2025 Indie Summer Reading Guide

RAMP is a marketing, sales and production group managing the two seasonal (summer and holiday) catalogs for bookstores in four regions, including CALIBA.

GET YOUR 500 FREE CATALOGS BY MARCH 15TH

IMPORTANT DATES:

MAR 15: Bookstores deadline to order catalogs
MAY 8: Catalogs arrive to stores

Office hours with Hannah:

Need a buddy while you fill out the Summer Reading Guide form? Join our office hours to co-work with Hannah or discuss how you can use the Summer Reading Guide in your store, at events and within your community.

SESSION TIMES:

MAR 5: 9am Session | 2pm Session

MAR 13: 9am Session | 2pm Session

How to make the most of your summer catalog:

Prepare to hand-sell by reading the DRCs provided on the Edelweiss list.
Place in other retail outlets.
Stuff in bags, hand out at your events and other community events.
Bring it to local independent living communities and take orders (think local coffee shops, grocery stores, etc!)
Have staffers choose a title they think will do well and have a competition to see which title sells the most copies. And the winning bookseller gets a prize!
Build a store display. Carry this throughout the store with mini displays in different sections.
Add your personal review to the provided shelf-talkers.
Include it in book shipments.

The summer catalog sells books and supports the organization.
Plus, it is FREE to CALIBA members.