An admirer of Nancy’s, in conjunction with SIBA, will be awarding two $2,500 gifts in her memory on December 10, 2026. All SIBA booksellers—but not owners—are eligible for the awards. Continue Reading
A lot of what this novel is about is the question of why do we need art? What good is music? What does it do for us? Continue Reading
Things to do / Things not to miss this month and next. Continue Reading
The American Booksellers Association has released the 2025 ABACUS report, and SIBA received a report specifically for our region. The report highlights issues for SIBA stores and gives interesting information about how stores in the region operate. Continue Reading
The books, audiobooks, music, movies, and television shows that have the SIBA staff riveted this week Continue Reading
The annual meeting will be the first chance new members will have to meet the board and ask questions. It will also be a chance for all of SIBA's members to hear in detail about the board's plans for SIBA's future, and to bring to the board the challenges they are facing. Continue Reading
More wonderful, enthusiastic comments from people who voted for the Southern Book Prize when they were asked to say something about their local bookstores. Continue Reading
I think we’re all born with potential, and while it takes thousands of hours of practice to turn that potential into something real, making that kind of commitment is what life is all about. Continue Reading
Bunnie Hilliard of Brave + Kind Bookshop in Decatur, GA, will return for a second term. Elese Stutts of Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill, NC; Cat Bock of Parnassus Books in Nashville, TN; and Courtney Ulrich Smith of Underbrush Books in Rogers, AR will join the board for 2027. Continue Reading
To foster connections between small presses and SIBA's bookstores, SIBA has added a Small Press Industry Membership for any press that publishes 40 or fewer books per year (not including academic or short discounted titles). Continue Reading
The books, audiobooks, music, movies, and television shows that have the SIBA staff riveted this week Continue Reading
A rundown of the tools and resources Libro provides booksellers to market audiobooks, punctuated by some real-world examples of how bookstores have used them to generate revenue without adding to their operating or inventory costs Continue Reading
