8.8.24 CALIBA Bookseller News & Information

August 8, 2024

in Bookseller Newsletter,

IN THIS ISSUE

Tri-West Summer School: 8/14 @ 12PM - Every Bookseller is a Children's Bookseller

Fall Fest '24: Registration is Open!

View the Schedule
Reserve Your Room
Scholarships for Fall Fest

Bookstore Romance Day: Saturday, August 17

Substitute Bookseller Program

August 20th @ 11AM: Mastering ipage: Advanced Course

Indie to Indie Playlists for August

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.

GET YOURSELF TO CLASS!

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

Up Next:

Wednesday, August 14 @ 12PM PT

Every Bookseller is a Children's Bookseller

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR SESSIONS

Missed the Live Event? Watch the Recordings Here!

Thank you to our Sponsors!

Presenting Sponsor:

Scholastic Inc.

Education Sponsors:

The Independent Bookseller

Bookish Birds

Stanford University Press

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.

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.

EXPLORE THE EXHIBIT HALL

Click the link above to see our list of exhibitors and show specials. More details to come.

Look forward to Exhibit Hall Raffles: Participate in the Exhibit Hall during Fall Fest for a chance to win $100!

VIEW THE SCHEDULE

Tentative schedule, subject to change.

BOOKSTORE ROMANCE DAY IS SATURDAY, AUGUST 17

REGISTRATION IS STILL OPEN!

Not sure if you've already signed up? Double-check the list here.

BOOKSTORE ROMANCE DAY RESOURCES:

Full Virtual Event Schedule

Updated Promo Graphics

Free Audiobooks for Your Customers from Libro.fm

Libro.fm is offering a choice of one of four free audiobooks to your customers for Bookstore Romance Day. Find a full selection of usable assets here.

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.

INGRAM RESOURCE: ENROLL FOR IPAGE ADVANCED COURSE

Enrollment is Open for

Mastering ipage: Advanced Course

August 20, 2024 11:00 AM PST

This advanced course will take a deep dive into everything you need to know about ipage with topics such as:

✓ Admin Functions

✓ Selection List Features

✓ Co‑Op Reports

✓ Returns & Discrepancies

✓ Advanced Accounting

✓ Frontlist Preorder Program

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

August 17: Bookstore Romance Day

August 20 @ 11AM: Mastering ipage: Advanced Course

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

We would like to give one HUGE shoutout to all of the booksellers, authors, customers and publisher friends who have come together to support East Bay Booksellers after the devastating fire on July 30th. As of Thursday, August 8th - the GoFundMe is less than $2,500 away from their $200,000 goal!

"Hi Everybody!

I'm being repetitive, but HOLY MOLEY did you all come through for us in a big way the past week. As a small business, you can sometimes get caught into measuring your success by the minutiae of P&L reports and such. (Funny how these can both make you applaud yourself AND despair a bit more than warranted.) But for businesses like ours, where one tries to find some sort of balance (or at least a teeter-totter relationship) of commerce and culture, neither success nor failure can quite be boiled down to that...." Read the rest of the update on the GoFundMe page here.