Resources

The 2025 LA Wildfires Resource Page

Bookseller Resources

• Click here to join our Edelweiss Community
• Bookseller Mentorship Program
• Opening Accounts with Publishers & Wholesalers
• Owners' Retreat & Spring Forum Education Session Resources (login required)
• Media Outlet Resource Page (login required)
• Call for Moderators and Panelists

Scholarships & Grants

• Glenn Goldman Scholarships
• Scholarships & Fundraisers

CALIBA Tool Kits

• Politics and Bookselling (login required)

• How to Start a Pop-Up (login required)

Classifieds & Temporary Staffing

• Classified Ads/Opportunities
• Substitute/Temporary Booksellers

Other Bookseller Organizations

• American Booksellers Association
  • Bookstore Resource Library
• Book Industry Charitable Association (Binc)
• American Independent Business Alliance
• The Independent Bookseller Resources
• The Panorama Project - Under the radar books that are in demand at US libraries.

Your State & Federal Elected Officials

California: Contact the Governor | Find & Contact My State Legislator

Federal: Find & Contact My US House Representative | Contact My US Senators

More Resources

• Anti-Censorship Resources
• Social Justice Resources for the Book Business (PW)
• The Brown Bookshelf
• We Need Diverse Books
• ByBlack.us

• Books Belong Initiative - Simon & Schuster Banned and Challenged Books list

• Support Trans, Nonbinary, Intersex, and Gender-Nonconforming Staff and Community (login required)

• How to Set Up CALIBA Membership Auto-Pay
• For Authors: How to Partner with Independent Bookstores

POS/Inventory Systems

• Anthology
• Basil
• Booklog
• Bookmanager
• Bookshop
• CirclePOS Bookshop Management System Brochure
• Gravity Payments - They'll reimburse 10% off your CALIBA dues
• Wordstock/IBIDie/IRT (same company)




Professional Bookseller School
CALIBA will reimburse booksellers for completion and certification of each
LIVE course. For those auditing courses, 1/2 of the cost will be reimbursed
with proof of attendance. Some restrictions apply. Find more details here.

5% DISCOUNT FOR CALIBA MEMBERS

Independent Study: CALIBAind | Live Courses: CALIBAlive

Your sales = your voice!

Report your sales to the ABA Indie Bestseller List, which will show up on our regional list!

1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. Login
                  2. Click "For Booksellers"
                  3. Go to Indie Marketing
                  4. Click "Indie Bestseller List"

Report to the New York Times! Find information here.