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Posted By Nicki Leone,
Thursday, September 28, 2023
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 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. |
Booksellers and Small Presses Come Together at SIBA Indie Press Social
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Posted By Nicki Leone,
Thursday, September 28, 2023
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 Fall and Winter is Southern Book Prize Season! Nominations for the 2024 Southern Book Prize close on October 1st. Nominate here.
Nominations must come from a SIBA member bookseller. Nominated books must have been published within the 2023 calendar year and be Southern in nature; either by a Southern author or about the South, preferably both.
See the 2023 Southern Book Prize winners at The Southern Bookseller Review
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Posted By Nicki Leone,
Thursday, September 28, 2023
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 Fall is a big season for new books by your favorite and soon-to-be-favorite authors. Read This Next! October is no exception, with books from Erica Waters, Bryan Washington, Margaret Renkl, Jesmyn Ward, and Jason Reynolds. If you start reading now, you may finish in time for Read This Next! November!
Read This Next! highlights new books that are receiving exceptional, and exceptionally enthusiastic, buzz from Southern indie booksellers. Each of the selected books has several enthusiastic cheerleaders among Southern indie booksellers. SIBA always makes a point of putting the store excitement and buzz around these books in front of their publishers, raising store visibility with the industry.
RTNext Bookseller Resources:
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What SIBA Booksellers have to say:
The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year by Margaret Renkl
Margaret Renkl has given us a remarkable gift. With keen observations of nature in her backyard, she helps us become better observers in our world.
– Lia Lent from Wordsworth Books in Little Rock, AR
Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward
History, family, community, and the all encompassing power of life in the face of brutality are abundant in Ward's work, no less here in Let Us Descend. Jesmyn Ward has delivered another amazing novel and gift to readers.
– Michelle Cavalier from Cavalier House Books in Denham Springs, LA
All That Consumes Us by Erica Waters
Erica Waters never disappoints with her dark and queer tales. I loved every bit of this dark academia story.
– Katlin Kerrison from Story on the Square in McDonough, GA
Family Meal by Bryan Washington
There are two things I expect from a Bryan Washington narrative: food rendered so exquisitely I could lick the page and an emotional excavation so expansive it swallows the book and me with it. Family Meal delivered.
– Miranda Sanchez from Epilogue Books Chocolate Brews in Chapel Hill, NC There Was a Party for Langston by Jason Reynolds, Jerome Pumphrey (Illus.)
This is a stunning picture book -- Jason Reynolds has a way with words that maybe no one has had SINCE Langston Hughes. Poetic yet approachable; his style is unique.
– Jamie Southern from Bookmarks in Winston-Salem, NC
Current Read This Next! books and what SIBA booksellers have to say about them can always be found at The Southern Bookseller Review
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Posted By Nicki Leone,
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
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 NVNR Takeaway: School Book Fairs & Inventory Management
recap from Melissa Taylor, E. Shaver, booksellers in Savannah, GA
This NVNR Session addressed the inventory logistics of school book fairs. There are so many ways to do this whether the fair is in-school, in-store, or online. Where are books being shipped? How do you handle the sales in your POS? The session was lead by Molly Gilroy Olivo, Manager, Child's Play, Washington, DC and Melissa Taylor, Co-Owner, E. Shaver, bookseller, Savannah, GA
Title Curation
Almost the first topic discussed was title curation for book fairs. Although the session was focused on the logistics of managing inventory, the topic of how to select books for a school book fair was of special interest to attendees and there was an in depth discussion.
Child's Play Bookstore, for example, works from a standard set list, which they customize as needed for each book fair.
E. Shaver, on the other hand, creates new lists from scratch for each book fair with an emphasis on new titles. To help with the list selection, they send a google form link to the head of the book fair at the school to disseminate to teachers to get some of their input into titles they would especially like to see.
Inventory
Should stores add book fair titles to their overall inventory? Or does that needlessly confuse in store inventory levels and stock availability?
E. Shaver uses the Anthology POS system which includes a book fair module. The store receives the books into inventory and then scans them into the book fair module which "checks them out" so they do not show in the store's regular inventory. They then sort the books by section (Middle Grade, Picture Books, etc.) and repack them to be delivered to the school.
Child's Play, on the other handdoes not receive the books into inventory until after the book fair. They also sort books by section prior to delivering them to the school.
Staffing:
Should you staff the fair yourself or let the book fair organizers be responsible for staffing?
E. Shaver sets up and staffs the book fairs they do. The store restocks the fair with inventory from the store as necessary and takes special orders for the kids on site. Special orders are delivered to the school as they arrive after the fair. Square is used to process sales at the book fair.
Unlike E. Shaver, Child's Play Bookstore delivers and picks up the stock but does not staff the fair. They also restock from their store inventory as they receive restock requests from the school. They use Square to process book fair sales.
Reconciling:
What do you do with leftover stock?
After the book fair is over, E. Shaver scans all of the books back into the Anthology book fair module, which then adjusts inventory based on what was returned to the shop. The store will then either hold onto the stock for other upcoming book fairs, move them into regular store inventory, or they will return the books they don't need. The store uses a storage unit to help manage the space needed to process the extra inventory.
Child's Play receives the product into inventory after it is returned to the store, whereupon they also decide whether to return the books or put them on the shelf in the store for regular sales.
Melissa Taylor, who co-moderated the session, noted the event was a success and generated animated discussion among the attendees;"I think book fairs are such a big project and everyone does them slightly differently that there is always something you can learn from another store."
Tools:
E. Shaver's Book Title List Form
E. Shaver's Book Fair Agreement for School Book Fairs
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Posted By Nicki Leone,
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
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Meet Más Libritos
Más Libritos Bookstore in Springdale, AR describes itself as a Latina-owned and intersectional feminist bookstore of new and used books that centers the stories of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), and this is reflected within their book collection. The owner, Diana Dominguez, who used to work at a library, wants to establish connections inside the local community and both pay homage to and celebrate Latine culture through the bookstore. It’s a niche store, BIPOC focused, and their programming is all about connecting to the Latine community and culture.
In Diana’s own words: “This bookstore is dedicated to mi familia, en particular mi madre que siempre me ha animado y me inspira a diario con su fuerza y compasión. On heavy days, she would always say to me, "Tu puedes. Eres una campeona."
The store began as a pop-up in January and established a brick-and-mortar store in July nextdoor to a breakfast restaurant. Diana said it’s important to her to center Latine voices, especially with the book banning issues that Arkansas faces. She wants her bookstore to be a place where all are invited and represented.
As for the books that have had an impact on Diana’s life, she says, “In no particular order: House on Mango Street, The Combahee River Collective Statement, This Bridge Called My Back, Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment, and so many others!”
You can follow Más Libritos Bookstore on Instagram @maslibritosbookstore or on Facebook. Visit their website and shop online at https://mas-libritos-bookstore.square.site/.
I really want to hear all about the cool things your store is doing, so please fill out the Bookstore Profile Questionnaire and/or tag SIBA on social media and tell me all your awesome ideas, and I’ll use the information to feature you on our social media!
As always, if you have any questions or if you just want to say hello, you can contact me any time at candice@sibaweb.com.
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Wednesday, September 20, 2023
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SOUTHERN INDIE BESTSELLER LIST
For the week ending 9/17/2023
Edelweiss Collections:
(sort by "Catalog Order" to see each list according to rating)
Hardcover Fiction | Hardcover Nonfiction | Trade Paperback Fiction | Trade Paperback Nonfiction | Mass Market | Children's Illustrated | Children's Interest | Children's Series
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Tom Lake
Ann Patchett, Harper, $30, 9780063327528
2. Holly
Stephen King, Scribner, $30, 9781668016138
3. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922
4. The Vaster Wilds
Lauren Groff, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593418390
5. The Fraud
Zadie Smith, Penguin Press, $29, 9780525558965
6. The Covenant of Water
Abraham Verghese, Grove Press, $32, 9780802162175
7. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593422946
8. Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374042
9. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157
10. Lessons
in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29, 9780385547345
11. The River We Remember
William Kent Krueger, Atria Books, $28.99, 9781982179212
12. What You Are Looking for Is in the Library
Michiko Aoyama, Hanover Square Press,
$21.99, 9781335005625
13. Mother-Daughter Murder Night
Nina Simon, Morrow, $30, 9780063315044
14. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28, 9780593321201
15. Happy Place
Emily Henry, Berkley, $27,
9780593441275
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Doubleday, $30, 9780385534260
2. Elon Musk
Walter Isaacson, Simon & Schuster, $35, 9781982181284
3. Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier
Arthur C. Brooks, Oprah Winfrey, Portfolio, $30, 9780593545409
4. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Knopf, $28,
9780525657323
5. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
6. Talking to My Angels
Melissa Etheridge, Harper Wave, $30, 9780063257450
7. Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments
Joe Posnanski, Dutton, $29, 9780593472675
8. I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824
9. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear,
Avery, $27, 9780735211292
10. Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
Peter Attia, M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32, 9780593236598
11. To Infinity and Beyond: A Journey of Cosmic Discovery
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Lindsey Nyx Walker,
National Geographic, $30, 9781426223303
12. The Last Politician: Inside Joe Biden's White House and the Struggle for America's Future
Franklin Foer, Penguin Press, $30, 9781101981146
13. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie
Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
14. Gambler: Secrets from a Life at Risk
Billy Walters, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $35, 9781668032855
15. Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton, and Me
Bernie Taupin, Hachette Books,
$32.50, 9780306828676
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Mad Honey
Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Ballantine, $18, 9781984818409
2. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
3. Trust
Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $17, 9780593420324
4. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933
5. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99,
9781250301703
6. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498
7. Things We Left Behind
Lucy Score, Bloom Books, $18.99, 9781728276120
8. The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
9. The Marriage Portrait
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $17, 9780593315088
10. A Court of Frost and Starlight
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $17, 9781635575620
11. Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing,
$19, 9781639730957
12. The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570
13. Lucy by the Sea
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $18, 9780593446089
14. The Maid
Nita Prose, Ballantine, $18, 9780593356173
15. It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann, Vintage, $17, 9780307742483
2. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560
3. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Kai Bird,
Martin J. Sherwin, Vintage, $25, 9780375726262
4. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17, 9781984898951
5. Happy-Go-Lucky
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316392433
6. All About Love: New Visions
bell
hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
7. Meditations: A New Translation (Modern Library Classics)
Marcus Aurelius, Modern Library, $11, 9780812968255
8. The Lost Colony Murder on the Outer Banks: Seeking Justice for Brenda Joyce Holland
John Railey, History Press, $23.99, 9781467147392
9. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
Ed Yong, Random House, $20, 9780593133255
10. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing
of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
11. A Philosophy of Walking
Frédéric Gros, John Howe (Transl.), Verso, $19.95, 9781804290446
12. The Soul of an Octopus
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $17.99, 9781451697728
13. S.P.Q.R.: A History of Ancient Rome
Mary Beard, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631492228
14. Stay True: A Memoir
Hua Hsu, Anchor, $17, 9780593315200
15. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial,
$24.99, 9780062316110
MASS MARKET
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
3. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Agatha Christie, Morrow,
$10.99, 9780063221086
4. Steal
James Patterson, Howard Roughan, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538720752
5. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129
6. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin,
$12, 9780399501487
7. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367
8. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365279
9. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
10. The Stand
Stephen
King, Anchor, $10.99, 9780593313886
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593110409
2. Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography
Wendy
Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718
3. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
4. Just Because
Matthew McConaughey, Renée Kurilla (Illus.), Viking
Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593622032
5. Peekaboo: Pumpkin (Peekaboo You)
Camilla Reid, Ingela P. Arrhenius (Illus.), Candlewick Press, $9.99, 9781536229813
6. Bluey: What Games Should We Play?: A Lift-the-Flap Book
Tallulah
May, Penguin Young Readers, $9.99, 9780593658420
7. Eek! Halloween!
Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $7.99, 9781665925143
8. Dr. Seuss's Horton Hears a Boo!
Wade Bradford, Tom Brannon (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers,
$10.99, 9780593643532
9. Barnyard Dance!
Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $7.99, 9781665924955
10. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536223361
2. The Dreamatics
Michelle Cuevas, Rocky Pond Books, $18.99, 9780593532225
3. Hell Followed with Us
Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $12.99,
9781682635636
4. Holes
Louis Sachar, Yearling, $6.99, 9780440419464
5. The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza
Mac Barnett, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Katherine Tegen Books, $16.99, 9780063084087
6. The Spirit Bares Its Teeth
Andrew
Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $19.99, 9781682636114
7. Freewater
Amina Luqman-Dawson, Jimmy Patterson, $8.99, 9780316056670
8. Eyewitness Encyclopedia of Everything: The Ultimate Guide to the World Around You
DK Children, $29.99,
9780744084702
9. A Wolf Called Wander
Rosanne Parry, Mónica Armiño (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $7.99, 9780062895943
10. Island of Spies
Sheila Turnage, Dial Books, $18.99, 9780735231252
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES
1. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson, Ember, $10.99, 9781984896391
2. The Summer I Turned Pretty
Jenny Han, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $11.99, 9781665922074
3. Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House,
#1)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers, $5.99, 9780679824114
4. We'll Always Have Summer (The Summer I Turned Pretty)
Jenny Han, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $11.99, 9781416995593
5. Dog Man: Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338801910
6. The Brothers Hawthorne (The Inheritance Games, #4)
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780316480772
7. Karen's Haircut: A Graphic Novel (Baby-Sitters Little Sister, #7)
Ann M. Martin, Katy Farina (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762624
8. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia)
C.S. Lewis, HarperCollins, $7.99,
9780060765460
9. The Bad Guys (The Bad Guys, #1)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic, $5.99, 9780545912402
10. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson & the Olympians, #1)
Rick Riordan, Disney Hyperion, $8.99, 9781368051477
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Thursday, September 14, 2023
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SOUTHERN INDIE BESTSELLER LIST
For the week ending 9/10/2023
Edelweiss Collections:
(sort by "Catalog Order" to see each list according to rating)
Hardcover Fiction | Hardcover Nonfiction | Trade Paperback Fiction | Trade Paperback Nonfiction | Mass Market | Children's Illustrated | Children's Interest | Children's Series The Southern Indie Bestsellers List, as brought to you by IndieBound and SIBA, for the week ended Sunday, September 10, 2023. Based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance and IndieBound. For an
independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org.
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Tom Lake
Ann Patchett, Harper, $30, 9780063327528
2. Holly
Stephen King, Scribner, $30, 9781668016138
3. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922
4. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593422946
5. The Fraud
Zadie Smith, Penguin Press, $29, 9780525558965
6. Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29, 9780385547345
7. Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374042
8. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157
9. The Covenant of Water
Abraham Verghese, Grove Press, $32, 9780802162175
10. None of This Is True
Lisa Jewell, Atria Books, $28, 9781982179007
11. Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28, 9780399562969
12. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28, 9780593321201
13. Amazing Grace Adams
Fran Littlewood, Henry Holt and Co., $27.99, 9781250857019
14. Crook Manifesto
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $29, 9780385545150
15. Mother-Daughter Murder Night
Nina Simon, Morrow, $30, 9780063315044
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Doubleday, $30, 9780385534260
2. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
3. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Knopf, $28, 9780525657323
4. Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere
Maria Bamford, Gallery Books, $28.99, 9781982168568
5. Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
Peter Attia, M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32, 9780593236598
6. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
7. How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told
Harrison Scott Key, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781668015506
8. Gambler: Secrets from a Life at Risk
Billy Walters, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $35, 9781668032855
9. Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments
Joe Posnanski, Dutton, $29, 9780593472675
10. Tell It Like It Is: My Story
Aaron Neville, Hachette Books, $29, 9780306832536
11. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
12. The Deadline: Essays
Jill Lepore, Liveright, $45, 9781631496127
13. Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury
Drew Gilpin Faust, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30, 9780374601805
14. The Little Frog's Guide to Self-Care: Affirmations, Self-Love and Life Lessons According to the Internet's Beloved Mushroom Frog
Maybell Eequay, Summersdale, $11.99, 9781837991013
15. I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Trust
Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $17, 9780593420324
2. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
3. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933
4. Babel
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $20, 9780063021433
5. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498
6. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703
7. Mad Honey
Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Ballantine, $18, 9781984818409
8. It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368
9. A Court of Mist and Fury
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575583
10. Verity
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538724736
11. Assistant to the Villain
Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $19.99, 9781649375803
12. The Maid
Nita Prose, Ballantine, $18, 9780593356173
13. The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570
14. Our Missing Hearts
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $18, 9780593492666
15. Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781639730957
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann, Vintage, $17, 9780307742483
2. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
3. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560
4. Happy-Go-Lucky
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316392433
5. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
Ed Yong, Random House, $20, 9780593133255
6. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin, Vintage, $25, 9780375726262
7. Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $18, 9781250849359
8. The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $19, 9780143129257
9. Solito: A Memoir
Javier Zamora, Hogarth, $18, 9780593498088
10. Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $20, 9780374533557
11. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17, 9781984898951
12. The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of the Whole Stupid World
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781797212272
13. Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316299220
14. The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316296816
15. Meditations
Marcus Aurelius, Penguin Classics, $11, 9780140449334
MASS MARKET
1. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
3. Hamlet
William Shakespeare, Simon & Schuster, $6.99, 9780743477123
4. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
5. Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553293357
6. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12, 9780399501487
7. And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488
8. The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings: Part One
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780593500484
9. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835
10. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593110409
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
3. I Will Read to You
Gideon Sterer, Charles Santoso (Illus.), Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316592611
4. Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography
Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718
5. Little Blue Truck's Halloween
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9780544772533
6. Boo! Bluey's Halloween
Penguin Young Readers, $14.99, 9780593659540
7. Peekaboo: Pumpkin (Peekaboo You)
Camilla Reid, Ingela P. Arrhenius (Illus.), Candlewick Press, $9.99, 9781536229813
8. Hot Dog
Doug Salati, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593308431
9. Bluey: Barky Boats
Penguin Young Readers, $5.99, 9780593750469
10. Halloween On The Farm
Roger Priddy, Priddy Books US, $8.99, 9781684492961
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536223361
2. Charlotte's Web
E.B. White, Harper, $8.99, 9780064400558
3. The Spirit Bares Its Teeth
Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $19.99, 9781682636114
4. Foxglove
Adalyn Grace, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780316162500
5. This Winter
Alice Oseman, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781338885132
6. Divine Rivals
Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439
7. If He Had Been with Me
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489
8. The Lost Library
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Mass, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250838810
9. Garlic and the Vampire
Bree Paulsen, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062995087
10. Drama: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801897
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES
1. Dog Man: Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338801910
2. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (A Hunger Games Novel)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press, $16.99, 9781339016573
3. The Brothers Hawthorne (The Inheritance Games, #4)
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780316480772
4. The Summer I Turned Pretty
Jenny Han, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $11.99, 9781665922074
5. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson, Ember, $10.99, 9781984896391
6. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741032
7. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $12.99, 9781524714758
8. The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
Holly Black, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9780316310314
9. Spy School Project X
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9781534479500
10. Dog Man: Brawl of the Wild
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741087
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Posted By Nicki Leone,
Thursday, September 14, 2023
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Current Newsletter: We're with the Banned
 Book Buzz Feature: Godkiller
"I remember being a furious child. Small and blonde, bookish and talkative, I hated how often I was “baby,” how often I was “cute.” I wanted to be loud, strong, and powerful. I wanted to fight my brothers and my cousins, strength to strength, arm to arm, bloody noses and bruises." --Hannah Kaner
Decide For Yourself Banned Book Feature: This One Summer by Jillian Tamaki
NEW REVIEWS | SUBSCRIBE | SUBMIT A REVIEW | FOR PUBLISHERS
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Thursday, September 14, 2023
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Banned Books Week is October 1-7
Banned Books Week and the ABA have many resources available to help raise awareness about the danger and damage of book banning efforts currently underway. They include an updated the Banned Books Week Handbook with programming ideas, best practices for events, resources, and tips for handling censorship. The ABA has digital toolkits available, including banned books bingo, counter displays, and banned book merch. The National Coalition Against Censorship, in cooperation with the American Booksellers for Free Expression, has also launched The Kids' Right to Read Project to provide support, education, and direct advocacy to people facing book challenges or bans in schools. Click here for more information.
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Posted By Nicki Leone,
Thursday, September 14, 2023
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Hi SIBA friends!
In this update, I wanted to let you know that I have taken over as SIBA’s social media coordinator for SIBA and the Southern Bookseller Review. I will be posting videos each week of the most important things from the newsletter, things you need to know, store features, events, and more. I will also be doing video versions of both this membership update and the Ask Candice Anything column. Members are already finding the video posts helpful, so make sure you follow us on Instagram @siba_books and/or on Facebook to get the scoop directly from me. Also, if you have a question or would like to be featured on social media, please send me an email.
Outside of social media, we’re currently working on an official sunsetting process for when stores close, change ownership, etc. so we can better track those events. We’re also working on updating our resource database to give you access to the most up-to-date information. If you have something that you think other stores could benefit from, please share with us. I’m also working on cleaning up our database, compiling resources for you, and creating a Discord server where we can all talk to each other. I’m excited about all these projects, and we’re hoping to build a great online community.
I really want to hear all about the cool things your store is doing, so please fill out the Bookstore Profile Questionnaire and/or tag SIBA on social media and tell me all your awesome ideas, and I’ll use the information to feature you on our social media!
As always, if you have any questions or if you just want to say hello, you can contact me any time at candice@sibaweb.com.
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Posted By Nicki Leone,
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 The SIBA Board of Directors invites all members to attend the 2023 SIBA Annual Meeting and Town Hall on October 11, 2023 at 1 PM, Eastern, on Zoom. The meeting will include a report on the State of SIBA and reports from SIBA staff. The board will report on the work being done on behalf of the membership, and the results of the 2023 board ballot will be announced. There will also be time for questions from attendees.
Click here to register for the Annual Meeting & Town Hall
SIBA members who would like to propose a topic or raise an issue for the board's consideration can submit it in advance here. All submitted topics will be provided to the board, even if they are not addressed during the meeting.
SIBA members are strongly encouraged to attend and take this opportunity to let their board and the SIBA staff know what they need to be successful in a rapidly changing industry and economy.
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Posted By Nicki Leone,
Thursday, September 7, 2023
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Current Newsletter: Booksellers on the Bestsellers
 Book Buzz Feature: The Spirit Bares Its Teeth
"I think the best horror is a combination of the fear of something inside themselves and something external, especially when one of them inherently feeds the other." --Andrew Joseph White
Decide For Yourself Banned Book Feature: Julian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love
NEW REVIEWS | SUBSCRIBE | SUBMIT A REVIEW | FOR PUBLISHERS
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Thursday, September 7, 2023
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September Indie-to-Indie Playlists: Back to School & Break Out Books
Help your community start off the new school year right with titles that will open minds, reveal new discoveries, and broaden our experience of the world around us. Publishers have created not one but TWO new playlists -- one specifically for those interested in learning new tricks (a Back to School playlist), and the other celebrating new voices in literature (a Breakouts & Debuts playlist). There's something for everyone on each of these lists to help round out your displays and make sure your customers can always find something new in your bookstore.
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Posted By Nicki Leone,
Thursday, September 7, 2023
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 Applications for the Carla Gray Memorial Scholarship for Emerging Bookseller-Activists closes 9/15
Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation is now accepting applications for the Carla Gray Memorial Scholarship for Emerging Bookseller-Activists. The winning bookseller will be awarded a year-long scholarship for professional development, which includes travel and hotel to attend Winter Institute 2024, travel and hotel to attend their 2024 regional fall tradeshow and a $1,000 stipend to fund a community outreach project. The deadline to apply is Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, at 5 p.m. EST. Eligibility requirements and the application can be found at https://www.bincfoundation.org/carla-gray/
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Posted By Nicki Leone,
Thursday, September 7, 2023
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Cavalier House Books in Denham Springs, LA has partnered with their local newspaper, the Livingston Parish News, to host Coffee with the Candidates, a series of events where citizens of the parish have a chance to meet their candidates and learn more about them, outside of what they see on social media.
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Thursday, September 7, 2023
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 Join bookstore owners from NAIBA & SIBA for a pre-holiday season conversation. Check in, share strategies, ask questions, and take a few deep breaths together!
Monday, October 16th | 5-6:30PM ET
This event is for store owners only and will happen over Zoom. After you register you'll receive a link to join from the SIBA office. Register Now
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Thursday, September 7, 2023
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SOUTHERN INDIE BESTSELLER LIST
For the week ending 9/3/2023
Edelweiss Collections:
(sort by "Catalog Order" to see each list according to rating)
Hardcover Fiction | Hardcover Nonfiction | Trade Paperback Fiction | Trade Paperback Nonfiction | Mass Market | Children's Illustrated | Children's Interest | Children's Series The Southern Indie Bestseller List, as brought to you by IndieBound and SIBA, for the week ended Sunday, September 3, 2023. Based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance and IndieBound. For an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org.
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Tom Lake
Ann Patchett, Harper, $30, 9780063327528
2. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922
3. The Covenant of Water
Abraham Verghese, Grove Press, $32, 9780802162175
4. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593422946
5. Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29, 9780385547345
6. Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374042
7. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28, 9780593321201
8. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157
9. Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28, 9780399562969
10. None of This Is True
Lisa Jewell, Atria Books, $28, 9781982179007
11. The Invisible Hour
Alice Hoffman, Atria Books, $27.99, 9781982175375
12. Somebody's Fool
Richard Russo, Knopf, $29, 9780593317891
13. Yellowface
R. F. Kuang, Morrow, $30, 9780063250833
14. Hello Beautiful
Ann Napolitano, The Dial Press, $28, 9780593243732
15. Masters of Death
Olivie Blake, Tor Books, $26.99, 9781250892461
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Doubleday, $30, 9780385534260
2. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
3. Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
Peter Attia, M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32, 9780593236598
4. I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824
5. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
6. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Knopf, $28, 9780525657323
7. Gambler: Secrets from a Life at Risk
Billy Walters, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $35, 9781668032855
8. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
9. What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds
Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593298886
10. Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury
Drew Gilpin Faust, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30, 9780374601805
11. How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told
Harrison Scott Key, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781668015506
12. Safe and Sound: A Renter-Friendly Guide to Home Repair
Mercury Stardust, DK, $24.99, 9780744079074
13. Baking Yesteryear: The Best Recipes from the 1900s to the 1980s
B. Dylan Hollis, DK, $32, 9780744080049
14. You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir
Maggie Smith, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $28, 9781982185855
15. The Mississippi Football Book: Stories and Records From the Greatest Teams, Coaches, and Players - Who Lived and Played in the Greatest Football State
Rick Cleveland (Ed.), Nautilus Publishing, $45, 9781949455397
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
1. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933
2. Trust
Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $17, 9780593420324
3. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703
4. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
5. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498
6. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V. E. Schwab, Tor, $19.99, 9780765387578
7. Assistant to the Villain
Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $19.99, 9781649375803
8. Dreamland
Nicholas Sparks, Dell, $18, 9780593449578
9. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316556323
10. A Court of Silver Flames
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635577990
11. A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara, Anchor, $18, 9780804172707
12. A Court of Mist and Fury
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575583
13. The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central Publishing, $12.99, 9781538742570
14. The Rabbit Hutch
Tess Gunty, Vintage, $17, 9780593467879
15. Love, Theoretically
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $17, 9780593336861
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann, Vintage, $17, 9780307742483
2. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560
3. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin, Vintage, $25, 9780375726262
4. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
5. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
Ed Yong, Random House, $20, 9780593133255
6. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17, 9781984898951
7. The 2024 Old Farmer's Almanac
Old Farmer's Almanac, $9.95, 9781571989529
8. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
9. Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791
10. Happy-Go-Lucky
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316392433
11. The Myth of Sisyphus
Albert Camus, Vintage, $16, 9780525564454
12. Meditations: A New Translation (Modern Library Classics)
Marcus Aurelius, Modern Library, $11, 9780812968255
13. The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037
14. The Lost Colony and Hatteras Island
Scott Dawson, History Press, $23.99, 9781467144339
15. Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $18, 9781250849359
MASS MARKET
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2. The Boys from Biloxi
John Grisham, Vintage, $10.99, 9780593470916
3. The Inferno
Dante Alighieri, Signet Book, $5.95, 9780451531391
4. Frankenstein
Mary Shelley, Signet, $5.95, 9780451532244
5. Hamlet
William Shakespeare, Simon & Schuster, $6.99, 9780743477123
6. Macbeth
William Shakespeare, Simon & Schuster, $6.99, 9780743477109
7. The Communist Manifesto (Signet Classics)
Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Signet Book, $5.95, 9780451531841
8. Knockout
Sarah MacLean, Avon, $9.99, 9780063056794
9. A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry, Vintage, $8.95, 9780679755333
10. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography
Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718
2. Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593110409
3. Bluey: The Beach
Penguin Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593226094
4. Bluey: The Creek
Penguin Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593224571
5. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
6. Bluey: Camping
Penguin Young Readers, $5.99, 9780593519103
7. Boo! Bluey's Halloween: A Magnet Book
Penguin Young Readers Licenses, $14.99, 9780593659540
8. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
9. Hot Dog
Doug Salati, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593308431
10. Bluey: The Pool
Penguin Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593385685
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
1. The Lost Library
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Mass, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250838810
2. The Moth Keeper: A Graphic Novel
K. O'Neill, Random House Graphic, $13.99, 9780593182260
3. Belladonna
Adalyn Grace, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $11.99, 9780316153621
4. The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536223361
5. Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
6. Scarlet & Violet Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $11.99, 9781338871371
7. Ground Zero
Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781338245752
8. Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
9. Guts: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
10. Fish in a Tree
Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142426425
CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES
1. The Summer I Turned Pretty
Jenny Han, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $11.99, 9781665922074
2. The Brothers Hawthorne (The Inheritance Games, #4)
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780316480772
3. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (A Hunger Games Novel)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press, $16.99, 9781339016573
4. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $12.99, 9781524714758
5. The Inheritance Games
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $10.99, 9780759555402
6. Heartstopper: Volume 4: A Graphic Novel
Alice Oseman, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338617559
7. Dog Man: Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338801910
8. The Hawthorne Legacy (The Inheritance Games, #2)
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $10.99, 9780316105187
9. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson, Ember, $10.99, 9781984896391
10. The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $12.99, 9780545425117
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Posted By Nicki Leone,
Thursday, August 31, 2023
Updated: Wednesday, August 30, 2023
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The Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance is pleased to welcome Krystle Dandridge of RVA Book Bar in Richmond, Virginia, and Bunnie Hilliard of Brave + Kind Bookshop in Decatur, Georgia to the SIBA Board. Both incoming board members will start their three-year terms on January 1, 2023. They replace Jamie Rogers Southern, Executive Director of Bookmarks in Winston-Salem, and Jamie Fiocco of Flyleaf Books. As the outgoing Board President, Jamie Southern will remain on the board as a non-voting member in an advisory capacity.
Dandridge and Hilliard join the SIBA Board at an important time when the organization is evolving to better meet the needs of its members in the current economy and political climate. Among the projects the SIBA Board has been working on are updating SIBA's bylaws to reflect contemporary realities faced by SIBA member stores, refining the definition of a SIBA "Core Member Bookstore" to recognize the growing diversity of business models in the SIBA region, and supporting innovative programs launched by SIBA such as the joint conference and programming with NAIBA, its sister organization to the north, under the New Voices New Rooms Partnership.
SIBA booksellers can meet with their current board members at the SIBA Annual Meeting to be held on zoom this fall (date to be announced) or at the SIBA Board Office Hours, scheduled for November 9 at 7:00 PM. Check the SIBA Event Calendar for more details.
 Krystle Dandridge
Krystle Dandridge is a Jersey native, who has called Richmond her home for the last decade. She is a licensed therapist by training and trade, but recently embarked on a new entrepreneurial endeavor by opening Richmond’s only Black-owned, woman-owned bookstore during Black History Month 2022.
 Bunnie Hilliard
Bunnie Hilliard, Owner of Brave + Kind Bookshop, in Decatur (Atlanta) Georgia. Black-owned and woman run, established 2018. Brave + Kind Bookshop's mission is aimed at prioritizing an intentional collection of diverse and inclusive stories for children. And a few grown up books to help us all do better as human beings.
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Wednesday, August 30, 2023
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The Book Industry Charitable Foundation (Binc) has announced the winners of their two scholarships for Bookseller Development; the Macmillan Booksellers Professional Development Scholarship, and the Keating Memorial Scholarship.
Jordan April of Flyleaf Books is the SIBA recipient of the Macmillan Booksellers Professional Development Scholarship, which provides financial assistance to booksellers from underrepresented groups to attend their region's annual trade
show. April attended SIBA's annual conference at New Voices New Rooms in Arlington, Virginia, earlier this month.
Nyawira Nyota of Page 158 Books was the SIBA recipient of the Keating Scholarship, created in memory of publishing sales rep George Keating to provide financial assistance to booksellers in the SIBA, NAIBA, and NEIBA territories to attend
their region's annual conference. Nyota also was able to attend the New Voices New Rooms conference in August.
“Binc is honored to help book people expand their knowledge and grow in their roles,” said Binc Executive Director Pam French. Binc has committed to supporting bookseller development as central to its mission to strengthen the bookselling community.
On September 1st applications will open for the Carla Gray Memorial Scholarship for Emerging Bookseller-Activists. This awards the winning bookseller travel and hotel for attendance to Winter Institute, travel and hotel for attendance
to their regional trade show, and a stipend to fund a community outreach project.
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