As the year starts to wind down, the 4th quarter starts to gear up! SIBA Booksellers can look forward to a busy month in October (which, as we all know, is the new December):

Right now, the Holiday Catalog is started to land at SIBA stores. Please tag SIBA when you post your store displays and we'll share them far and wide. #SIBAHolidayCatalog #SIBABooksellers #SIBABooks #SIBA

The 2024 Southern Book Prize finalists are decided next month, and announced on November 1st. Nominations close on October 1 (Sunday) so there is still time to nominate you favorite books of the year. Nominate here.

SIBA's Annual Meeting and Town Hall will be held on Zoom Wednesday, October 11th at 1:00 PM eastern. So much has happened and is happening in the land of SIBA. You don't want to miss this chance to hear about all the things going on. Register here.

We have a an exceptionally stellar selection of Read This Next! titles for October, thanks entirely to SIBA booksellers' excellent reading tastes. See what your colleagues think you should be reading below, and visit SBR to catch up on the books you missed from the September list.

New Voices New Rooms hosts its Fall Owners Retreat on Zoom Monday, October 16 at 5:00 PM eastern. Attendance is capped, but there are still a few spots open for SIBA store owners. Register here.

The Southern Bookseller Review will publish a special "Spooky" edition in October, so booksellers should send in their reviews of their favorite ghosty, witchy, blood-drenched, and scare-the-pants-off-you horror books. Submit your reviews here.

And finally, and most exciting, SIBA is coming to Discord in October! The SIBA Bookseller Discord Server is being road-tested and will launch early next month. All SIBA booksellers will receive an invite, so now is the time to make sure all your store staff is in SIBA's system. Email Candice with names and emails of any booksellers on your staff who would be interested in receiving the invite.