SIBA

1. 2008 SIBA Book Awards are all atwitter!
(News/SIBA News)

... of the upcoming Decatur Book Festival on August 29 – 31st. The ceremony, honoring the best Southern books of the year as chosen by southern independent booksellers, will be held on Saturday, August 30th ...

2. Around the World with Fireside Books
(News/Bookseller News)

[From Shelf-Awareness] This summer children are enjoying a global odyssey at Fireside Books and Gifts in Forest City, N.C. Three Saturdays per month in June, July, and August the store is hosting "Around ...

3. 2008 SIBA Book Award Winners Announced
(News/SIBA News)

2008 SIBA Book Award Winners Announced The best in Southern Literature as chosen by the people who would know. . .Southern Independent Booksellers Columbia, SC ...

4. A Joyous, Groundbreaking Celebration of Bookselling: ABA Launches IndieBound
(News/Latest)

ABA CEO Avin Mark Domnitz announces the launch of IndieBound. In the spirit of the Boston Tea Party, booksellers declared a new era of Independents ...

5. Book of the Year & Bookseller of the Year Winners Honored
(News/Latest)

The Celebration also honored the 2008 Book Sense Book of the Year Award winners, the Publishers Weekly Bookseller and Rep of the Year winners, and the 2008 Lucile Micheels Pannell Award winners. ...

6. The Future is IndieBound
(News/Latest)

Nationwide Independent Bookstore Movement Announced at BookExpo America American Booksellers Association Launches IndieBound; Localism ...

7. Sponsorships
(Advertising/Sponsorship Opportunities)

Most of the events and programs offered by the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance have sponsorship opportunities available. Sponsoring a program brings your company to the attention of hundreds ...

8. Lady Banks' Commonplace Book
(Advertising/Email Marketing)

Lady Banks’ Commonplace Book is SIBA’s primary push vehicle for marketing directly to consumers. A newsletter for people interested in Southern literature, sponsored by booksellers who are members of SIBA ...

9. Extra! Extra! Press Release Service
(Advertising/Email Marketing)

On the theory that its member stores know their own markets best, SIBA has collected and collated the press lists of it booksellers into a database of media contacts highly specialized for the Southern ...

10. Email Marketing Opportunities
(Advertising/Email Marketing)

SIBA’s enhanced web and email presence reaches thousands of booksellers, book lovers and industry professionals. Email announcements reach thousands of subscribers. SIBA-sponsored websites are visited ...

11. authorsroundthesouth.com
(Advertising/Online Advertising)

Authorsroundthesouth.com (ARTS) is a site sponsored by SIBA which promotes Southern literature and author events at independent bookstores in the South. The ARTS calendar of author readings is the largest ...

12. sibaweb.com
(Advertising/Online Advertising)

The online home of SIBA is www.sibaweb.com, one of the most active and interactive websites in the bookselling industry. The site regularly draws thousands of visiters each day, and has become a resource ...

13. Holiday Catalog
(Advertising/Print Advertising)

... is provided free of charge, it has become the marketing piece of choice for many SIBA member stores during the busy holiday season. Bookstores distribute over one million of these catalogs to their customers ...

14. Say It Yourself: Mailing List Rentals
(Advertising/Print Advertising)

Mailing Lists: SIBA rents its mailing list of over 1000 bookstores to industry organizations and authors. The mailing list is made available on press-apply labels. Exceptions are made for SIBA members, ...

15. Siba Ink! Newsletter & Toolkit
(Advertising/Print Advertising)

The SIBA Newsletter is a bimonthly publication that reaches SIBA bookseller. Each issue is designed as a booksellers “toolkit” appropriate to the season--with reproducible marketing materials, forms, signage, ...

16. 2008 SIBA Book Award
(Marketing/SIBA Book Award)

About the SIBA Book Award: Each year, hundreds of booksellers across the South vote on their favorite hand-sell books of the year. These are the Southern books they have most enjoyed selling to customers; ...

17. 2008 Holiday Catalog Information
(Marketing/Holiday Catalog)

...  the 100,001 Book Project | get the holiday catalog toolkit what bookstores are saying about the catalog  ...

18. Southern Independent Bestseller List
(Marketing/Southern Independent Bestseller List)

SIBA partners with the American Booksellers Association and Book Sense to create a weekly list of bestsellers specific to the South.  The Southern Independent Bestseller List is distributed to all SIBA ...

19. Listserv, Websites & Blogs
(Online/SIBA Online)

SIBA understands that independent bookselling in the Information Age must embrace the Internet and take advantage of online marketing opportunities. SIBA currently supports the following online marketing ...

20. Lady Banks' Commonplace Book
(Online/SIBA Online)

  Lady Banks' Commonplace Book is a newsletter for people interested in Southern literature, sponsored by booksellers who are members of SIBA. It is marketed directly to consumers -- your customers ...