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11/8-2/1/2020 Southern Book Prize Finalist Ballot is Open 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)
Best part about being a bookseller?: Unlimited access to ARCS! And seeing someone’s eyes light up when you handsell them a book they are going to fall in love with.
What book(s) are you reading?: A History of My Brief Body by Billy Ray Belcourt (Two Dollar Radio), Bring Me the Head of Quentin Tarantino by Julian Herbert (Graywolf), Lost in Summerland by Barrett Swanson (Counterpoint - May 2021),
& The Organs of Sense by Adam Ehrlich Sachs (Picador) & waiting for a galley of Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro (Knopf - March 2021)
Favorite handsell of 2020:My Autobiography of Carson McCullers by Jenn Shapland (Tin House)
Best thing you did this year at your store: Other than survive the pandemic, getting to co-host National Book Award Finalist Deesha Philyaw as the first author event for a newly opened Black-owned bookstore in Knoxville
called the Bookshop at the Bottom (www.thebottomknox.com,
follow them on insta! @thebottomknox).
What are some ways you work with your community? The downtown community of
Knoxville is really close. Especially during the pandemic. We’re gearing up to host a safe window display Elf on the Shelf for December with the help of our Downtown Knoxville association. Customers have used us a haven,
knowing that we are still here during this time. I think our daily encouraging conversations and providing of books serves as way to give people hope in trying times. Rather than list some charitable things we’ve done in
the past, I really think this is the bread and butter of our impact. Just being here and open to talk about books or whatever is happening in your life. We even have a bike courier doing deliveries! He’s a member of the Knoxville
Symphony Orchestra who lives across the street who just wants to volunteer.
Do you have any community partners you work with regularly? - Humanities TN / Chapter 16, Friends of the Knox County Public Library, East TN Historical Society, University of Tennessee Libraries Society, University
of Tennessee Humanities Center, University of Tennessee Creative Writing Department, Knoxville Writer’s Guild, Ijams Nature Center, Stanley’s Greenhouse, The Plaid Apron, Sundress Academy for the Arts, Choice Health
Network Harm Reduction, Blount Lit Project
Do you have passions that carry over into your bookselling life? All things Appalachian. There’s a movement building here with the literary scene that will be worth noting. It’s a creative force I think
to be reckoned with when you have a sense of community like the writers of Appalachia do. I’m excited to help build out an Appalachian literary network so the writers get the real attention they deserve, and not exploitative
stereotypical takes from outsiders. Just wait and see folks.
What e-commerce platform are you using, and why did you choose it? Indie lite (upgrading to indie commerce as we speak). The access to Ingram and direct web ordering feature.
Top priority for 2021: Re-imagining what bookselling looks like in a post pandemic world AND helping to direct and open a NEW cooperatively owned, Southern Appalachia bookstore in Johnson City, TN (Summer 2021). Follow
me on Twitter and Insta (@booksellermonk) where I’ll start announcing things early 2021.
Favorite SIBA programming benefit: The Trade Show, getting to nerd out with all my fellow kindred spirited booksellers and publishing industry folks!
Stores are encouraged to engage their customers to vote for the books they think should be the "Best Southern Book of the Year."
The SBP 2021 Toolkit includes resources stores can use to promote the ballot to their members, included the information needed to embed the ballot on their own websites, as
well as social media graphics for Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
Anyone who votes is entered in a drawing to win a complete set of the 2021 SBP Finalists.
SIBA Webinar: Email Marketing & Edelweiss360
Interested in learning more about email marketing with Edelweiss360? Sarah Richmond, Director of Communications and Marketing at Edelweiss, introduces the program and walks 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 talks about some of the best practices she uses to make 360 a success for their store.
NVNR on Demand: Mentors and Mentees in Writing
with Lee Smith/Blue Marlin + Heather Frese/The Baddest Girl On the Planet + Silas House / Appalachian Trilogy + Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle/Even as We Breathe
In Brief:
NAIBA Launches Events Management Module of Professional Bookseller Certification Program
NAIBA is proud to announce the Events Management module of the Professional Bookseller Certification program opened registration on Tuesday, with 14 of the 25 class seats now
filled. Booksellers from across the country are welcome to register. The cost of each module is $100.SIBA will reimburse member bookstores for their staff members who take these classes. Reimbursement will be issued when booksellers receive certification.
The Event Management module is the first of six courses that are part of the certification program. Currently in development are: Inventory Management, Store Operations, and Basic Bookselling. Those programs are expected to begin later
in 2021. The remaining modules, Staff& Human Resources and Career Fast Track, are scheduled to launch in 2022. For more information, visit our FAQs page.
Booksellers and industry staff who would like to be instructors for any of these modules are welcome to submit their name to NAIBA.
Binc Launches Holiday Gift Guide
The Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation has launched its first holiday gift guide, which features a range of items such as T-shirts, sweatshirts, totes,
mugs, caps, masks and more. The items include an exclusive Binc T-shirt designed by illustrator and designer Henry Sene Yee; copies of Alone Together, edited by Jennifer Haupt; as well as items from Jon Klassen and Libro.fm. (
read more)
ReadVA Seeks Support for Community Bookstore
From ReadVA: "We designed an independent bookshop where visitors and locals delight in many things; finding their next great read while supporting creators at a greater level than giant booksellers, contributing to their local
economy, participating in activities to enrich their community, all within a unique setting that feels right at home in the ViBe Creative District of Virginia Beach." (read more)
Reader Meet Writer: #BlackVoices
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.
Ingram presents #BlackVoices a celebration of #BlackJoy Sponsored by HarperCollins
Thu Nov 19th 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Paula Chase is the author of several books for teens and middle school readers. She has worked as a cheerleading coach and in public relations for a tech company. She is the cofounder of The Brown Bookshelf, a site
designed to increase awareness of African American voices writing for young readers. She is the author of So Done and Dough Boys. Paula Chase lives in Maryland.
Tanita S. Davis is the award-winning author of six novels for middle grade and young adult readers, including Peas and Carrots, Happy Families, and Mare’s War, which won a Coretta Scott King Award Honor and earned
her a nomination for the NAACP Image Award. She lives in San Francisco, CA.
Lisa Moore Ramée was born and raised in Los Angeles, and she now lives in the Bay Area of California with her husband, two kids, and two obnoxious cats. She is the author of A Good Kind of Trouble.
Janae Marks graduated from the New School with an MFA in writing for children. When she isn’t writing fiction, she’s spending time with her husband and daughter at home in Connecticut. From the Desk of
Zoe Washington is her debut novel. Visit Janae online at janaemarks.com.
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.
This One Wild and Precious Life by Sarah Wilson Coming in December! Oxford Exchange, Tampa, FL On Edelweiss | Buy
Part memoir, part philosophical reflection, Sarah Wilson delves deep into the global issues that have caused a sense of general unease that has encroached on us as of late. With her open and approachable voice, she takes a conversational
approach to topics--climate change, capitalism, and social consciousness & activism, to name a few--that sometimes seem to serious and daunting to talk about, especially when we are constantly reminded of the circumstances
that have created these "unprecedented times".For readers of Glennon Doyle's Untamed and Katherine May's Wintering, this is a reflective and encouraging guide to
a life that right now seems so uncertain.
Nick by Michael Farris Smith
Coming January 2021! Reviewed by Damita Nocton, The Country Book Shop, Southern Pines, NC On Edelweiss | Buy
Author Michael Farris Smith has pulled off a tremendous literary feat. His latest novel, Nick, can play two roles. The first, a magnificent stand alone novel for readers unfamiliar with Fitzgerald's classic,
The Great Gatsby. The second, Gatsby fans will have a deeply satisfying lens to observe the life of narrator, Nick Carraway, and the events that formed one of literature's most beloved voices.
The Fortunate Ones by Ed Tarkington
Coming January 2021! Reviewed by Annie Jones, The Bookshelf, Thomasville, GA On Edelweiss | Buy
I just finished The Fortunate Ones and am a little breathless with it. Part political intrigue, part A Separate Peace, the novel spans decades across elite boarding schools and the halls of Washington,
but what captures the reader is Charlie, the narrator at the book's heart. I fell in love with Charlie's voice and story, and it's him I kept turning the page for. I loved this book.
Grace and Box by Kim Howard, Megan Lotter (Illus.)
Coming January 2021! Reviewed by Angie Tally, The Country Book Shop, Southern Pines, NC On Edelweiss | Buy
Friends come in all shapes and sizes, and sometimes, they come in the mail! Grace and Box is the perfect read-aloud for every child who has enjoyed a long afternoon with a cardboard box, a pack of sharpies
and some tape.
1. A Time for Mercy John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385545969 2. The Sentinel Lee Child, Andrew Child, Delacorte Press, $28.99, 9781984818461 3. The Searcher Tana French, Viking, $27, 9780735224650 4. The Return Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $28, 9781538728574 5. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue V.E. Schwab,
Tor, $26.99, 9780765387561
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Best of Me David Sedaris, Little, Brown, $30, 9780316628242 2. Caste Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $32, 9780593230251 3. Where I Come From Rick Bragg, Knopf, $26.95, 9780593317785 4. Greenlights Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $30, 9780593139134 5. Modern Comfort Food Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter,
$35, 9780804187060
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What book(s) are you reading?: A History of My Brief Body by Billy Ray Belcourt (Two Dollar Radio), Bring Me the Head of Quentin Tarantino by Julian Herbert (Graywolf), Lost in Summerland by Barrett Swanson (Counterpoint - May 2021),
& The Organs of Sense by Adam Ehrlich Sachs (Picador) & waiting for a galley of Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro (Knopf - March 2021) 
What are some ways you work with your community? The downtown community of
Knoxville is really close. Especially during the pandemic. We’re gearing up to host a safe window display Elf on the Shelf for December with the help of our Downtown Knoxville association. Customers have used us a haven,
knowing that we are still here during this time. I think our daily encouraging conversations and providing of books serves as way to give people hope in trying times. Rather than list some charitable things we’ve done in
the past, I really think this is the bread and butter of our impact. Just being here and open to talk about books or whatever is happening in your life. We even have a bike courier doing deliveries! He’s a member of the Knoxville
Symphony Orchestra who lives across the street who just wants to volunteer.
The 2021 Southern Book Prize Ballot is now open at 
Are you interested in joining the circle of bookstores sending
invites to their customers? Please 
