8.1.24 CALIBA Bookseller News & Information

August 1, 2024

in Bookseller Newsletter,

IN THIS ISSUE

Fall Fest '24: Registration is Open!

View the Schedule
Reserve Your Room
Scholarships for Fall Fest

Devastating Fire at East Bay Booksellers - GoFundMe

Tri-West Summer School

Substitute Bookseller Program

Dates and Deadlines

Bookstore Shoutouts

Bestseller Lists

Classifieds

CALIBA Currently Reading

Bookseller Resources

CALIBA STAFF

Hannah Walcher

Executive Director

hannah@caliballiance.org

Valentina Moberg

Operations Manager

valentina@caliballiance.org

Emma Marie

Supporting Staff

emma@caliballiance.org

Join CALIBA's Discord!

Email Valentina to join.

Current CALIBA bookseller membership required.

CHECK OUT THE UPDATED CALIBA BOOKSELLER MAP!

The CALIBA map contains bookstores and provisional bookstores in good standing. Don't see your store on the map? Email Emma at emma@caliballiance.org.

Fall Fest CALIBA Sept. 17-18 Bookseller Registration

CALIBA FALL FEST '24 BOOKSELLER REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! Pasadena Hilton 9/17-9/18

Join us for two full days of authors, education, exhibits and connection at the Pasadena Hilton.

Entry is free to CALIBA member bookstores and their staff. Seating is limited for author breakfast and lunch sessions. Register now to reserve your seat and for fast and easy check-in.

Fall Fest online registration closes September 5th. Current membership required to register for Fall Fest.

Having issues logging into your account? Email Valentina.

VIEW THE SCHEDULE

Tentative schedule, subject to change.

ACCOMMODATIONS

Click here to reserve a room with CALIBA's block.

Deadline for hotel room block: August 27th.

SCHOLARSHIPS FOR FALL FEST

1 - CALIBA will send two booksellers to our Fall Fest '24 in Pasadena. The scholarship will help cover travel, two nights at the Pasadena Hilton hotel, and the ticketed lunches (up to $650).

2 - Thanks to the generosity of Binc, we are also pleased to offer an Emerging Bookseller Scholarship for CALIBA's Fall Fest '24 in Pasadena. The scholarship will help cover travel and two nights in the Pasadena Hilton hotel (up to $500)

You can apply to one or both scholarships here. Applications close August 16th.

courtesy of Oakland Fire Department

DEVASTATING FIRE AT EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS

Early Tuesday July 30th, East Bay Booksellers in Oakland suffered a devastating fire that has completely destroyed the store. No one was seriously injured.

Click here to watch Brad's check-in posted on East Bay Booksellers' Instagram.

If you are in a position to give, some good friends of the store have set up a GoFundMe to help get East Bay Booksellers back on their feet. CALIBA will share any other ways the community can help East Bay Booksellers as the situation develops.

BOOKSELLER SUMMER SCHOOL

Thank you to our Sponsors!

Presenting Sponsor:

Scholastic Inc.

Education Sponsors:

The Independent Bookseller

Bookish Birds

Stanford University Press

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:

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 Recordings Here!

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR SESSIONS

Bookstores sometimes find themselves short-staffed and life since the pandemic hasn't made it easier. Do you have some extra time and could use a bit of extra cash?

Yes! I can help!

Be sure to share with your fellow booksellers!

Find a Substitute Bookseller Here (Login Required)

The information you provide will be a resource on the CALIBA website to current bookstore members. This is not intended to be a job search, but filling a temporary gap in staffing during difficult times.

INDIE TO INDIE PLAYLISTS FOR AUGUST

Every month, publisher members of the Independent Publishers Caucus recommend titles for a specific theme around which booksellers can build displays or build up inventory. This mix of frontlist and backlist titles helps to diversify stock and distinguish indie bookstores from their algorithm-based online competitors. Twice every year (in June and September), booksellers can earn a $500 prize and additional coop for featuring playlist titles in a physical display.

The two playlists for August are Women in Translation, and Beach Reads. Click the links to view the playlists in Edelweiss.

INDIE TO INDIE INFORMATION

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

August 1: CALIBA Fall Trade Show Bookseller Registration Opens

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

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

August 17: Bookstore Romance Day

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. 5: Deadline for Fall Fest '24 Online Registration

Sept. 17 & 18: CALIBA Fall Trade Show

Sept. 22-28: Banned Books Week

October 1: Holiday Catalogs Shipped to Stores and Newspapers. Click here for list of catalog titles.

November 1: Holiday Catalogs Mailed to Consumers

Screenshots of Instagram posts: Green Apple Books featured in USA Today, Diesel Books in Brentwood announces new owners, San Francisco's Christopher's Books Named a Legacy Business

1 - Green Apple Books was featured in USA Today!

Every week, USA Today spotlights an independent bookstore on the USA Today Books page! For an opportunity to be featured, ABA member bookstores can fill out this google form and pitch your bookstore to USA Today.

2 - Diesel, a bookstore has announced the sale of their Brentwood location to Richard & Heather Turner.

3 - San Francisco's Christopher's Books named a Legacy Business, congratulations!

Don't forget to follow and tag CALIBA @caliba_20!