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)

... spirit-line shirts ("This is the part where I save the day") took the stage. "Independent booksellers in stores of all sizes will soon proudly be telling their customers and other indie retailers ...

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)

... used either in the bookstore or shared with other local independent retailers. "Independent booksellers in stores of all sizes will soon proudly be telling their customers and other ...

5. 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 ...

6. 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 ...

7. 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 ...

8. 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 ...

9. 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, ...

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

... fliers and other items that stores can use in displays or in promotional campaigns. Electronic versions are also available for booksellers to bring to their local print shops. Each toolkit contains specially-designed ...

11. 2008 Holiday Catalog Information
(Marketing/Holiday Catalog)

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

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

... books climb in its rankings.  More regionally distinctive than national bestseller lists, the Southern Independent Bestseller List is used by SIBA stores for displays and promotions. See the Southern Bestseller ...

13. 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 ...

14. 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 ...

15. 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 ...

16. 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 ...

17. 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 ...

18. Booksellers
(About SIBA/Membership Benefits)

... raise the visibility of its member stores among the reading public. The Ask A Bookseller Program provide valuable education for its members. SIBA also sponsors cost-saving business tools such as its shipping ...

19. 2008 SIBA Trade Show
(Education/Trade Show)

... raising readers who shop local! 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 ...

20. 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. ...