• DEADLINE EXTENDED: Order Holiday Catalogs by June 22nd
• Tri-West Summer School
• Save the Date! Fall Fest 2024 and Hotel Reservations
• Dates and Deadlines
• Bestseller Lists
• Classifieds
• Bookseller Resources

If you haven't ordered your holiday catalogs yet, you are in luck. We have extended the deadline to June 22nd!

Bookstores: Order here.Orders due June 22nd; target delivery to stores 10/01; target delivery for direct mail 11/01. Have a title you want to recommend for the catalog? Share your Bookseller Recommendation with us!

These FREE, virtual summertime sessions offer professional development and networking opportunities for every bookseller, no travel required!

Co-produced by CALIBA, MPIBA and PNBA.

Stay tuned for more details & registration here!

Confirmed sessions:

• 6/19: HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR REGIONAL MEMBERSHIP: ROUNDTABLE.
• 6/26: FINANCIAL AWARENESS AS FRIEND TO BOOKSTORE OWNERS AND MANAGERS.
• 7/17: BOOKSHOP.ORG & E-BOOKS
• 7/24: ASK AN EXPERT: BASIC BOOKKEEPING FOR BOOKSTORES.
• 7/31: BEST PRACTICES FOR SELLING USED BOOKS: ROUND TABLE
• 8/7: AN INTRODUCTION TO CO-OP
• 8/14: EVERY BOOKSELLER IS A CHILDREN'S BOOKSELLER.
• 8/21: USING DATA TO UNDERSTAND YOUR EVENT PROGRAM
• 8/28: ASK AN EXPERT: BUDGETING FOR BOOKSELLERS

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR SESSIONS

September 17 & 18 at the Pasadena Hilton Hotel

168 S Los Robles Ave, Pasadena CA 91101

To secure a room, book by August 27 ($209 + taxes a night).

Registration opens August 1st.

• June: Pride, Immigrant Heritage, and Audiobook Appreciation Month

• June 10-12: Children's Institute

• June 19: Juneteenth

• June 22: Last day to order Holiday Catalogs

• August 27: Deadline to Reserve Room for Fall Fest at Pasadena Hilton Hotel

• Sept. 17 & 18: CALIBA Fall Trade Show

• Sept. 22-28: Banned Books Week

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

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

• Telesales Account Manager, Western Region - Simon & Schuster
• Executive Director of Sales - Chronicle Books
• Contracts Manager - Chronicle Books
• Senior Designer, Publishing Design - Chronicle Books
• Gift Editor - Chronicle Books
• Senior Manager, Educational & Library Marketing Manager - Chronicle Books
• Managing Partner - Fair Arrow Books + Goods, Martinez

• 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

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