CALIBA STAFF

Hannah Walcher

Executive Director

hannah@caliballiance.org

Valentina Moberg

Operations Manager

valentina@caliballiance.org

Emma Marie

Supporting Staff

emma@caliballiance.org

CHECK OUT THE UPDATED CALIBA BOOKSELLER MAP!

courtesy of Oakland Fire Department

DEVASTATING FIRE AT EAST BAY BOOKSELLERS

Early Tuesday July 30th, East Bay Booksellers in Oakland suffered a devastating fire that has completely destroyed the store. No one was seriously injured.

Click here to watch Brad's check-in posted on East Bay Booksellers' Instagram.

If you are in a position to give, some good friends of the store have set up a GoFundMe to help get East Bay Booksellers back on their feet. CALIBA will share any other ways the community can help East Bay Booksellers as the situation develops.

EXHIBITOR REGISTRATION IS CLOSED

We will be sending confirmations, table assignments, and next steps next week!

ACCOMMODATIONS

Click here to reserve a room with CALIBA's block.

Deadline for hotel room block: August 27th.

Tentative schedule, subject to change.

GALLEY TABLE AND PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

$150 per title or insert.

CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT.

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Your support keeps admission to this event free for our booksellers. We appreciate your support! Please email hannah@caliballiance.org or fill out our sponsorship form.

SUBMIT YOUR TITLES!

Please scour your list and send us your best from California authors and illustrators published fromNovember 1, 2023, and October 31, 2024.

We are especially looking for titles for the following committees: Glenn Goldman (especially Design/Architecture titles), Martin Cruz Smith Award (Emerging Diverse Voices), Romance, Poetry and Young Adult.

Take advantage of the summer months to ensure that your submission has the best reading by our committees. The deadline for submissions is September 10, 2024.

CALIBA'S SHELF INSIDER - SEASONAL NEWSLETTERS

Looking to boost visibility for your latest titles? Our new exclusive seasonal newsletters are designed to showcase your latest titles to our dedicated network of booksellers and their audiences. Each featured book will be highlighted with cover art, a blurb, and a contact link for ARC or galley requests. This exclusive member-only benefit is available for just $275 per title. Click here to view the sample.

Questions? Email: emma@caliballiance.org

• July-August: Tri-West Bookseller Summer School

• August 1: Fall Fest Bookseller Registration Opens

• August 9-13: Holiday Catalog: Office Final Proofs

• August 17: Bookstore Romance Day

• September 5: Online Bookseller Registration for Fall Fest '24 Closes

• September 17 & 18: CALIBA Fall Trade Show in Pasadena

• September 22-28: Banned Books Week

• October 1: Holiday Catalogs Shipped to Stores and Newspapers

• November 1: Holiday Catalogs Mailed to Consumers

1 - Green Apple Books was featured in USA Today!

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

2 - Diesel, a bookstore has announced the sale of their Brentwood location to Richard & Heather Turner.

3 - San Francisco's Christopher's Books named a Legacy Business, congratulations!

Don't forget to follow CALIBA on Instagram @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* Events Coordinator - Linden Tree Books (Los Altos, CA)
• Director of Operations - Changing Hands Bookstore (Phoenix, AZ)
• Bookseller - Mrs. Dalloway's Literary and Garden Arts (Berkeley)
• 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

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.

Emma

Supporting Staff

Chain Gang All Stars

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

9780593469316

Hannah

Executive Director

The Fragile Threads of Power

V.E. Schwab

9780765387509

Valentina

Operations Manager

Not Your Average Hot Guy

Gwenda Bond

9781250771742

• Anti-Censorship Resources
• Panorama Picks - Books in Demand at US Libraries

Click here for a complete list.

Hannah Walcher, Executive Director

Livermore CA 94550