04.24.25 CALIBA Publisher News & Information

April 24, 2025

in Publisher Newsletter,

IN THIS ISSUE

Promotional Opportunities:

*MOTHER'S DAY SUBMISSIONS DUE TOMORROW* Authors & Publishers: Social Media Promotions

*SUBMISSIONS DUE MAY 7TH* Summer Shelf Insider

*COVER CONTEST SUBMISSIONS DUE MAY 16TH* 2025 Indie Winter Catalog

CALIBA Programs & Conferences:

*SUBMISSIONS OPEN* 2025 Golden Poppy Awards

*SUBMISSIONS OPEN* 2025 Fall Fest Exhibitor Registration & Call for Authors

*BOOKSELLER REGISTRATION CLOSING TOMORROW* Del Mar Spring Forum

From the ABA: Urge Congress to Reverse Tariffs

Bookseller & Industry News:

Mrs. Dalloway's featured in Shelf Awareness

PW Sales Rep of the Year 2025: Ty Wilson

*NEW STORE* Hey Books! featured in Shelf Awareness

6 SoCal bookstores featured in The Orange County Register

Sacramento bookstores featured in Capital Public Radio

Flintridge Bookstore featured in Pasadena Weekly

Dates and Deadlines

Bookseller Shoutouts

Bestseller Lists

Classifieds

CALIBA Currently Reading

Resources

*NEW* CALIBA Bookstore Map

NEW MEMBER CORNER

Tia Chucha's Centro Cultural & Bookstore

Welcome to CALIBA, Tía Chucha's Centro Cultural & Bookstore!

Owners: Founders Luis J. Rodriguez, Trini Rodriguez, and Enrique Sanchez (nonprofit, no owners, just founders and a board of directors)

Established: 2001

About Our New Member: Tía Chucha’s Centro Cultural's mission is to transform communities in the Northeast San Fernando Valley and beyond through ancestral knowledge, the arts, literacy, and creative engagement. As the only independent bookstore in the Northeast San Fernando Valley, we make culturally relevant books and literacy programs accessible to a diverse, intergenerational BIPOC community. Guided by a lens of social justice and transformative healing, our curated programs and literature center our culture, history, and stories.

LA WILDFIRES UPDATE

The fires are contained, but the work to rebuild continues. We will continue to update the LA Wildfires Mutual Aid Google document to share ways that you can support bookstores affected by the fires. You can find this document plus resources for booksellers affected by the fire on the CALIBA LA Fires Resource page.

CALIBA STAFF

Hannah Walcher

Executive Director

hannah@caliballiance.org

Valentina Moberg

Operations Manager

valentina@caliballiance.org

Alecia Reddick

Supporting Staff

alecia@caliballiance.org

HOUSEKEEPING

UPDATE YOUR RECORDS WITH OUR NEW BANK INFO

Please update your payment records as we’ve switched to

US Bank. If you need more info to update your records please email Valentina.

PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

Get your books in front of the most reliable influencers: California's Independent Booksellers

CALIBA Social Media Promotions Example Gif

*MOTHER'S DAY SUBMISSIONS DUE TOMORROW* AUTHORS & PUBLISHERS: SOCIAL MEDIA PROMOTIONS

Our booksellers have requested a new way to feature your books as part of their social media marketing. We've come up with a list of themes to promote your titles.

Submit your books today!

SUMMER SHELF INSIDER: SUBMISSIONS DUE BY MAY 7TH

Want to maximize visibility for your latest titles? Our seasonal newsletters offer prime space to showcase your books to our engaged booksellers and their audiences. Your book will be included in an email listing with cover art, blurb, and a contact link for ARCs or galley requests. Reach 1k+ booksellers.

Get your listing and submit your title information.

Have Questions? Email Alecia.

*COVER CONTEST SUBMISSIONS DUE MAY 16TH* 2025 INDIE WINTER CATALOG

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

Click here to enter the Winter Catalog Cover Art Contest.

Click here to Reserve Ad Space by June 20th.

CALIBA PROGRAMS & CONFERENCES

2025 GOLDEN POPPY AWARDS: SUBMISSIONS OPEN

The members of CALIBA present The Golden Poppy Book Awards to recognize the most distinguished books written by writers and artists who make California their home.

We suggest that publishers send review copies:

Winter/Spring titles by April 30th
Summer titles by July 30th
Fall titles by September 15th

Learn more and submit your titles for consideration.

2025 FALL FEST EXHIBITOR REGISTRATION & CALL FOR AUTHORS: SUBMISSIONS OPEN

CALIBA is meeting at the South San Francisco Conference Center for two days of lively conversation, education, rep picks, and networking on Wednesday-Thursday, September 17th-18th.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS

EXHIBITOR REGISTRATION

CALL FOR AUTHORS

Exhibitor Registration and Call for Authors Deadline is Friday, June 13th

RESERVE A HOTEL ROOM

CALIBA Group Rate Ends Monday, August 25th

Del Mar Spring Forum Schedule, May 7, 2025.

DEL MAR SPRING FORUM: BOOKSELLER REGISTRATION CLOSING TOMORROW!

CALIBA is meeting at Hilton Garden Inn (Del Mar) for a day of lively conversation, education, rep picks, and networking on Wednesday, May 7th.

FULL EVENT AGENDA

Questions? Email Hannah.

FROM THE ABA: URGE CONGRESS TO REVERSE TARIFFS

"The tariffs instituted by the Trump Administration are hurting the U.S. economy. Small businesses and their communities will suffer the consequences—increases in costs, decreases in spending and local tax revenue, supply chain disruptions, and the real possibility of increased inflation and a recession. An immediate course correction is critical but will only happen if federal lawmakers hear from small businesses like yours in droves." Read the full article and send your message to congress now.