SIBA

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

... Remembers Us Deborah Wiles – Finalist, Children’s Aurora County All-Stars Kerry Madden –Finalist, Children’s Louisiana’s Song Alan Gratz – Finalist, Children’s Something Rotten Robert Olmstead – Finalist, ...

2. 2008 SIBA Book Award Winners Announced
(News/SIBA News)

... including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cooking and children's. For a book to be eligible, it must be set in the South, and it must have been published within the calendar year. Only SIBA-member booksellers ...

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

... the Pannell award with members of his staff, who, he said, "bring books into the community and schools ... and are developing a whole new generation of readers at Kepler's.  ...

4. The Future is IndieBound
(News/Latest)

... ABA is sending its independently owned members IndieBound posters, bookmarks, and many other book-related display items during the first two weeks of June. And, importantly, IndieBound materials can be ...

5. 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 ...

6. 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 ...

7. Email Marketing Opportunities
(Advertising/Email Marketing)

... list once a week to over 1300 media outlets and 500 booksellers. Lists are also archived on Authors ‘Round the South. SIBA eUPDATES: A weekly email update to SIBA members--the fastest way to reach everybody ...

8. sibaweb.com
(Advertising/Online Advertising)

... Book Awards: Featuring information about past and present SIBA Book Award winners, nomination forms and current nominees, finalists and winners. Bookseller Tools: An area of the site specifically for member ...

9. Holiday Catalog
(Advertising/Print Advertising)

SIBA sponsors a consumer holiday catalog for its members each fall. The catalog is professionally designed, full-color, and features titles of both national and regional interest. Because the catalog ...

10. 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, ...

11. 2008 SIBA Book Award
(Marketing/SIBA Book Award)

... cooking and children's. For a book to be eligible, it must be set in the South, and it must have been published within the calendar year. Only SIBA-member booksellers can submit nominations and vote on ...

12. 2008 Holiday Catalog Information
(Marketing/Holiday Catalog)

SIBA sponsors a consumer catalog for its members so that the can make the most of the fall holiday shopping season. These catalogs are professionally designed, full-color, and feature titles of regional ...

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

... members, promoted to the region's newspapers and media, and archived at Authors 'Round the South. The list is printed in dozens of newspapers and is carefully watched by publishers, who love to see their ...

14. 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 ...

15. 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 ...

16. 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 ...

17. SIBA Sponsored Blogs
(Networking/SIBA Community)

Because we recognize that booksellers in the information age need to be proactive in reaching out to their customer base, SIBA has created a free blog service for its members. By signing up for a SIBA-hosted ...

18. Ask a Bookseller
(Networking/SIBA Community)

SIBA Recognizes that one of the greatest resources this organization possesses is the accumulated knowledge and experience of its members. This is why SIBA has developed the Ask a Bookseller Program.  ...

19. SIBA Listserv
(Networking/SIBA Community)

... ongoing discussion group, part of the Yahoo! Groups community, is an online forum for booksellers and industry professionals to meet, exchanges news and trade good ideas. SIBA membership is not required ...

20. The Document Library
(Business Services/SIBA Business Services)

On the theory that there is no need to reinvent the wheel, SIBA created The Document Library as an archive of useful forms and papers for its members. The Document Library contains sample forms, letters, ...