• LAST CHANCE Order FREE Summer Catalogs by March 15th
• CALIBA Spring Forums
• Save the Date! Spring Forum - San Pedro
• #SBADumpAmazon Online Day of Action
• 2024 Diverse Voices Fellowship Opportunity
• Dates and Deadlines
• Bookseller Shoutouts
• Bestseller Lists
• Classifieds
• Bookseller Resources

FREE to CALIBA bookstores

• Make it your own with a stamp or store sticker.
• A simple handout for your store, great for off-site events.
• No newspaper or mailing to coordinate (we’ll do all of this for the fall catalog.)

An online catalog is also available

• Integrates with your IndieCommerce, Bookshop, Bookmanager, or Handseller websites. 
• Include it through all of your marketing platforms. 
• Send at your convenience. (We are not working with the structured Shelf Awareness platform.)

Signing up takes just five minutes!

Missed the RAMP info session? Watch the RAMP 101 recording!

Spring Forum Oakland 4/3/24 - Registration is Open!

Come for a day full of authors, education, rep picks, and camaraderie.

Online registration closes on March 22. We welcome registration at the door.

Scholarships available.

Save the Date! Spring Forum - San Pedro

May 22, at the Los Angeles Yacht Club!

Stay tuned for more details.

As part of Small Business Rising, a coalition of 40+ coalition of independent businesses and entrepreneurs, the American Booksellers Association is declaring this March 20 “SBA: Dump Amazon!” Day. And we want you to join us that day (and beyond) for a social media campaign designed to put public pressure on the SBA to end its partnership with Amazon.

Download social media assets here.

Find out more and sign up here.

DO NOT POST BEFORE MARCH 20!

Click here for a list of lawmakers and influencers to consider tagging.

Who else will you tag?

CABS-Minnesota / Antiquarian Book School Foundation is currently accepting applications for the 2024 Diverse Voices Fellowship on used and rare bookselling. Fellowship activities include a two-day field school in Washington, DC; a week-long seminar in Minnesota; and various virtual events. Travel, lodging, and meals are covered by the fellowship. People of color, people who identify as LGBTQ+, people with disabilities, people from low-income backgrounds, and people who identify as women, non-binary, and/or trans are eligible to apply. More details are available at bookseminars.com/fellowship.php.

• March: Indie Press & Women's History Month

• March 20: "SBA Dump Amazon" Day Social Media Blitz

• March 31: Last day to sign up for Independent Bookstore Day general participation

• April 3: Oakland Spring Forum

• May 22: Spring Forum San Pedro

• June 10-12: Children's Institute

• 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

• *New* 2024 Diverse Fellowship Opportunity - Antiquarian Book School Foundation
• Executive Director - Books Inc. Reading Bridge
• Bookseller, Children's Department - Mrs. Dalloway's Literary and Garden Art Store, Berkeley
• Reading Group Choices for Sale
• Childrens Book Specialist - Book Passage, Corte Madera
• Calling all LA Bookstores and Pop-Ups! - Bookstore Crawl 2024

• Join the CALIBA Edelweis Community - Email Valentina
• Golden Poppy Awards 2023 Resources: digital toolkit, finalist and winners lists, and awards ceremony
• The Brown Bookshelf
• Anti-Censorship Resources
• Binc Foundation's Mental Health 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 +++

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