• Holiday Catalog
• Order your catalogs by June 15th
• Nominate "Booksellers Recommend" Titles by Friday, June 7th
• Save the Date! Fall Fest 2024 and Hotel Reservations
• CALIBA Board Election Results
• Tri-West Summer School
• Spring Forum: Bookseller Evaluations
• Dates and Deadlines
• Bestseller Lists
• Classifieds
• Bookseller Resources

The deadline to order your catalogs and for newspaper insertion is June 15th!

Find details and order now.

Have a favorite upcoming Fall title that you want to see in the catalog?

Recommend it here! Deadline is tomorrow, June 7th!

September 17 & 18 at the Pasadena Hilton Hotel

168 S Los Robles Ave, Pasadena CA 91101

To secure a room, book by August 27 ($209 + taxes a night). 

Registration opens August 1st.

Bridget Schinnerer (Secretary, Vroman's), Elayna Trucker (Napa Bookmine), Vanessa Martini (Green Apple Books), Jhoanna Belfer (Bel Canto Books), Seth Marko (The Book Catapult), and Shannon Grant (Simon & Schuster) were handily elected.

Congratulations and we appreciate your service to our booksellers!

These FREE, virtual summertime sessions offer professional development and networking opportunities for every bookseller, no travel required!

Co-produced by CALIBA, MPIBA and PNBA.

Stay tuned for more details & registration here!

Confirmed sessions:

• 6/19: HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR REGIONAL MEMBERSHIP: ROUNDTABLE. Click here to register.
• 6/26: FINANCIAL AWARENESS AS FRIEND TO BOOKSTORE OWNERS AND MANAGERS. Click here to register.
• 7/19: BOOKSHOP.ORG & E-BOOKS
• 7/24: ASKING AN EXPERT: BASIC BOOKKEEPING FOR BOOKSTORES. Click here to register.
• 8/7: AN INTRODUCTION TO CO-OP
• 8/14: EVERY BOOKSELLER IS A CHILDREN'S BOOKSELLER. Click here to register.
• 8/28: ASK AN EXPERT: BUDGETING FOR BOOKSELLERS

More to come!

Did you attend Spring Forum in San Pedro? Your feedback is valuable to our team, allowing us to improve future CALIBA events!

Click here to fill out the Spring Forum evaluation form.

• June: Pride, Immigrant Heritage, and Audiobook Appreciation Month

• June 7: Last day to nominate titles for "Booksellers Recommend" in Holiday Catalog

• June 10-12: Children's Institute

• June 15h: Last day to order Holiday Catalogs

• June 19: Juneteenth

• Sept. 17 & 18: CALIBA Fall Trade Show

• 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

• Telesales Account Manager, Western Region - Simon & Schuster
• Executive Director of Sales - Chronicle Books
• Contracts Manager - Chronicle Books
• Senior Designer, Publishing Design - Chronicle Books
• Gift Editor - Chronicle Books
• Senior Manager, Educational & Library Marketing Manager - Chronicle Books
• 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 +++

Hannah Walcher, Executive Director

Livermore CA 94550