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SIBA Gets High Marks PDF Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 30 September 2008 13:58

by Kevin Howell -- Publishers Weekly, 9/28/2008 11:28:00 PM

Larry McMurtry is not the only bestselling author to own a bookstore; in January, Kay Hooper and her business manager Linda Parks bought the 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, AL from Sept. 25-28. The two arrived early for Thursday's all-day Bookseller School.

"Sometimes when people hear 'bookseller school' they think it's going to be all beginner information," said Ledford, who has stayed on at the store as its media contact. "I'd been working at Fireside since I was 16 and I owned it for the last three years and I still learned new things from that day of education."
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 14 October 2008 16:56 )
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Announcing STARS: The Southern Traveling Authors Registration Service PDF Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 16 September 2008 15:46
Southern Traveling Authors Registration ServicePresenting the Southern Traveling Author Registration Service
Bringing authors and booksellers together

Columbia, SC - September 16, 2008 -

Announcing STARS
How does it work?
Who can use STARS?
What can you do with STARS?
Welcome to STARS

Dear SIBA Booksellers,

announceHave you ever had a phone call like this?  "Hi, I'm an author and I'm going to be visiting your town next week, can I do a signing at your store?"  When I was manager at Bristol Books, I used to get those kinds of calls all the time and it was incredibly frustrating-there was never enough time to adequately promote a signing like this, especially with an author who was unknown to the area. And yet, we wanted to have a busy events schedule and we were often asked to find authors for book club meetings and what not. I felt like I missed some great opportunities. 

It was those kinds of calls and their attendant frustrations that gave SIBA the idea for a new service:
SIBA is pleased to give its members a sneak-peak into its newest service for its members, the Southern Traveling Authors Registration Service (STARS).  STARS is a part of the Authors 'Round the South website, and operates as a "speakers bureau" geared specifically towards Southern independent bookstores.
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 14 October 2008 16:57 )
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2008 SIBA Book Awards are all atwitter! PDF Print E-mail
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Monday, 11 August 2008 18:15

Tell me why you wrote this book—in 140 characters

A Twitter-inspired ceremony for the 2008 SIBA Book Awards

Columbia, SC - August 11, 2008 - The 2008 SIBA Book Award Ceremony will be one of the highlights 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 on the City Hall Stage at 5:30 pm. Both winners and award finalists will be honored and nine of the twenty authors will be in attendance to speak and sign books after the ceremony.

But don’t be daunted. Despite the large number of speakers, the ceremony promises to be a snappy and entertaining event – partly because of its unusual format: an extended question and answer session where the authors will be limited to responses of 140 characters.

The media-savvy will recognize that number to be the upper limit allowed for messages posted to Twitter, the popular social networking site that has turned the text message into something of an art form. Wanda Jewell, Executive Director of the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA), the organization which sponsors the Awards, said that she came up with the idea of a “Twitter-inspired” ceremony when she was faced with the logistics of orchestrating an event with a large number of speakers. “This isn’t the Oscars,” she noted, “We don’t want to keep people in their seats for hours. But these are writers we are honoring. . .we already know they are good with words.”

As the master of ceremonies, Jewell will introduce each author and ask several questions about their books, their writing careers, and what they are working on currently. The authors will attempt to respond in the Twitter-standard limit of 140 characters. Jewell is inviting readers to submit questions they would like to ask ahead of time. Somewhat unfairly, although the authors will be limited to 140 character answers, submitted questions can be any length.

Anyone interested in submitting a question to one of the authors can do so either by e-mailing Wanda Jewell at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , or by “tweeting” her via SIBA’s own Twitter handle, “rubyjewell.”

Authors in attendance include:

David Kirby – Winner, Poetry The House on Boulevard Street
Sarah Addison Allen – Winner, Fiction Garden Spells
Donna Bateman – Winner, Children’s Deep in the Swamp
Sue Walker – Finalist, Poetry What 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, Fiction Coal Black Horse
Chef Rodney Freidank – Finalist, Cooking Soby’s New South Cuisine

A complete list of the winners and finalists in the 2008 SIBA Book Award can be found at SIBA’s website for Southern Literature, Authors ‘Round the South:
http://www.authorsroundthesouth.com/siba-book-awards

For more information on SIBA and the SIBA Book Awards, visit the SIBA website at www.sibaweb.com.
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 14 October 2008 16:57 )
 
2008 SIBA Book Award Winners Announced PDF Print E-mail
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Monday, 07 July 2008 13:36
2008 SIBA Book Award Winners Announced
The best in Southern Literature as chosen by the people who would know. . .Southern Independent Booksellers


Columbia, SC - July 7, 2008 -
The Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2008 SIBA Book Award, celebrating the best of southern literature, as chosen by the people who would know. . .independent booksellers throughout the South.
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2008 SIBA Book Award Finalists Announced PDF Print E-mail
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Friday, 18 April 2008 00:22

Have You Read These Books?
The best of Southern Literature, as chosen by the people who would know—Southern Independent Booksellers.

The votes are in! The Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance has released the finalists for the 2008 SIBA Book Award. The finalists are. . .
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