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First Things First...
11/8 Southern Book Prize Finalist Ballot Opens 11/11 Webinar: Intro to Email Marketing with Edelweiss 360 (register) 11/12 Reader Meet Writer with Julia Fowler:
Embrace Your Southern, Sugar! (register) 11/19: Reader Meet Writer: Ingram presents #Blackvoices, a celebration of #BlackJoy sponsored by HarperCollins (register)
SIBA's website is experiencing intermittent timeout issues. The problem is affecting multiple organizations using the same hosting service. They are working to correct the issue, but in the meantime, we apologize for any problems you
might be experiencing. If you need to reach SIBA regarding your account, you can contact us at siba@sibaweb.com, or reach out directly to Linda-Marie at lindamarie@sibaweb.com.
SIBA Office Hours on Zoom:
Wednesdays from 1:00 - 2:00 PM EST 803-994-9530 | siba@sibaweb.com
Interested in learning more about email marketing with Edelweiss360? Sarah Richmond, Director of Communications and Marketing at Edelweiss, will introduce the program and walk through creating a campaign in 360. Jamie Rogers
Southern, Interim Executive Director of Bookmarks in Winston-Salem, NC has generated substantial book sales through this program, and will show some examples of successful campaigns. They’ll also be on hand to answer your
questions.
The program in a nutshell: Edelweiss360 allows bookstores to quickly create targeted email campaigns that promote titles or events. This allows stores to provide personalized customer service and handselling in a virtual environment.
Emails can direct sales to either the shop’s website or the store’s BookShop virtual storefront.
Edelweiss360 integrates store sales and inventory data with title data into a simple email marketing platform. This means stores can send an email about upcoming history books to their customers who have purchased history books from
them in the past – all without needing to worry about jacket cover images, copying title info, running customer reports, or manually managing eCommerce links.
SBP 2021 Toolkit: Includes a Flyer, Social Media Graphics, links to the Edelweiss collection and the embedding code for adding the SBP Finalist Ballot to your website. We've
also consolidated all the reviews of SBP finalists from SIBA booksellers.
What's next?
The Southern Book Prize Finalists Ballot will open on November 8 at www.southernbookprize.com. Stores are invited to encourage their customers to vote for their choice of "the best Southern Books of the Year." Voting will
run through February 1st. Winners will be announced on Valentine's Day.
The Finalists: Fiction
Nonfiction
Children's
Holiday Catalog Update: Bookstore Resources
At this point, the holiday catalog is about to land, or has already landed at your shops. Here is a list of the resources available to stores to help promote the catalog titles.
IndieCommerce IndieLite: Holiday catalogs have been enabled for your website. Use the following guide to link to them: https://yourstore.com/holiday/SIBA/holidaycatalog.html
https://yourstore.indielite.org/holiday/SIBA/holidaycatalog.html
Bookshop Stores: Contact Sarah High for your affiliate link to your catalog
Other eCommerce Platforms:
SIBA can create an ecommerce-enabled catalog for your store if you are 1) not a Bookshop or IndieCommerce store and 2) all the catalog books can be ordered from your website. Email sp@sibaweb.com for information. See a sample.
NVNR on Demand: Branding & Messaging Your Store
A bookstore that doesn't do events? That doesn't bother with Twitter? Annie Jones from The Bookshelf in Thomasville, Georgia, and Adah Fitzgerald of Main Street Books in Davidson, North Carolina host "Branding and Messaging for
Your Store" -- a session on the do's and don'ts of creating your store brand and staying in touch with your store mission. Now, more than ever, your stores brand and message is viewed through a narrow lens. Listen to how branding
works, and how best to present yourself to your community.
In Brief:
Nancy Olson Award Nominations are Open
The late Nancy Olson was a legendary bookseller, a first-class wit, a remarkably gentle soul, and
a tireless supporter of writers, especially new writers looking for a chance in the publishing world. Simply put, she was one of the best folks to ever work in the book business, and her Quail Ridge Books was—and is—a literary
institution. In 2019, an admirer of Nancy’s, in conjunction with SIBA, created an annual award of two $2000 gifts in her memory, to be given to booksellers before the Christmas holiday.
All SIBA booksellers—but not owners—are eligible for the awards. Writers, readers, and/or storeowners may submit a name and any helpful information via email to SIBA at lindamarie@sibaweb.com.
Also, individual booksellers may nominate themselves.
While the emails should explain why a particular nominee deserves to be selected, there are no hard and fast rules or requirements or guidelines for the submissions—the hope is to simply honor Nancy and recognize special booksellers.
The winners will be selected from these nominations by Sarah Goddin from Nancy’s Quail Ridge Books, SIBA’s Linda-Marie Barrett, Nancy’s husband Jim, and the donor of the gifts. The deadline for e-mail nominations
is 5:00 p.m. on December 1, 2020.
Reader Meet Writer: Julia Fowler
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.
Embrace Your Southern, Sugar with Julia Fowler
Thu Nov 12th 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Julia Fowler is
the creator and actor of the Southern Women Channel, a popular YouTube channel that celebrates Southern sayings, humor, and stories. After her first video went
viral, her work has been featured in major national media, from CMT to The Today Show. Julia was born and raised in Gaffney, South Carolina, and now resides in Venice Beach, California.
This week on Lady Banks Pick of the Week:
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.
If You Come to Earth by Sophie Blackall Reviewed by Jen Minor, Flyleaf Books, Chapel Hill, NC
On Edelweiss
Written as a letter to a visitor from Outer Space, Sophie Blackall's new book doesn't disappoint. She covers all the major points of contemporary life using a diverse cast of characters from all over the world. While she covers
helping others, going to school, etc., she also doesn't shy away from tough topics (poverty, violence, natural disasters). As always, her beautiful illustrations matched with the sweet text makes for a completely endearing,
heartwarming, and important book for anyone--child or adult.
Greenlight by Matthew McConaughey Reviewed by Helen Adkins, Story on the Square, McDonough, GA On Edelweiss
I read many biographies and autobiographies, and must say that this is one of the best in a long time. It was engaging in its honesty. Learning about McConaughey's grounded upbringing by two headstrong parents, his relationships
with his older brothers, and ease of making friends helps the reader understand the confidence with which he has lived his life. And, what an adventure the first fifty years have been! Tie a knot in it and hold on, because
it's a helluva story. You won't be able to put it down.
Shit, Actually by Lindy West Reviewed by Lucy Perkins-Wagel, Copperfish Books Punta Gorda, FL On Edelweiss
This book is literally laugh out loud so hard you can’t breathe hilarious! Lindy West’s comments are clever, sharp, and will likely prompt you to examine certain aspects of movies you love that you’d never considered, or reaffirm
feelings you’ve had about movies you can’t stand. Never cruel or mean, SHIT, ACTUALLY is satire and criticism at its best, and I can only hope that West has another book of movie essays planned, as I could truly read her critiques
and recaps of films all day long!
White Ivy by Susie Yang Reviewed by Cat Chapman, Oxford Exchange, Tampa, FL On Edelweiss
This is the ultimate middle school revenge fantasy come to life in vivid oversaturation, and I am here for it.
The Adventures of China Iron by Gabriela Cabezon Camara
Coming Soon! Reviewed by Luis Correa, Avid Bookshop, Athens, GA On Edelweiss
This is the queer, subversive Western I’ve been looking for! It reaches into the myth of the frontier and romanticization of colonialism in the Americas and pulls out a scandalous, hallucinatory, sexy, and beautiful story of liberation.
At times a queer sentimental education, at others a throbbing pastoral, and often a romp with surprises around every corner. A bold translation that does justice to China Iron's grace and bravado.
The Bible With and Without Jesus by Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Zvi Brettler Reviewed by Ben Groner, Parnassus Books, Nashville, TN On Edelweiss
Scholarly and insightful, these esteemed professors break down how Jews and Christians can look at the same texts and come to wildly different conclusions. It’s often a matter of linguistic translation, theological emphasis, traditional
interpretation. By showing how “polemic can be turned to possibility,” they’ve penned a bold thesis for understanding and empathy between Jews and Christians, as well as those of any faith and culture.
1. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue V.E. Schwab, Tor, $26.99, 9780765387561 2. A Time for Mercy John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385545969 3. The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop Fannie Flagg, Random House, $28, 9780593133842 4. The Sentinel Lee Child, Andrew Child, Delacorte Press, $28.99, 9781984818461 5. Memorial Bryan Washington,
Riverhead Books, $27, 9780593087275
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Where I Come From: Stories from the Deep South Rick Bragg, Knopf, $26.95, 9780593317785 2. Greenlights Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $30, 9780593139134 3. Modern Comfort Food Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9780804187060 4. Caste Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $32, 9780593230251 5. Untamed Glennon Doyle, The Dial Press, $28,
9781984801258
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The 2021 Southern Book Prize finalists were announced this week.
The late Nancy Olson was a legendary bookseller, a first-class wit, a remarkably gentle soul, and
a tireless supporter of writers, especially new writers looking for a chance in the publishing world. Simply put, she was one of the best folks to ever work in the book business, and her Quail Ridge Books was—and is—a literary
institution. In 2019, an admirer of Nancy’s, in conjunction with SIBA, created an annual award of two $2000 gifts in her memory, to be given to booksellers before the Christmas holiday. 
Are you interested in joining the circle of bookstores sending
invites to their customers? Please 
Julia Fowler is
the creator and actor of the 
