SIBA’s 2025 March Madness Bookseller Series will take place at bookstores across the SIBA territory.  March Madness is SIBA’s signature spring program; booksellers loved the 2024 events, and we aim to make the 2025 series even better! The series seeks to hold gatherings within two to three-hour driving distance of the majority of our member stores. Events are scheduled within a three-week period to allow people to travel to different locations. In 2023 and 2024,  a good number of booksellers traveled to different states to take in education, see their colleagues, and enjoy a tour of bookstores along the way.

These one-day gatherings have the following format:

• 10 am-Noon: Bookseller education led by the host store, with a focus on programming the host store does particularly well and/or is very passionate about. 
• Noon-1 pm: Author lunch Publisher-sponsored and free for booksellers.
• 1-3 pm: Bookseller shop talk/open discussion/bookstore tour

SIBA is seeking bookstores that would like to host a March Madness event this coming spring. Hosting brings publisher and bookseller attention to the store and is a great networking opportunity. It is a time to show off and share what the store does well to colleagues in the book industry.

The deadline to submit your store is October 15. Submit your store here:
March Madness 2025 Bookstore Host Form