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Reprinted with the generous permission of NAIBA. Our thoughts are with our bookselling friends in Minnesota who are standing up, speaking out, providing safe spaces, and working diligently to support their communities in the midst of danger, turmoil, and strife. Continue Reading
Johanna Hynes, sales rep and part time bookseller at Carmichaels Bookstore in Louisville, Kentucky, has sent out a call to fellow booksellers to support the bookstores of Minniapolis, whose communities are contending with the influx of federal agents. Continue Reading
The struggle for library freedom rages on in the Volunteer State after the Tennessee Secretary of State issued a series of letters directing libraries to conduct expensive material reviews based on vague and overly broad standards. Continue Reading
For the second year in a row, SIBA has prepared a toolkit of resources to support its member booksellers promoting Banned Books Week (October 5-11) to their customers. Continue Reading
Two years ago, SIBA hosted a webinar for booksellers on supporting trans staff in their stores. The event was held in response to what was then the rising number of book-banning attempts targeting LGBTQ2SIA titles, and attacks and protests of bookstore events such as Drag Queen story times or... Continue Reading
