• CALIBA's Member Discord is Live!
• Help Keep the Doors of Octavia's Bookshelf Open
• Tri-West Summer School
• Holiday Catalog Orders Important Dates
• From our Friends at the ABA - ABACUS
• July is#MarginsBooksellingMonth!
• Fall Fest 2024: You Can Book Your Room Now!
• Dates and Deadlines
• Bestseller Lists
• Classifieds
• Bookseller Resources

Hi bookseller friends,

We are excited to launch our Discord server! We hope to use this platform for members to share successes, ask questions, and (most importantly) build more connection with fellow booksellers. This space is exclusive to current bookstore and provisional members and their employees.

We have some discussion spaces set up already, but please let us know if you have any edits or would like us to add a new discussion topic. Please be patient as we accept folks into the space. We expect an influx and we are new to this platform, too!

Remember: be kind. If we feel that anyone is abusing the platform or not following our guidelines, they will be removed.

Have staff that you would like to join? Let us know!

-CALIBA Staff

Hannah, Emma, and Valentina

Join the party! Email Valentina (valentina@caliballiance.org) to join.

(Current CALIBA membership required)

Hi CALIBA booksellers,

Octavia's Bookshelf, one of our own members and a budding bookstore creating community in Pasadena, needs help. View their message on Instagram, share, and donate to their GoFundMe if you can!

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

Co-produced by CALIBA, MPIBA and PNBA.

Next sessions:

• 7/17: BOOKSHOP.ORG & E-BOOKS
• 7/24: ASK AN EXPERT: BASIC BOOKKEEPING FOR BOOKSTORES.
• 7/31: BEST PRACTICES FOR SELLING USED BOOKS: ROUND TABLE
• 8/7: AN INTRODUCTION TO CO-OP
• 8/14: EVERY BOOKSELLER IS A CHILDREN'S BOOKSELLER.
• 8/21: USING DATA TO UNDERSTAND YOUR EVENT PROGRAM
• 8/28: ASK AN EXPERT: BUDGETING FOR BOOKSELLERS

Missed the Live Event? Watch the Recording!

• 6/19: HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR REGIONAL MEMBERSHIP: ROUNDTABLE. Watch here!
• 6/26: FINANCIAL AWARENESS AS FRIEND TO BOOKSTORE OWNERS & MANAGERS. Watch here! PDF of slides here.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR SESSIONS

July 5-19 - Imprint Proofs: Bookstores will receive imprint proofs from RAMP which MUST be approved before the order is final. You will have 2 revisions for FREE; after that, it is $25 per proof for additional versions.

October 1 - Catalogs Shipped to Stores and Newspapers

November 1 - Catalogs Mailed to Consumers

Prep for your buys and handselling by going over the catalog titles ahead of time. Click here for the Edelweiss list.

Have any questions?

Email Emma at emma@caliballiance.org

There's only 17 days left until the July 21 deadline for this year's ABACUS, ABA's free financial benchmarking survey. Complete the ABACUS for a chance for a full scholarship to Winter Institute 2025!

Check out this lovely TikTok by Kira Wizner of Merritt Bookstore in Millbrook, NY, explaining her experience with the survey and encouraging everyone to fill out ABACUS.

If you would like assistance, or are participating for the first time, sign up now for a step-by-step ABACUS workshop! You can also reach out to ABA CFO PK Sindwani or Greg Manns from Industry Insights for help.

Participating in ABACUS is the first of three actions that could reshape the bookselling industry. (Visit BookWeb to learn more about Building an Indie Future with the ABCs.)

Check your email for the ABACUS reminder that went out yesterday from abacus@industryinsights.com with the subject line "ABACUS-23 Benchmarking Study" to get started.

Find out more about Margins Bookselling Month and view the map on their site!

Get excited! We are working on programming now.

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.

Scholarship form to come!

• July: #MarginsBooksellingMonth

• July 5-19: RAMP Holiday Catalog Imprint Proofs Period

• July 17 @ 12PM: Summer School - Bookshop.org & E-books

• July 21: Deadline for ABACUS responses

• July 24 @ 12PM: Summer School - Ask an Expert: Basic Bookkeeping for Stores

• July 31 @ 11AM: Summer School - Best Practices for Selling Used Books: Round Table

• August 1: CALIBA Fall Trade Show Registration Opens

• August 7 @ 12PM: Summer School - Introduction to Co-op

• August 14 @ 12PM: Summer School - Every Bookseller is a Children's Bookseller

• August 21 @ 12PM: Summer School - Using Data to Understand Your Event Program

• August 27: Deadline to Reserve Room for Fall Fest at Pasadena Hilton Hotel

• August 28 @ 12PM: Summer School - Ask an Expert: Budgeting for Bookstores

• Sept. 17 & 18: CALIBA Fall Trade Show

• Sept. 22-28: Banned Books Week

• October 1: Holiday Catalogs Shipped to Stores and Newspapers

• November 1: Holiday Catalogs Mailed to Consumers

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* Field Sales Representative - HarperCollins (California)
• *New* Telesales/Inside Sales Rep - HarperCollins
• Adult Book Buyer - Changing Hands Bookstore (Phoenix, AZ)
• Managing Partner - Fair Arrow Books + Goods, Martinez

• Join the CALIBA Edelweiss 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