After ten years as a Bay Area bookseller I'm making a new home in Pasadena! I look forward to getting to know our Southern California members and planning store visits across all of California soon!

If you have questions, concerns, or just want to say hi, you can reach me at hannah@caliballiance.org, 415-561-7686 x 101, or on our new Discord account!

-Hannah, CALIBA Executive Director

Come on down to the first OC Book Fair on Saturday, July 13th from 10AM-7PM! The fair will be in the heart of Old Town Tustin, on El Camino between Main Street and Second Street.

Click here for more information.

Join CALIBA's Discord! Email Valentina to join.

Current CALIBA bookseller membership required.

Bookstores sometimes find themselves short-staffed and life since the pandemic hasn't made it easier.

Do you have some extra time and could use a bit of extra cash?

Yes! I can help!

Be sure to share with your fellow booksellers!

The information you provide will be a resource on the CALIBA website to current bookstore members. This is not intended to be a job search, but simply filling a temporary gap in staffing during difficult times.

July 5-19 -Imprint Proofs: Bookstores will receive imprint proofs from RAMP which MUST be approved before the order is final. You will have 2 revisions for FREE; after that, it is $25 per proof for additional versions.

October 1 - Catalogs Shipped to Stores and Newspapers

November 1 -Catalogs Mailed to Consumers

Prep for your buys and handselling by going over the catalog titles ahead of time.Click here for the Edelweiss list.

Have any questions?

Email Emma at emma@caliballiance.org

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

Co-produced by CALIBA, MPIBA and PNBA.

Next sessions:

• 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

Missed the Live Event? Watch the Recording!

• 6/19: HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR REGIONAL MEMBERSHIP: ROUNDTABLE. Watch Watch
• 6/26: FINANCIAL AWARENESS AS FRIEND TO BOOKSTORE OWNERS & MANAGERS. Watch here! PDF of slides here.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR SESSIONS

Bookstore Romance Day is a day designed to give independent bookstores an opportunity to celebrate Romance fiction—its books, readers, and writers — and to strengthen the relationships between bookstores and the Romance community.

If you’re a bookstore that sells Romance and would like to participate in Bookstore Romance Day on August 17, 2024 sign up HERE.

July:#MarginsBooksellingMonth

July 5-19: RAMP Holiday Catalog Imprint Proofs Period

July 17 @ 12PM: Summer School - Bookshop.org & E-books

July 21: Deadline for ABACUS responses

July 24 @ 12PM: Summer School - Ask an Expert: Basic Bookkeeping for Stores

July 31 @ 11AM: Summer School - Best Practices for Selling Used Books: Round Table

August 1: CALIBA Fall Trade Show Registration Opens

August 7 @ 12PM: Summer School - Introduction to Co-op

August 14 @ 12PM: Summer School - Every Bookseller is a Children's Bookseller

August 17: Bookstore Romance Day

August 21 @ 12PM: Summer School - Using Data to Understand Your Event Program

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

August 28 @ 12PM: Summer School - Ask an Expert: Budgeting for Bookstores

Sept. 17 & 18: CALIBA Fall Trade Show

Sept. 22-28: Banned Books Week

October 1: Holiday Catalogs Shipped to Stores and Newspapers

November 1: Holiday Catalogs Mailed to Consumers

1 - Protagonist Black was featured in USA today!

Every week, USA Today spotlights an independent bookstore on theUSA Today Books page! For an opportunity to be featured, ABA member bookstores canfill out this google form and pitch your bookstore to USA Today.

2 - CALIBA visited 14 East and South Bay bookstores. Check out our reel.

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

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

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

• *New*Sales Floor Manager - Bookshop Santa Cruz
• Field Sales Representative - HarperCollins (California)
• Telesales/Inside Sales Rep - HarperCollins
• Adult Book Buyer - Changing Hands Bookstore (Phoenix, AZ)
• Managing Partner - Fair Arrow Books + Goods, Martinez

Emma

Supporting Staff

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

Grady Hendrix

9781683692515

Hannah

Executive Director

The Fragile Threads of Power

V.E. Schwab

9780765387509

Valentina

Operations Manager

Leech

Hiron Ennes

9781250811202

• 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