As we approach the end of the month, SIBA is making a final appeal for bookstores to participate in the 2024 SIBA Census. The information SIBA receives from the census is vitally important for the organization's strategic planning. The SIBA Census is used to:

• Develop innovative and meaningful events and programming.
• Design creative marketing and promotional opportunities for bookstores.
• Advocate on behalf of independent bookstores to industry businesses and organizations.
• Create meaningful member communications and news to make them even more valuable.
• Strengthen SIBA's core commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.

The last four years have seen many changes for bookstores in the SIBA region. They have responded to challenges with creativity and resilience by developing new business models and strategies to stay successful. Over 100 new bookstores have joined SIBA since its last census in 2022, a testament to the deep importance of independent bookstores to communities in the South.

Please take a few minutes to fill out the SIBA Census for your store, especially if you joined SIBA after 2022. Your input is an important part of the portrait of Southern independent bookselling the SIBA Census seeks to create.

Take the SIBA Census

Contact Nicki Leone at nicki@sibaweb.com if you have any questions.