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Short & Sweet & Scary

Short & Sweet & Scary

By admin on February 24, 2010

Scary Excellent – Sites that have Great Reputations but Scare Me
http://drupal.com/#1 drupal helps other open source projects build their communities
http://www.joomla.org/ content management system (CMS), which enables you to build Web sites and powerful online applications
http://www.zoho.com/ work.online
http://www.fogcreek.com/FogBugz/ bring your projects into focus
http://www.openoffice.org/ the free and open productivity suite
https://www.dropbox.com/ secure backup, sync, and sharing made easy

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What office supply product are you?

What office supply product are you?

By admin on February 19, 2010

My son’s first tattoo was of a paper clip.  Now, we are a family that loves us some office supplies.  My husband’s family actually ran an office supply store for several generations in Spartanburg, SC, and we do love some stapling, scissoring, and securing with glue stick, rubber cement, and two-sided tape.  But I still [...]

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Please don’t make me feel stupid six ways.

By admin on February 17, 2010

I love to be productive and I mostly love to learn new things.  But I don’t like for the learning curve to be so challenging that I feel stupid.  I don’t like feeling stupid.  My younger brother and I were often partners in games of Trivial Pursuit, when it was all the rage, and I [...]

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Increase Your Sales! Information is Power!

By admin on January 26, 2010

This article was lifted from a great website that has been added to the Link List – http://trendwatching.com
And references some trends to consider when purchasing gift items for your bookstore.  Here a few that fit the criteria from Gifts Galore for Bookstores:
http://www.questmarc.com/
a portable, affordable activity
http://www.accoutrements.com/products/11888.html
the ultimate geek pen
http://www.accoutrements.com/products/11992.html
Mr. Tap Water Bottle
http://www.etsy.com/shop/polarity
expressive, affordable, from recyclables
February [...]

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15 Links to Twitter Success

By admin on January 24, 2010

I hope you have gotten a Twitter account.  It is so simple to set up and use…and one day, having a microblogging account will be as expected of a business as having a telephone, or a website.  Don’t underestimate the power of this tool.  It’s email on steroids
And even if you are unwilling to set [...]

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One of the coolest videos ever – Take Two

By admin on January 21, 2010

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Calling All Activists, Artists, Booksellers, Bloggers, Chefs, Crafters, Dancers, Designers, Educators, Festival Organizers, Government Workers, Human Resources, Internet Engineers, Jugglers, Librarians, Marketers, Non-Profit Executives, Publishers, Retailers, Singers, Social Networkers, Twitterholics, Videographers, Writers, Wine Guys, & Zookeepers…

By admin on November 23, 2009

to the first ever
Southern Social Networking Summit (#ssns)
Meeting on the application of on-line social networking to the arts, humanities & business
Dates:
Wed., Jan. 6, 2010 (starting at 10am) & Thu., Jan. 7 (ending by 3pm)
Location:
Hyatt Regency Greenville, 220 North Main Street, Greenville, South Carolina, USA 29601
Tel: +1 864 235 1234 Fax: +1 864 232 7584
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“I will never again suggest that SIBA exhibits go to one day.”

“I will never again suggest that SIBA exhibits go to one day.”

By admin on October 21, 2009

First, I had someone from a very large publisher tell me at the end of the show on Sunday that he would “never again suggest that SIBA exhibits should go to one day”.  I’d love it if he’d step forward and identify himself in the comments section of this blog.  SIBA was rockin’ and rollin’ [...]

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SIBA Holiday Catalog Consumer Survey Results to Date

By admin on January 17, 2008

Holiday Survey Results as of 1/17/2008 – we had 728 consumers respond to the survey placed in the Winter Holiday Catalog…that is a nearly 6% return rate
70% (down 3% from last year) of consumers say that the make a distinction between local retailers and corporate chains when making buying decisions.
41% (up 5% from last year) [...]

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RSS News from SIBA

  • 2010 SIBA Book Award Long List Announced
    Columbia, 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 Festival
    Wanda 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 Education
    The 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 Benefit
    SIBA 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 Announced
    Isn’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 Book
    SIBA 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 Announced
    2009 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 […]
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    Announcing 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 […]