SIBA

1. 2008 SIBA Book Award Winners Announced
(News/SIBA News)

... and celebrate core member bookstores in a spirit of partnership. Independent, privately held, brick and mortar bookstores in our region constitutes the core members. Included in our membership are owners, ...

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

... is something that people are going to want to be a part of, and I think it will bring a whole new generation into our independent bookstores." Linda Barrett Knopp of Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe in Asheville, ...

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

... and majority shareholder of Vroman's, Publishers Weekly Bookseller of the Year, said, "Bookstores are institutions that change people's lives ... we affect customers' lives because we answer questions, ...

4. The Future is IndieBound
(News/Latest)

... owned bookstores with storefront locations -- through education, information dissemination, business products and services, and advocacy. ABA exists to protect and promote the interests of independent ...

5. Email Marketing Opportunities
(Advertising/Email Marketing)

... marketed to consumers. Download our advertising brochure and rate sheet Email advertising opportunities SIBA BLAST EMAIL: Reach over 500 bookstores with the SIBA Blast; an email announcement sent out ...

6. 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 ...

7. 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 ...

8. 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, ...

9. 2008 Holiday Catalog Information
(Marketing/Holiday Catalog)

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

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

... avenues: SIBA-hosted websites, free to bookstores SIBA-hosted blogs, free to bookstores SIBA Listserv, an online discussion group about Southern books and bookselling SIBA MySpace, a group for SIBA members ...

11. Authors 'Round the South
(Online/SIBA Online)

Authorsroundthesouth.com is one of the most extensive listings of author events and readings in the South. SIBA created Authors ‘Round the South (ARTS) as a tool for member bookstores to promote their ...

12. SIBA Sponsored Blogs
(Networking/SIBA Community)

... blog, bookstores can take advantage of the networking power of blogging without worrying about the technical side of set up and promotion. SIBA handles all the administrative tasks associated with blogs--all ...

13. Ask a Bookseller
(Networking/SIBA Community)

...  Formerly known as the "mentor program," this service, only available to SIBA bookstores, allows booksellers to ask their collegues for advice on specific issues. SIBA directs all inquiries to the bookseller ...

14. SIBA Free Website Service
(Business Services/SIBA Business Services)

... was instituted to ensure that all SIBA bookstores would be able to benefit fully from SIBA’s marketing and outreach programs. Originally based on a simple template, the service has recently been upgraded ...

15. 2008 SIBA Trade Show
(Education/Trade Show)

...  Independent Wholesaler Bookazine is a proud partner with SIBA’s Independent Bookstores. Bookazine’s sponsorship helps core members to pursue local alliances in their support of SIBA’s membership in AMIBA. ...

16. What Does SIBA Do?
(About SIBA/About SIBA)

... profitable businesses, and 2) that the program or service will help themsell more books and raise their visibility in their communities. The beauty of independent bookstores is that they are independent. ...

17. Governance & Bylaws
(About SIBA/Board, Staff & Governance)

SIBA exists for conditions conducive to core member success, to the extent that justifies expenditure of available resources. Independent, privately held, brick & mortar, commercially zoned bookstores ...

18. SIBA Book Award Looks to the Future
(News/SIBA News)

... directly. Participating bookstores will be asked to track the sales of the short listed (finalist) titles from Labor Day through year end with the goal of selling 100,001 books. SIBA will also continue ...

19. Creative Advertising & Promo Alert
(News/SIBA News)

... hands.To participate, simply create your entry and email it to alert@sibaweb.com before Apr. 21. Alert will be sent to bookstores the week of Apr. 28.  ...

20. SIBA and Decatur Book Festival announce partnership
(News/SIBA News)

... site and the Lady Banks newsletter, this move to the Decatur Book Festival can only raise awareness among consumers of independent bookstores and the books they care about." SIBA has been giving the Book ...