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First Things First...
8/29: Independent Bookstore Day (more info) 9/3: Reader Meet Writer: Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad is Untrue 9/8: Reader
Meet Writer: Outlawed with Anna North + Girlhood with Melissa Febos 9/10: Reader Meet Writer: Carl Hoffman, Liar's Circus 9/15: Reader Meet Writer: Simon Stephenson,
Set My Heart to Five 9/17: Reader Meet Writer: Margaret Kimberley, Prejudential 9/21-9/25: New Voices New Rooms (register) 9/29: Reader Meet Writer: Connor Towne O'Neill, Down Along With That Devil's Bones
There are already over 300 people registered for New Voices New Rooms, not to mention over 50 exhibitors, and more than 75 events on the schedule. Will your store be represented?
You must register by 8/31 to receive the show box of goodies, and you must be registered to be able to attend ANY of the events. Look who has already registered!:
A Novel Experience Adventure Bound Books All Things Inspiration Giftique Auburn Oil Company Booksellers Avid Bookshop Bards Alley Book No Further Bookmarks
Bound2please Books Cavalier House Books Charis Books & More Copperfish Books Douglasville Books E. Shaver, Booksellers Epilogue Books Chocolate Brews Ernest &
Hadley Booksellers Fiction Addiction Firestorm Books & Coffee Flyleaf Books Fountain Bookstore FoxTale Book Shoppe Garden District Book Shop Geomi LLC dba MoonPie General
Store & Original Book Warehouse Givens Books Horton's Books & Gifts Itinerant Literate Books M Judson Books MacIntosh Books and Paper Main Street Books Main Street
Reads Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe My Sister's Books, Inc. NeverMore Books Novel.
Oxford Exchange Page & Palette Page 158 Books page after page bookstore Park Road Books Parnassus Books Prince Books Read Books Bookstore in Virginia Beach, VA Read
It Again Righton Books South Main Book Company Spiral Circle Bookstore & More Square Books Square Books, Jr. Story on the Square Sugar Island Sylvia Barnhill Designs
dba Lowcountry Whimsy The Book Dragon Shop The Book Tavern The Book Worm Bookstore The Bookshelf The Country Bookshop The Crazy Book Lady, LLC The Family Book Shop The Haunted Book Shop The Little Bookshop The Muse Book Shop The Snail on the Wall The Storybook Shoppe Tubby & Coo's Mid-City Book Shop Turning Page Bookshop Underground
Books Union Ave Books
For stores that have placed orders for the Holiday Catalog, RAMP sends along this update:
Winter catalog invoices have not yet been sent so the payment due date of 8/21 is no longer in effect. The goal is to begin sending invoices within the next week and payment terms will be net/30.
For stores that ordered imprinted catalogs, someone will be in touch in the next 2-3 weeks to go over the imprint details and (ultimately) supply a proof. This part of the catalog production process is just beginning.
SIBA promotes six new books every month to readers, the customers of our member stores, in our Lady Banks Bookshelf promotion. These titles appear at the top of our weekly Lady Banks Commonplace Book newsletter, which has a circulation
of over 60k. We also feature them above the fold on the homepage of Authors 'Round the South and as the cover image of the ARTS Facebook page, with buy links promoted to our 15,000 Facebook friends. Plus, we boost these titles
on our Facebook page for thousands more views. A different member store is featured with the titles every week. We give SIBA member stores a heads up on each month's featured titles, to encourage in-store and online displays.
For publishers looking to promote their new titles out to readers across the South, Lady Banks Bookshelf is our greatest value because of high visibility and engagement across multiple platforms. Contact us for
more information or to get your titles on "The Shelf" in coming months.
Coming up in September:
I Voted: Making a Choice Makes a Difference by Mark Shulman and Serge Bloch The Lost Country by William Gay Mountain Laurel by Lori Benton The Forever Wish of Middy Sweet by Terry Kay Whose Woods These Are by John Lane Road Out of Winter by Alison Stine
Reader Meet Writer in September
Daniel Nayeri, Anna North, and Melissa Febos
Are you interested in joining the circle of bookstores sending invites to their customers? Please email Linda-Marie and we'll discuss what's involved.
Daniel Nayeri is the publisher of Odd Dot, an imprint of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group, where he oversees a team of designers, editors, and inventors creating joyful books for curious minds. Daniel
was born in Iran and spent several years as a refugee before immigrating to Oklahoma at age eight with his family. He is the author of several books for young readers, including Straw House, Wood House, Brick House Blow: Four Novellas and Everything Sad Is Untrue (a true story).
He is a former professional pastry chef, and if he’s not writing or baking, he’s likely playing board games, or riding motorcycles. He lives with his family in New Jersey.
Anna North is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and the author of two previous novels, America Pacifica and The Life and Death of Sophie Stark, which received a Lambda Literary Award
in 2016. She has been a writer and editor at Jezebel, BuzzFeed, Salon, and the New York Times, and she is now a senior reporter at Vox. She grew up in Los Angeles and lives in Brooklyn.
Melissa Febos is
the author of Whip Smart and Abandon Me, a Lambda Literary Award finalist and Publishing Triangle Award finalist. Her essays have appeared in Tin House, The Believer, The New York Times, and elsewhere.
Febos is the inaugural winner of the Jeanne Córdova Prize for Lesbian/Queer Nonfiction from Lambda Literary and serves on the directorial board of VIDA: Women in Literary Arts. She is an associate professor of creative writing
at Monmouth University and lives in Brooklyn.
Read more about SIBA's Circle of Sites Program (aka the "banner for dues" program) and find out whether your store is eligible to participate and
receive free membership dues.
Read This! Highest Rated Reviews from SIBA Booksellers
Some of the reviews submitted this week on Edelweiss+ from your fellow SIBA booksellers. SIBA members earn B3! points for every review if they join the SIBA community on Edelweiss. Email nicki@sibaweb.com to
be added.
American Royals II: Majesty by Katharine McGee
September, 2020 Reviewed by Brittany Bunzey, Read With Me, A Childrens Book & Art Shop, Raleigh, NC
On Edelweiss | Buy
I've been looking forward to this read ever since I finished AMERICAN ROYALS. While it threw every single bit of shipping that I had done in the first book into a fire, I absolutely loved this sequel novel. It's a perfect
novel of quiet strength, loud mistakes, and self-discovery, and it's definitely not one you want to miss!
Fangs by Sarah Anderson
September, 2020 Reviewed by Zach Claypole White, Flyleaf Books, Chapel Hill, NC On Edelweiss | Buy
I love this book! An adorably spooky, laugh-out-loud graphic novel that will warm even the coldest of undead hearts.
Out of Mesopotamia by Salar Abdoh
September, 2020 Reviewed by Stuart McCommon, Novel, Memphis, TN On Edelweiss | Buy
Out of Mesopotamia is a novel that reveals the war in Iraq from the viewpoint of a middle-aged Iranian journalist on the front lines in the fight against the Islamic State. Saleh, the narrator, spends most of his time
between firefights in Iraq & Syria as he learns intimate details about the men he follows... their family history, their dreams, and their quest for martyrdom (as well as their wish to avoid it, in some cases). When he
returns from war, Saleh is disillusioned with civilian life in Tehran as he continually has to answer to a state-controlled handler that forces him to ghost-write a TV program that glorifies patriotism, but doesn’t reveal any
true aspects of the conflict. So, he returns to the front lines where he feels his life has some semblance of meaning. This novel is perfect for readers of military history and foreign affairs as it pertains to the Middle-East.
Reminiscent of Tim O’Brien and Hemingway, Abdoh highlights experiences in a modern war that are not usually explored by typical journalists.
Eat a Peach by David Chang
September, 2020 Reviewed by Chelsea Stringfield, Parnassus Books, Nashville, NTNC On Edelweiss | Buy
I picked this up because I enjoyed Chang's philosophy about food. I kept reading because of his unflinching discussion of mental illness. Accessible and easy to read, EAT A PEACH is about running a business, building a
team, and being honest to yourself about yourself.
Seeking Volunteers for New Voices New Rooms SIBA is seeking booksellers and other SIBA members willing to volunteer at New Voices New Rooms. Help is needed to run events, monitor chat rooms, and manage attendee questions, among other tasks. Be a part of a great new venture and part
of the reason NVNR is a gold standard virtual event. Email lindamarie@sibaweb.com.
1. The Vanishing Half Brit Bennett, Riverhead Books, $27, 9780525536291 2. Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens, Putnam, $26, 9780735219090 3. When These Mountains Burn David Joy, Putnam, $27, 9780525536888 4. A Private Cathedral James Lee Burke, S&S, $28, 9781982151683 5. Mexican Gothic Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $27, 9780525620785
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Caste Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $32, 9780593230251 2. Untamed Glennon Doyle, The Dial Press, $28, 9781984801258 3. The Splendid and the Vile Erik Larson, Crown, $32, 9780385348713 4. Too Much and Never Enough Mary L. Trump, Ph.D., S&S, $28, 9781982141462 5. How to Be an Antiracist Ibram X. Kendi, One
World, $27, 9780525509288
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Daniel Nayeri, Anna North, and Melissa Febos
Thu Sep 3rd 7:00pm - 8:00pm 
Tue Sep 8th 3:00pm - 4:00pm 
Melissa Febos is
the author of Whip Smart and Abandon Me, a Lambda Literary Award finalist and Publishing Triangle Award finalist. Her essays have appeared in Tin House, The Believer, The New York Times, and elsewhere.
Febos is the inaugural winner of the Jeanne Córdova Prize for Lesbian/Queer Nonfiction from Lambda Literary and serves on the directorial board of VIDA: Women in Literary Arts. She is an associate professor of creative writing
at Monmouth University and lives in Brooklyn.
American Royals II: Majesty by Katharine McGee
Fangs by Sarah Anderson
Out of Mesopotamia by Salar Abdoh
Eat a Peach by David Chang
