9.12.24 CALIBA Bookseller News & Information

September 12, 2024

We are busy bees planning Fall Fest, no newsletter next week!

IN THIS ISSUE

Fall Fest '24 in Pasadena: See you Next Week!

Registration at the Door is Welcome
Fall Fest Checklist
Carpool to Fall Fest

Applications Open for Carla Gray Memorial Scholarship

Dates and Deadlines

Bestseller Lists

Classifieds

CALIBA Currently Reading

Bookseller Resources

CALIBA STAFF

Hannah Walcher

Executive Director

hannah@caliballiance.org

Valentina Moberg

Operations Manager

valentina@caliballiance.org

Emma Marie

Supporting Staff

emma@caliballiance.org

Join CALIBA's Discord!

Email Valentina to join.

Current CALIBA bookseller membership required.

CHECK OUT THE UPDATED CALIBA BOOKSELLER MAP!

The CALIBA map contains bookstores and provisional bookstores in good standing. Don't see your store on the map? Email Emma at emma@caliballiance.org.

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!

Find a Substitute Bookseller Here (Login Required)

SEE YOU NEXT WEEK! REGISTRATION AT THE DOOR IS WELCOME.

Entry is free to CALIBA member bookstores and their staff. Seating is limited for author breakfast and lunch sessions.

Current membership required to register for Fall Fest.

FALL FEST SCHEDULE

YOU'VE REGISTERED FOR FALL FEST. NOW WHAT?

Go through CALIBA's Fall Fest checklist here.

CHECK OUT THE SHOW SPECIALS

EXPLORE THE EXHIBIT HALL

APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR CARLA GRAY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FOR EMERGING BOOKSELLER-ACTIVISTS

The Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation is nowaccepting applicationsfor the Carla Gray Memorial Scholarship for Emerging Bookseller-Activists. The winning bookseller will be awarded a year-long scholarship for professional development, which includes travel and hotel to attend Winter Institute 2025, travel and hotel to attend their 2025 regional fall tradeshow and a $1,000 stipend to fund a community outreach project. The deadline to apply is Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, at 5 p.m. EST. New eligibility requirements and the application can be foundhere.

HUT LANDON TO RETIRE FROM MRS. DALLOWAY'S

Hut Landon, the former executive director of the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association (NCIBA), now part of the California Independent Booksellers Alliance (CALIBA), will retire from day-to-day bookselling at the Berkeley, Calif., store on September 28, although he will still assist the store in other matters. Landon has long been a fixture in the Northern California bookselling landscape; he owned Landon Books, based first in Novato and then Marin County, Calif., between 1984 and 1999, and served as ED of NCIBA from 1999 to 2015, and runs a weekly e-newsletter, “Hut’s Place: Weekly Words About Books.” - sign up for Hut's Place here!

Banned Books Display Contest: Win up to $500! #BannedBooksDisplayContest

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

Sept. 15 - Oct. 15: Hispanic Heritage Month

Sept 16 @ 6PM: Fall Fest Welcome Party

Sept. 17 & 18: CALIBA Fall Trade Show

Sept. 22-28: Banned Books Week

October 1: Holiday Catalogs Shipped to Stores and Newspapers. Click here for list of catalog titles.

October 13: Deadline to Nominate a Bookseller for the ABA Board

November 1: Holiday Catalogs Mailed to Consumers

Pictured: The future Noe Valley books with four very excited booksellers!

This fall, four former staff members of Folio Books will open Noe Valley Books in the same San Francisco, Calif., storefront! Noe Valley Books hopes to open as soon as October.