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Posted By Nicki Leone, Monday, April 16, 2018

Edelweiss+THE BOOKS YOUR COLLEAGUES ARE TALKING ABOUT

Submitted this week on Edelweiss+ using the "send to SIBA" option. Thanks to Avid Bookshop, Books & Books, The Country Book Shop, Fiction Addiction, Fountain Bookstore, Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe, Novel., Parnassus, Quail Ridge Books, and The Story Shop.

**Don't forget to sign up for the upcoming webinar on Edelweiss next week!:

B3! WEBINAR: GET YOUR EDELWEISS ON!

April 25 at 2PM: Getting your Staff on Edelweiss  with Jill Hendrix. Join Jill Hendrix of Fiction Addiction to learn how to use Edelweiss for reviews, requesting ARCs, author event proposals, etc., plus instruction on creating tags and filters to share with staff. Edelweiss is a wealth of information on the books your customers want.  And it is a wonderful way to get your store on the radar of many publishers.  Plus SIBA has her own share button where booksellers can let us know which books they love.  Earn B3! credit by attending the webinar and using Edelweiss to let us know about your fave titles.  RSVP with lindamarie@sibaweb.com.

 

9780374158378 The Electric Woman 5/1/2018
" Her memoir of her time on the road for a season as a performer in the last traveling sideshow is more than a documentary of a freak show. It is the story of a daughter coming to terms with the woman her mother was."

9780316556347 Circe 4/10/2018
"I think I now have a crush on Daedalus."

9780763693558 Alma and How She Got Her Name 4/10/2018
"a great introduction to family history or just a lovely way to dive into the deep stories behind everyday things ( like a child's name!)."

9780143133124 The Ruin 7/3/2018
"The complex plot, the seamless intertwining of stories and the dogged determination of Cormac to find the truth takes this superb crime novel on a great journey through Ireland, and on a roller coaster ride of suspense."

9781594634925 The Art of Gathering 5/15/2018
"This book is great for the business leader, the casual dinner party host, or the person who dreams of having deeper connections with the community around them."

9780525520139 Cherry 8/14/2018
" A sparse, unflinching look at war, addiction, crime, and desperation that -- impossibly -- also happens to be hopelessly romantic and caustically funny. "

9780735221314 A Terrible Country 7/10/2018
"part immersive travel guide, part cultural commentary (on both Russia and the US), and part coming of age/family novel with socialist revolutionaries and hockey. I loved it."

9780735231702 The Creature of the Pines 4/10/2018
"Constantly laughing out loud, with wonderful and colorful characters, it makes for a great read aloud. Pick it up as soon as you can, especially if you have elementary and middle grade boys!"

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If your store does not have an Edelweiss+ account and need help setting one up, contact Linda-Marie

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THE BOOKS YOUR COLLEAGUES ARE TALKING ABOUT

Posted By Nicki Leone, Thursday, April 12, 2018

Edelweiss+THE BOOKS YOUR COLLEAGUES ARE TALKING ABOUT

Submitted this week on Edelweiss+ using the "send to SIBA" option. Thanks to Avid Bookshop, Bookmiser, The Country Book Shop, Downtown Books, Fiction Addiction, Flyleaf Books, Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe, McIntyre's Fine Books, Octavia Books, Page 158 Books, Quail Ridge Books, and The Story Shop.

9780525515210 The Boy, the Bird, and the Coffin Maker 5/15/2018
"If the story doesn't pull you in (which would be difficult), then the artwork will!"

9780399557385 Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe 7/10/2018
"A sweet, clever, standalone adventure story with an art history/mystery twist thrown in for good measure, Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe should be smack dab on the top of the summer reading stack."

9780385542012 The Secret Token 6/5/2018
" I already know this is going to be my number one non-fiction/history pick for summer 2018."

9780525522119 My Year of Rest and Relaxation 7/10/2018
" Reading this novel feels something akin to watching a slow motion car wreck or seeing something that you know you're not supposed to be seeing. Grotesque and unsettling, but also magnificent and beautiful."

More bookseller reviews

If your store does not have an Edelweiss+ account and need help setting one up, contact Linda-Marie.

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B3! Webinar Coming Up April 25 - Get Your Edelweiss On!

Posted By Wanda Jewell, Monday, April 9, 2018
April 25 at 2PM: Getting your Staff on Edelweiss  with Jill Hendrix. Join Jill Hendrix of Fiction Addiction to learn how to use Edelweiss for reviews, requesting ARCs, author event proposals, etc., plus instruction on creating tags and filters to share with staff. Edelweiss is a wealth of information on the books your customers want.  And it is a wonderful way to get your store on the radar of many publishers.  Plus SIBA has her own share button where booksellers can let us know which books they love.  Earn B3! credit by attending the webinar and using Edelweiss to let us know about your fave titles.  RSVP with lindamarie@sibaweb.com.

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Books your fellow booksellers love -- reviewed on Edelweiss

Posted By Nicki Leone, Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Edelweiss+THE BOOKS YOUR COLLEAGUES ARE TALKING ABOUT

Submitted this week on Edelweiss+ using the "send to SIBA" option. Thanks to Avid Bookshop, Bookmarks, Bookmiser, The Country Book Shop, Fiction Addiction, Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe, McIntyre's Fine Books, Quail Ridge Books, Sunrise Books, and The Story Shop

9781524767570 The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 5/1/2018
"I found myself unexpectedly emotional at the end - I wish I could send it in a time machine to my younger self."

9781250167026 Anger Is a Gift 5/22/2018
"Mark Oshiro "gifts" the reader something extraordinary: power. I have pages marked so that I might return to them again when I need them."

9780062676788 The Word Is Murder 6/5/2018
"This story is a novel but it sure feels like a memoir. What is he up to?"

9780525633013 There There 6/5/2018
"This book captures you in it's beautiful fist and doesn't let you go."

9781594634512 Florida 6/5/2018
" I'm sure Barack Obama will love this collection as much as Fates and Furies."

9781368003551 We Don't Eat Our Classmates 6/19/2018
"I LOVED THIS BOOK! As soon as I read it, I ran around to 4 different coworkers and made them also read it."

9781250161567 Leverage in Death 9/4/2018
"I can't believe there are 47 of these and there are still new and different ways that people can kill each other."

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If your store does not have an Edelweiss+ account and need help setting one up, contact Linda-Marie.

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SIBA Bookseller Reviews on Edelweiss

Posted By Nicki Leone, Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Edelweiss+THE BOOKS YOUR COLLEAGUES ARE TALKING ABOUT

Submitted this week on Edelweiss+ using the "send to SIBA" option. Thanks to Avid Bookshop, Bookmarks, Bookmiser, The Country Book Shop, Fiction Addiction, Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe, McIntyre's Fine Books, Quail Ridge Books, Sunrise Books, and The Story Shop

9780316414241 The War on Normal People 4/3/2018
"Andrew Wang has taken every thought and fear I've had about what I see happening around me and put it on paper in an immensely readable style backed up with tons of research."

9781612196442 Empire of Light 4/24/2018
"A surprisingly gentle and innately melancholy tale of misfits and small towns and growing up."

9780062742704 A Theory of Love 5/8/2018
"With more thought and more travel than the usual love story, A Theory of Love is the story of a romance and marriage and ultimately the understanding of how people understand love and learn to know what they need from a partner. "

9781250169082 Treeborne 6/5/2018
"Treeborne is an achievement. It has the fearlessness of a first novel but it is told with dizzying skill."

9781534414464 The Unforgettable Guinevere St. Clair 6/12/2018
"This book is both rough and beautiful, hilarious and tragic in the most wonderful of ways."

If your store does not have an Edelweiss+ account and need help setting one up, contact Linda-Marie.

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SIBA & Edelweiss: News You Can Use from the Land of SIBA

Posted By Nicki Leone, Monday, October 16, 2017

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SIBA & EDELWEISS!

EdelweissVery exciting news!

Starting this week, SIBA bookstore members will be able to send the reviews they post on Edelweiss to SIBA at the same time they send them on to IndieNext. "SIBA" will be one of the options you can select, and your reviews will then come to SIBA.

What does SIBA do with bookseller reviews?

  • Eligible titles become nominations for Okra Picks and the Southern Book Prize.
  • Bookseller staff picks are collected in Read This! --SIBA's book concierge service for Southern readers. And all reviews are linked back to your store for purchase.
  • Reviews are run in the weekly Lady Banks' Commonplace Book newsletter, and also linked back to your store.
  • Every submitted review earns your store 3 B3! points.

Stores that use Edelweiss have frequently asked SIBA for the ability to send SIBA their reviews and nominations via the Edelweiss system. It was one of the most commonly requested features noted in feedback from the SIBA Discovery Show. So we're very pleased to be working with Edelweiss to make this happen for SIBA members.

For more information or questions, contact Linda-Marie Barrett at lindamarie@sibaweb.com


Okra PicksCALL FOR QUOTES: OKRA PICKS

The Fall Okra Picks have been announced, and we are seeing Okra Pick authors appearing in your event calendars and on the bestseller lists. SIBA is looking for bookseller blurbs of Okra Pick titles! If you've read and loved any of these books, email us and tell us about it!

The Fonville Winans Cookbook The Last Ballad by Wiley Cash The Indigo Girl by Natasha Boyd
Tales of a Cosmic Possum: From the Appalachia Mountains to the Cotton Mills by Sheila Ingle Heating & Cooling: 52 Micro-Memoirs by Beth Ann Fennelly
Hotel Scarface: Where Cocaine Cowboys Partied and Plotted to Control Miami by Roben Farzad Dear Martin by Nic Stone The Art of Loading Brush: New Agrarian Writings by Wendell Berry
Heaven's Crooked Finger by Hank Early Perennials by Julie Cantrell The Sisters of Glass Ferry by Kim Michele Richardson The Ice House by Laura Lee Smith A Murder for the Books by Victoria Gilbert


FREE BOOK STIMULUS PLAN ENDS DECEMBER 31, 2017

From Executive Director Wanda Jewell:

I can't thank you enough for your support of SIBA's Free Book Stimulus Plan over the years. We have been sent hundreds of books to your customers for nearly nine years. Inspired by President Barack Obama's Stimulus Plan in 2008, I wanted to create away for all of the books that had come into my home over nearly 20 years to work in service of indie bookstores. And so FreeBookStimulusPlan.com was born. I will be out of books soon but am committed to fulfilling all of the requests thru the end of the year.

I need to make a request if you continue to use Free Book Stimulus Plan for the rest of this year. Please begin directing your customers to the website rather than providing the form. This is a way I can communicate to all of them that the program is ending and how their requests will be handled. The website is:
www.FreeBookStimulusPlan.com


UNDISCOVERED TREASURES: BESTSELLER & STORE RECS FLYERS -- INSTANT STORE DISPLAYS

Did you know? The downloadable versions of the Southern Indie Bestseller lists have undergone a makeover: Hardcovers | Paperbacks | Children's

The pdf versions are updated every week when the Southern indie bestsellers are updated.

We've also recently made the "Special to the Southern" lists -- the books on the Southern bestseller list but not the national list -- available for you to install on your store website: Indiecommerce | MyBooksandMore | No ecommerce | SIBA hosted | Installation instructions

read thisAnd we now have a monthly "staff recommendations" flyer available for download: This is a flyer of all the books that have been recommended by SIBA booksellers and featured in "Read This!" for the month. Instant display, instant book club resource!

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