• Submit Your Titles to the Golden Poppy Awards
• DEADLINE EXTENDED - RAMP Holiday Catalog Reserve by June 22nd
• CALIBA Fall Fest '24
• Exhibitor Registration is Open!
• Call for Authors is Open! Deadline: June 28
• Announcing CALIBA's Shelf Insider!
• Dates and Deadlines
• Bestseller Lists
• Classifieds
• Promote Your Titles to CALIBA Booksellers
• Resources

Books published between November 1, 2023, and October 31, 2024, are eligible.

We are especially looking for titles for the following committees: Martin Cruz Smith Award (Emerging Diverse Voices), Romance, Glenn Goldman (CA Lifestyle/Cooking), and Poetry.

If you haven't reserved a spot on our holiday catalog yet, you are in luck. We have extended the deadline to June 22nd!

Reserve your ads here. Reservations due June 22, 2024.

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Pasadena Hilton Hotel

168 S Los Robles Ave, Pasadena CA 91101

EXHIBITOR REGISTRATION IS OPEN!

Exhibit hours:

Set up: Tuesday, 9/17: 10:00 AM

Tuesday, 9/17: 3:00 - 5:30 PM

Wednesday, 9/18: 10:45 AM - 3:15 PM (closed for lunch)

***Do not ship to the Pasadena Hilton***

Exhibitor kit to come shortly.

Priority is given to previous participating publishers.

*New* Shelf Insider - Seasonal Newsletters

Want to maximize visibility for your latest titles? Our NEW 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.  This is a member-only benefit- $275 per title.

Timeline for submissions: 

FALL/WINTER - Submissions open August 5th, newsletter sends September 10th.  

SPRING - Submissions open January 6th, newsletter sends February 11th. 

SUMMER- Submissions open April 9th, newsletter sends May 14th. 

To reserve your title space, contact emma@caliballiance.org

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

• June 10-12: Children's Institute

• June 19: Juneteenth

• 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

You Have Books; We Have Booksellers!

Promote your key titles to our booksellers through dedicated eblasts, banners and website promotions.

Our stats are pretty impressive!

Take a look and book your promotions.

• Anti-Censorship Resources
• 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