From the Membership Coordinator

Hi SIBA friends!

This month, I would like to focus on SIBA's Annual Conference, New Voices New Rooms (NVNR)! 

NVNR took the place of the former SIBA Discovery Show. It started as a virtual conference in partnership with NAIBA during the pandemic, and this year will be our first joint in-person conference. We’ll be meeting at the intersection of our regions, in Arlington, VA. The conference runs August 7-10, and registration is open now.

There will be many opportunities for professional development and connection with your peers, including bus tours to area stores and retreats for owners, managers, and children’s booksellers. You’ll get to meet publishers, authors, and other booksellers and establish relationships that will be invaluable to you and your store. I’ll be doing some financial literacy sessions there as well. And you may or may not get to see me dressed as an elf!

I’m really hoping you’ll take advantage of this terrific opportunity to learn and grow your relationships! You can register for NVNR here. You’ll need to be logged in to your SIBA account. If you have any problems with your account, please reach out to me, and I’ll help you log in. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me any time. Hope to see you there!

As for my current projects, I’ve been doing my best to keep you all updated on what’s happening with SIBA! As some of you may already know, I am also the Dean of Bookstore Finances for the Professional Bookseller School, so I am working on some future columns on financial literacy and ABACUS tips that I hope you find helpful. 

As always, you can ask me anything, any time at candice@sibaweb.com.