• Holiday Catalog Zoom Session: May 2nd @ 1PM PT
• Order Your Holiday Catalog by June 15th
• Spring Forum San Pedro May 22nd: Registration is Open
• Binc Tradeshow Scholarships Are Open!
• ABA New Member Series: Store Ownership 101 Session
• Dates and Deadlines
• Bestseller Lists
• Classifieds
• Bookseller Resources

Join us as Suzanne Shoger discusses ordering your Holiday Catalogs through RAMPbooks.com.

**Today, May 2nd @ 1 PM PT**

Choose from FREE, or brand with your logo and info. 

Add saturation mail and newspaper insertions for added exposure to your neighborhood.

Bring your questions!

The deadline to order your catalogs is JUNE 15th!

Free catalogs, imprinted catalogs, newspaper insertions, saturation mail

- we’ve got you covered!

Download the summer catalog assets here.

SOCAL BOOKSELLER FRIENDS: Are you a wiz with spreadsheets and/or technology at your store? Consider participating in our Spreadsheets & Technology Panel session at Spring Forum at 10:40 AM. (We'll cover your cost for registration). Email Valentina.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 22ND

Join us for a full day of authors, education, and camaraderie at the LA Yacht Club in San Pedro!

285 Whalers Walk, San Pedro, CA 90731​

$35 includes food, beverages and books.

CALIBA login required for registration. Having trouble accessing your account?

Email Valentina at valentina@caliballiance.org.

SPRING FORUM OAKLAND EVALUATIONS:

Thank you to those who attended our Spring Forum in Oakland! Attendees, please fill out the Spring Forum evaluation form. Your feedback is valuable to us, allowing our team to improve future CALIBA events. 

The Macmillan Diversity Scholarship Deadline

is May 20!

ABA New Member Series: Store Ownership 101 session is taking place on TUESDAY, MAY 7, at 12:00 p.m. PT. Advance registration is required. 

This session will provide new and prospective bookstore owners with an opportunity to ask questions of seasoned bookstore owners/staff.

Please use this form to submit questions ahead of time.

Both new and new-ish members are welcome to attend each session.

This session will be recorded and available on the Education Resources page on BookWeb.org for anyone unable to attend live.

• May 20: Deadline for Macmillan Booksellers Professional Scholarship

• May 22: Spring Forum San Pedro

• June 10-12: Children's Institute

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

• Sept. 22-28: Banned Books Week

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* Promotional Manager - Vroman's Bookstore, Pasadena
• *New* General Manager - Copperfield's Books, Sebastopol
• Studio Assistant - The Collective Book Studio, Oakland
• Managing Partner - Fair Arrow Books + Goods, Martinez

• 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 +++

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