Call for Authors for SIBA’s 2023 March Madness!
Nine bookstores, eight  states, and everyone’s a winner at SIBA’s March Madness!

In March 2023 eight SIBA bookstores will host one-day gatherings that include bookseller education, a meet-the-author luncheon, networking, and idea shares on what’s working at attendees' stores. Events are within two to three hours driving distance from a majority of our member stores, and take place over a three week period. We expect booksellers may register for multiple events. We’re so excited to offer this range of programming to our booksellers and would love your authors to be part of it. SIBA first hosted March Madness programming in 2020, and booksellers raved about it! 

Would you like one of your authors to present at a luncheon? 

Sponsorship cost is $699.
A March Madness Sponsorship incluudes

• Author luncheon presentation to booksellers

• eBlast to over 700 SIBA booksellers promoting author event/book (value $399)

• Header banner ad in consumer-facing Southern Bookseller Review newsletter (over 7k subscribers) promoting author event/book (value $399)

• Afternoon or evening public event at the hosting bookstore, depending on availability 

Host stores and locations below. Dates will depend on author availability and host store’s programming schedule. If you’re touring your author this spring, one of these stores might already be on your radar for an event or conveniently nearby.

• Baldwin & Co., New Orleans, LA
• Buxton Books, Charleston, SC
• Flyleaf Books, Chapel Hill, NC
• Hub City Bookshop, Spartanburg, SC
• Little Shop of Stories, Decatur, GA
• Oxford Exchange, Tampa, FL
• Parnassus Books, Nashville, TN
• Square Books, Oxford, MS
• The Book Bar, Richmond, VA

March Madness 2023 Call for Authors Form