CALIBA STAFF

Hannah Walcher

Executive Director

hannah@caliballiance.org

Valentina Moberg

Operations Manager

valentina@caliballiance.org

Emma Marie

Supporting Staff

emma@caliballiance.org

OPT-IN TO THE *FREE* GOLDEN POPPY SHELF AWARENESS MAILINGS

Share the Golden Poppy Award finalists and winners with your customers for easy online shopping!

These mailings include a store-branded landing page with a unique URL specific to your store, making it easy to share the entire list on your website and through social media. CALIBA will create a QR code using this URL for even easier sharing upon request.

Mailing Schedule for Golden Poppy Book Awards:

-December 3, 2024 (Finalists)

-January 31, 2025 (Winners)

NOTE: If you have participated in this program, or any other email program via Shelf Awareness, you don’t need to supply a logo or reply-to email again, just upload your current e-mail list and we’ll use the logo and reply-to address already on hand.

Deadline to opt-in: November 3rd

Note: All holiday catalog titles have an extra 2% discount on Ingram!

No code needed.

Edelweiss list of CALIBA holiday catalog titles.

TIPS FOR USING THE HOLIDAY CATALOG

The 2024 CALIBA Holiday Catalogs have shipped to stores!

CALIBA creates the Holiday Catalog to help booksellers sell books and support the organization. With the help of the other regionals, we have compiled a list of ideas for making the most of your holiday catalog.

• Place in other retail outlets in your area (think coffee shops, grocery stores, etc.)
• Stuff in bags, hand out at your events and other community events.
• Bring it to local independent living communities and take orders.
• 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.
• Slip a coupon to your catalog.
• Include it in book shipments.
• Utilize the catalog resource graphics for prints, social media, your website, bookmarks, and more!Download the catalog resources.

Have other ideas on how bookstores can use the Holiday Catalog? Share it on Discord or email Valentina!

NEED A HAND AROUND THE BOOKSTORE FOR AN EVENT OR DURING THE HOLIDAY RUSH?

CALIBA has created a form for booksellers offering to fill in who could use a bit of extra cash. This is not intended to be a job search, but simply filling a temporary gap in staffing during difficult times.

If you are looking for some help, we have a few booksellers that have already filled out the form! Find a Substitute Bookseller Here (Login Required). If you are having trouble accessing your account, email Valentina.

If you would like to be a Substitute Bookseller, fill out this form!

JOIN CALIBA'S DISCORD!

Connect with your fellow California booksellers! So far, we have discussion pages for:

• 🎈 Indie Bookstore Day
• ❄ Holiday Catalogs
• 🛠 Operations
• 📖 Frontline Bookselling
• 🚸 Children's Bookselling
• 👔 HR Topics
• 📚 Displays
• 🎟 Events
• 🌸 Spring Forums
• 🍂 Fall Tradeshow
• 🐱🐶 Shows Us Your Pets
• 📘 Currently Reading

Join the party! Email Valentina to join.

Current CALIBA bookseller membership required.

The Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation is accepting applications for the second cohort of BincTank, its business incubator pilot program to support BIPOC-owned retail bookselling businesses that are physically located in their community. Applications close Nov. 3, 2024.

Bookmobiles, pop-up stores and brick and mortar storefronts are eligible models. Stores that qualify are either not yet open or opened on or after July 1, 2024. Businesses interested in moving from one model to another, like a pop-up moving to a bricks and mortar location, are also eligible. The entrepreneurs and proposed businesses must be in the U.S. or a U.S. territory. An FAQ document with more detailed information about eligibility is also available for review.

Create a display featuring the 2024 National Book Awards Finalistsand post a picture to your bookstore’s Instagram to be entered to win tickets to the 75th National Book Awards Ceremony & Benefit Dinner on Wednesday, November 20, in New York City. (Hotel and travel are included.) 

To enter, tag @AmericanBooksellers and @NationalBookFoundation, and use #NBAwards in the caption. DEADLINE EXTENDED: Wednesday, Oct. 20.

Visit BookWeb to see contest details.

One Day. Fifty States. 1,000+ Bookstores.

GET READY FOR THE 12TH ANNUAL

INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DAY!

Important upcoming dates:

OPEN NOW:Indie Bookstore Day Catalog Available for Preview

*NEXT WEEK!* October 21:Indie Bookstore Day 2025 Order and Participation Form opens

*New Date* November 15:Deadline for Orders & to be included on the IBD Map

April 26, 2025: Independent Bookstore Day!

Mark Your Calendars!

These sessions sell out quickly, so mark the registration dates on your calendar.

Event Management

Course begins: Monday, January 13 

Registration opens: Monday, November 11 @ 1 pm ET / 12 pm CT / 10 am PT

Inventory Management

Course begins: Wednesday, January 15

Registration opens: Monday, November 18 @ 1 pm ET / 12 pm CT / 10 am PT

Basic Bookselling

Course begins: Tuesday, March 4

Registration opens: Monday, January 6 @ 1 pm ET / 12 pm CT / 10 am PT

Store & Operations Management

Course begins: Thursday, March 6, 2025

Registration opens: Monday, January 13, 2025

Note: CALIBA will reimburse booksellers for the completion and certification of PBS courses (excluding Independent study).

For those auditing courses, 1/2 of the cost will be reimbursed with proof of attendance. To qualify, booksellers must be owners or employees of a current CALIBA bookstore.

October 20: Deadline for National Book Award Display Contest

October 21: Indie Bookstore Day 2025 Order and Participation Form opens

October 30: Winter Institute Hotel Block Opens

November 1: Holiday Catalogs Mailed to Consumers

November 3: Deadline to Opt-In to Golden Poppy Shelf Awareness Emails

November 3: Applications for Second BincTank Cohort Close

November 8: Deadline to Submit a Bookseller for James Patterson Holiday Bonus Program

November 8: Deadline for Orders & to be included on the IBD Map

November 11: Registration Opens for PBS Course - Event Management

November 25: 2024 Golden Poppy Awards Finalists Announcement

January 5-15: 2024 Golden Poppy Awards Voting Period

January 30: 2024 Golden Poppy Awards Winners Announcement and Virtual Party

Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day!

1- We wanted to give a shoutout to former CALIBA ED Calvin Crosby at the King's English Bookshop in Salt Lake City with his recent recommendations list for Indigenous Peoples' Day. "The most colonialist named bookshop in America is now Native owned. Land Back."

2- In recognition of Indigenous Peoples' Day, Once Upon a Time Bookstore shared this video to acknowledge that the store and the Montrose Shopping Park occupies land of the Chumash, Tongva (Gabrieleno), and Fernandeño Tataviam people. Thank you for sharing such beautiful titles!

Bookstore Birthdays

3-Mrs. Dalloway's in Berkeley is celebrating 20 years this weekend!

4- Arvida Book Co in North Tustin celebrated 4 years with a birthday bash, looks like some folks dressed up as bookish characters!

5- Timbre Books in Ventura will be celebrating 4 years this Saturday with a storytime, raffle, and treats. 10% of all sales will go to their local nonprofit, SOAR.

6-East Village Bookshop in Sacramento is hosting a Halloween Scavenger Hunt filled with spooky landmarks! What a fun way to explore the community!

Don't forget to follow and tag CALIBA @caliba_20 to be featured!

Click herefor the Los Angeles Times & Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestseller List

Click herefor the San Francisco Chronicle & Northern California Independent Bookstore Bestseller List

• Book Buyer for Library Shop SD - San Diego
• Events Coordinator for Library Shop SD - San Diego
• Rebound Bookstore for Sale - San Rafael
• Events Coordinator - Linden Tree Books (Los Altos, CA)
• Director of Operations - Changing Hands Bookstore (Phoenix, AZ)

Emma

Supporting Staff

The Halloween Tree

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9780375803017

Hannah

Executive Director

A Memory Called Empire

Arkady Martine

9781250186447

Valentina

Operations Manager

The Night Guest

Hildur Knútdóttir

9781250322043

• Indie to Indie Playlists
• Join the CALIBA Edelweiss Community - Email Valentina
• Golden Poppy Awards 2023 Resources: digital toolkit, finalist and winners lists, and awards ceremony
• The Brown Bookshelf
• Anti-Censorship Resources
• Binc Foundation's Mental Health Program
• Panorama Picks - Books in Demand at US Libraries
• Workplace Violence Prevention Plans Required for California Employers by July 2024 - Make sure you are compliant!
• Bookseller Summer School 2024 Recordings and Resources
• TheUSA Today Books Pagespotlights an independent bookstore each week. ABA member bookstores canpitch their bookstore to USA Today.

Click here for a complete list.

Support CALIBA

Publishers support CALIBA when bookstores participate.

Bookstore Participation = Publisher Sponsorship = CALIBA = Bookstore Education, Advocacy, Networking +++

Hannah Walcher, Executive Director

Livermore CA 94550