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
They plan to go to community gatherings with an inventory of books and merchandise by queer authors and artists, but the long-term goal is to find a location somewhere in the city to open up a brick-and-mortar store. Continue Reading
While it is far too early to make any predictions about winners, one thing is abundantly clear: readers adore their indie bookstores. Continue Reading
Linda-Marie Barrett, the executive director of the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance, will step down at the end of 2026. Continue Reading
I think it’s an underdiscussed and bonkers fact that the quiet agreement of professional criticism that, someday, you will become the sworn enemy of somebody in your very small artistic industry, because you can’t like every book. Continue Reading
The books, audiobooks, music, movies, and television shows that have the SIBA staff riveted this week Continue Reading
