.*

Binc believes that every community deserves their bookstore. BincTank is an incubator pilot program whose primary mission is to support BIPOC entrepreneurs to open new bookstores in underserved communities.

Find out more and apply here.

• January 1-15: Golden Poppy Voting Period

• January 15: Upload your Every One Gets a Book catalog invoice for newspaper insertion reimbursement

• January 22: Registration for Event Management Course begins - 10 AM PT

• January 22: Registration for Basic Bookselling Course begins - 10 AM PT

• January 25: Golden Poppy Awards Virtual Ceremony

• February 11-14: ABA Winter Institute

• April 3: Oakland Spring Forum

• May (date tba): Spring Forum SoCal

• Sept. 17 & 18: Fall Trade Show - Pasadena Hilton

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

• *Salary adjusted* Executive Director - CALIBA
• Calling all LA Bookstores and Pop-Ups! - Bookstore Crawl 2024
• Head Book Buyer/General Manager - Godmothers, Summerland

• Join the CALIBA Edelweis Community - Email Valentina
• Golden Poppy Awards 2023
• Golden Poppy Main Webpage
• Golden Poppy Finalists Edelweiss List
• Digital Toolkit
• GP/Shelf Newsletter
• The Brown Bookshelf
• Anti-Censorship Resources
• Binc Foundation's Mental Health Pilot Program
• Panorama Picks - Books in Demand at US Libraries

Click here for a complete list.

Support CALIBA

Publishers support CALIBA when bookstores participate.

Bookstore Participation = Publisher Sponsorship = CALIBA = Bookstore Education, Advocacy, Networking +++

Ann Seaton, Stonyford 415-561-7686 ext. 101