News from SIBA
- 2010 SIBA Book Award Long List AnnouncedColumbia, SC--The 2010 SIBA Book Award "Long List" has just been released, containing a complete collection of all the eligible books nominated by Southern Independent Booksellers as favorites for 2009. The list features 101 different books in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, cooking, and children's/young adult that are either set in th […]
- SIBA at the SC Book FestivalWanda Jewell, Reeden Wright and Lady Banks spent some time at the South Carolina Book Festival February 27 & 28th, talking to people about the importance of independent bookstores, the difficulties of creating crossword puzzles, and why the South is full of (literary) STARS! […]
- 2010 Spring Book Show EducationThe Spring Book Show March 26-28, 2010 The Cobb Galleria ~ Atlanta, GA. Register here Featuring SIBA-Sponsored Education Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Register {loadposition addthis} Thursday, March 25 Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Register 6 – 7 PM An Evening on a Wing & a Prayer Booksellers will not want to miss out on an evening with River Jordan an […]
- Paz & Associates Print Newsletter BenefitSIBA and Paz & Associates Join to Offer New Print Newsletter Benefit for Bookstore Members As a retired textile executive, the first "book people" I met when I bought a book store were Donna Paz and Mark Kaufman. How LUCKY we were ... their newsletter [The Readers Edge] is our best tool to reach out to our customers. It's the BEST money w […]
- 2010 Winter/Spring Okra Picks AnnouncedIsn’t it a little early to pick okra?SIBA Announces the 2010 Winter/Spring Okra Picks—great southern books, fresh off the vine.(Columbia, SC)-It may still be frosty outside but in the South it’s always Okra Season! Southern Indie Booksellers have a selected a basket full of books for the 2010 Winter/Spring Okra Picks—great southern books, fresh off the vine […]
- Update Your Address BookSIBA has new numbers. The new phone number for SIBA is 803.994.9530.The current fax number for SIBA is: 509-463-5923.The previous numbers will work for a short time. […]
- SIBA takes a leap of faith and introduces the "Circle of Sites"SIBA believes in its booksellers and takes a leap of faith(Columbia, SC)—In order to demonstrate the collective clout of independent bookstores and booksellers in the South, the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA) has taken an unprecedented, and daring, step. In a new policy just announced to its members this week, SIBA has offered to forgo coll […]
- Eat. Sleep. Read. Every Day.The EAT. SLEEP. READ. CALENDAR! Created exclusively for independent bookstores by your regional booksellers’ associations, independent booksellers, and IndieBound. Here’s an exclusive offer for independent booksellers to show support of IndieBound and the regional booksellers’ associations. EAT. SLEEP. READ. offers daily book trivia provided by independent b […]
- 2009 SIBA Book Award Winners Announced2009 SIBA Book Award Winners Announced A hard-as-nails woman. A hard-drinking man. A city that sings the blues and serves it up with red beans and rice. A lost dog and a lost cat and a lost world waiting to be discovered. It can all be found here…the best in Southern Literature as chosen by the people who would know. . .Southern Independent Booksellers Colum […]
- Free Book Stimulus Plan - Increase Your Karmic FootprintAnnouncing FreeBookStimulusPlan.comIncrease Your Karmic Footprint Wanda Jewell has a problem. After serving nearly 20 years as Executive Director of the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA) she is overrun with books. All kind of books; finished copies and galleys, advance reading copies, advance reader editions, paperback and hardbound, slip-cove […]