SIBA's popular March Madness Event series returns for 2026! Participating 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. SIBA March Madness programs receive exceptional and enthusiastic engagement from booksellers.

Sponsorship cost is $699 and includes:

• Author luncheon presentation to booksellers
• eBlast to over 750 SIBA booksellers promoting author event/book (value $399)
• In-line banner ad in consumer-facing Southern Bookseller Review newsletter (over 8k subscribers) promoting author’s book (value $299) 

Submission deadline: January 15, 2026

Authors with books launching in spring and summer 2026 preferred. A minimum of 24 ARCs or finished books is required for attending booksellers.

Host stores and locations below. If you’re touring your author this spring, one of these stores might already be on your radar for an event or conveniently nearby.

Schedule:

• 3/2: Parnassus Books, Nashville, TN
• 3/3: Resist Booksellers, Petersburg, VA
• 3/4: Octavia Books, New Orleans, LA
• 3/5: Main Street Reads, Summerville, SC
• 3/9: novel. & Burke’s Book Store, Memphis, TN
• 3/10: Underbrush Books, Rogers, AR
• 3/11: The Country Bookshop, Southern Pines, NC
• 3/16: Auburn Oil Co. Booksellers, Auburn, AL
• 3/17: Charis Books & More, Decatur, GA
• 3/18: Writer’s Block Bookstore, Orlando, FL