We you will join our community of dedicated booksellers, writers, publishers, wholesalers, and other industry friends. We are committed to strengthening the industry by strengthening Southern indie booksellers.
SIBA MEMBERSHIP LEVELS
SIBA has four levels of membership:
Bookseller,
Author,
Industry, and
Associate. Membership is annual, and a current membership is required to participate in most SIBA programming. Membership is open to anyone with a professional interest in the book industry, including retail bookstores, as well as to book publishers,
distributors, reps, vendors, prospective booksellers, and national chain booksellers.
Benefits of membership include the ability to attend SIBA-hosted events, access to resources and materials, member-pricing on promotional opportunities, and access to networking opportunities in the SIBA community.
Membership Types:
Bookseller: ($125) Independent, privately-owned legal entities actively engaged in the business of bookselling in our region (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA) may be eligible for SIBA "core membership." The bookselling venue may take the form of a physical (brick and mortar) store, an online store, a recurring pop-up shop, or a mobile venue, but physical books (including e-books and audiobook versions) must represent more than 50% of the entity’s overall gross revenue to be eligible for core membership. Bookstores with multiple locations must register each location
separately. Bookseller members may also create accounts for their employees at no extra cost. Bookstores with eligible ecommerce systems may qualify for free membership under SIBA's Combined Regional Bookstore Banner program.
Author: ($195) Authors with books in print and available at Bookshop.org
Industry: ($195) Publishers, Distributors, Sales Reps, Commission Reps, Wholesalers, Media, and anyone else involved in the industry. Industry members may also create accounts for their employees at no extra cost by choosing the "Organization"
membership option.
Associate: ($500) Anyone who is not a core bookstore member of SIBA, or not an industry member can join SIBA as an Associate member. This includes authors without a book in print, teachers, librarians, bookstores outside the southeast, prospective
booksellers, online-only booksellers and others that do not meet the criteria for core membership and are not otherwise involved in the book industry. Associate members may also create accounts for their employees by choosing the "Organization" membership option.
