SIBA

1. SIBA Gets High Marks
(News/SIBA News)

... 18-year-old Fireside Books & Gifts in Forest Lake, N.C. Parks, along with former owner Suzanne Ledford, attended last weekend's SIBA (Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance) gathering held in Mobile, ...

2. New Southern Rep for Baker & Taylor
(News/Latest)

... Brand Manager, managing independent studios and placing independent product into the Retail, CDF and Library markets until her departure in 2005. Debbie has since been an account executive with Ingram ...

3. Announcing STARS: The Southern Traveling Authors Registration Service
(News/SIBA News)

... specifically towards Southern independent bookstores.   How does it work? Authors who are traveling in the South and want to schedule events while on the road list their upcoming trips on their STARS ...

4. 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 ...

5. 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 ...

6. 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 ...

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

... books." Saluting the assembled independent booksellers at the Celebration, he said, "Those of you who chose to make a living in this craft [of bookselling] are cultural ambassadors in the communities ...

8. The Future is IndieBound
(News/Latest)

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

9. 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 ...

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

... 2 AUTHOR INTERVIEWS: Content for the Lady Banks newsletter is provided by SIBA’s independent booksellers, but SIBA arranges for special features and interviews with authors. Interviews appear in the Lady ...

11. Email Marketing Opportunities
(Advertising/Email Marketing)

... to list any materials you have available and allows stores to request items they are interested in using. This Alert is sponsored by all nine regional independent bookseller associations, and reaches a ...

12. 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 ...

13. 2008 SIBA Book Award
(Marketing/SIBA Book Award)

... Southern origin, as determined by people whose business it is to know great books—the independent booksellers of the South. Books are nominated in five categories, including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, ...

14. 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 ...

15. 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 ...

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

... for potential interviews and shows. ARTS is the home of The Lady Banks' Commonplace Book Newsletter, and Find a Bookstore -- a complete list of SIBA member independent bookstores. The ARTS site ...

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

Who Needs a Website? (You Do!) Beginning March 1st, 2008 the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA) will began offering free websites as part of its ongoing services for members. The benefit ...

18. Customer Loyalty Program from Capture Systems
(Business Services/Affiliate Programs)

... absent. Capture was founded to bridge the gap between the capabilities and the commitments of large service providers and the reality of what is delivered. We see our role as serving both the independent ...

19. Booksellers
(About SIBA/Membership Benefits)

SIBA's primary goal is to give independent booksellers the tools to be successful in the marketplace. All of its programming and services are geared towards this one important result--the success of independent ...

20. Exhibitors & Vendors
(About SIBA/Membership Benefits)

... Reach Consumers & Readers: Lady Banks' Commonplace Book | Authors 'Round the South | Holiday Catalog | Press Release Service | Southern Independent Bestseller List Download our Welcome Kit | Join online ...