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First Things First...
7/31: Deadline to order your Winter Catalogs (here) 8/17: NVNR Bookseller Orientation
(register) 8/19: Coffee with the SIBA Board (register) 8/30-9/1: Children's Institute (register)
9/27-10/1 NVNR 2021 Fall Trade Show: Opening Doors (register)
Booksellers, please note that the July 31st deadline to order your holiday catalogs is a HARD DEADLINE, Because of printing and paper order requirements, no late store catalog orders can be accepted.
If you are signing up for the direct or saturation mail option, you should get your orders started now. It will take a little while to work out with RAMP what routes or zip codes you want your mailing to reach. Watch RAMP's recent
session on Direct and Saturation Mail to help you decide
what kind of investment would most benefit your store. ORDER HERE | Download the Marketing Kit
NVNR: Introducing the Studio Gallery & Bookstore Row
NVNR: The Studio Gallery & Bookstore Row
A different approach to networking at a virtual conference
In order to foster connections between booksellers, publishers, and vendors, New Voices
New Rooms has just launched two highly interactive directories we are calling "The Studio Gallery" (Publishers & Vendors) and "Bookstore Row" (Bookstores, obviously).
The Studio Gallery and Bookstore Row are designed as detailed directories which can be filtered, sorted, searched, and downloaded, and which contain detailed company information and resources that are most useful to bookstores and
the publisher/vendor partners of NVNR.
In The Studio Gallery booksellers can find:
Contact info for their sales rep
Instructions for setting up appointments during and outside of the show
Detailed show specials
Links to instructions for setting up a new account
Links to event grids, downloadable catalogs and other downloadable resources
Links to edelweiss collections and product images.
Links to offsite resources, websites, and videos
Information about sponsored events and author appearances in the schedule
On Bookstore Row, booksellers and partnering publishers and vendors can find:
Store contact information, website links, and social media accounts
Store descriptions, including any special focus the store has
Staff contact information for buyers, event managers, and other specialized staff positions
Links to downloadable and online press kits
A gallery of store photos
The Studio Gallery & Bookstore Row are open to NVNR attendees only, and will remain available through the end of the year.
Over 60 new store owners are participating this week from SIBA and NAIBA territories, with a few owners joining from other regions. A crew of veteran booksellers and industry experts are sharing best practices, insider tips, and inspirational
stories. The new owners represent brick and mortar, pop-ups, bookmobiles, books + adult beverage pairings, and online-focused business models. They’re bringing new ideas and broader diversity in ownership to our industry,
shaking things up in the best ways!
Reader Meet Writer: The Lost Art of Dying
Last week's Reader Meet Writer event with Lydia Dugdale was fascinating and thought-provoking.
The Anti-Racist Bookseller
Consent-Based Governance & Collaborative Networks (A tool from Day
16 of The 21-Day Racial Equity Challenge)
Independent bookstores regard community outreach, partnership, and collaboration as vital to their business model and identity as a valuable member of their own community. When you are partnering with other organizations, even if you
all have the same goals and the same dedication to equity and justice, it is inevitable that there will be conflicts on how to go forward, how to get there from here. Consent-based Governance is a powerful tool for bridging differences,
creating solutions, and still maintaining a commitment to equity.
How decisions get made, and who participates in those decisions, is a key indicator for equity. Consent-based governance offers
to groups who want to integrate the wisdom and power of diverse people to shape their work together. --Circle Forward
IPS offering +3% on frontlist titles published from 2/1-8/1 Orders on titles from PGW, Two Rivers, Ingram Academic, Ingram Publisher Services, Consortium are currently available at a higher discount when orders
are placed through Publisher Direct on iPage, through your POS using IPS SAN#6318630, or through your IPS sales rep. Orders must include promo code SF99. More info
Ingram's #BlackVoices Author Series launches 7/22 #BlackVoices helps amplify the many titles from authors with stories to tell with featured ads in the #BlackVoices catalog and through the #BlackVoices Author
Series, which features bestselling authors and fresh new voices, in an engaging and accessible format. On 7/22, hear from Jayne Allen and LaTanya McQueen. More info
Reader Meet Writer Upcoming
General RMW Event information:
RMW events are held on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 7:00 PM Eastern
Each event is fully moderated and hosted, with plenty of time for author Q & A. Current host is Wiley Cash, author of When Ghosts Come Home (William Morrow, 2021)
All events are recorded and available to stream at SIBA's Reader Meet Writer TV YouTube
channel.
Sept 9: Lisa Jewell, The Night She Disappeared Sept. 11: Torben Kuhlmann, Einstein: The Fantastic Journey of a Mouse Through Space and Time Sept. 16: Margaret Renkl, Graceland, At Last Sept. 23: Wiley Cash, When Ghosts Come Home
The Night She Disappeared with Lisa Jewell Thu Sep 9th 6:00pm - 7:00pm | REGISTER
Lisa Jewell is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of nineteen novels, including The Family Upstairs and Then She Was Gone, as well as Invisible Girl and Watching You.
Her novels have sold over 5 million copies internationally, and her work has also been translated into twenty-nine languages. Connect with her on Twitter @LisaJewellUK, on Instagram @LisaJewellUK, and on Facebook @LisaJewellOfficial.
This week on Circle of Sites
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.
Spotlight on: A Psalm for the Wild-Builtby Becky Chambers
What booksellers are saying about A Psalm for the Wild-Built
This novella was WONDERFUL! It was just what I needed this weekend; engaging but comforting. I cried at the end; it was the release I didn't know I needed. -- Shannan Malone from The Snail on the Wall in Huntsville, AL Buy from The Snail on the Wall
Part hilarious odd-couple road-trip, part soulful parable for a lost and battered world, A Psalm for the Wild-Built brings all the warmth, comfort, and elusive wisdom of a warm mug of tea poured by someone who loves you. Take a
deep breath, relax your shoulders, and drink it all in.. --Megan Bell from Underground Books in Carrollton, GA Buy from Underground Books
I think the world would be a better place if everyone read this book. --Abby Rice from Foggy Pine Books in Boone, NC Buy from Foggy Pine Books
I love love love this book. It's like Becky Chambers expanded the conversation between the whale and the petunias hitchhikers guide to the galaxy but added 100% more robots. --Katie Brown from Malaprop's in Asheville, NC Buy from Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe
Finally the book you have been waiting for. This last year has been tough and we have needed this light hilarious book that needs to be shared with all your friends. Full of stellar observations of life and how people function
you will finish and open to the beginning to visit with old friends.
The Startup Wife by Tahmima Anam, (List Price: 26, Scribner, 9781982156183, July 2021) Reviewed by Suzanne Lucey, Page 158 Books in
Wake Forest, North Carolina
Linda-Marie: Reading:The Final Girls Support Group by Grady Hendrix. Creepy, funny, and often terrifying; might be too anxiety-provoking to finish. Listening: The comforting sounds of birds, frogs, insects, and humans filtering through my office window. Watching:Rosemary & Thyme, a British television cozy mystery series in which the detectives are gardeners .
Lucy: Reading:Before She Was Helen by Caroline B. Cooney - This mystery was admittedly slow to start, but once it got going I was completely absorbed by it. Cooney kept her narrative’s tension taut by
skillfully weaving numerous character perspectives together, and by also jumping back and forth in time in a way that never revealed too much too fast. That being said, this story was a hard read for me, as sexual assault features
heavily in the narrative, and Cooney’s articulation of so much of this story, while excellently wrought, is admittedly hard to navigate. Listening: The backlist of the 99% Invisible podcast. Watching:Ted Lasso - I’m rewatching this with a friend of mine, and it’s just as good the second time through!
Nicki: Reading:The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers, Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers, which has lured me back into science fiction, and Once I Was You by Maria
Hinojosa. Last week's Code Switch Podcast pushed me to pick this one up. Listening: The Code Switch podcast. July's episodes have all been about Freedom and Books, which has been hell on my book budget. Watching: Season 6 of Bosch.
SP: Reading: A Psalm for the Wild-Built / Becky Chambers. Thanks to a review from a Southern bookseller in, uhhh, The Southern Bookseller Review and a heads up from the editor of said review. It's the first book in the author's new Monk & Robot series.
Monks and robots. Really, what more do you need to know? Watching: For All Mankind. Fantastic alt-history premise, great cast, gorgeous production values. Listening: Perfume Genius / Set My Heart on Fire Immediately. I recommend headphones on, rainy night, preferably while reading a book about monks
and robots.
1. The Cellist Daniel Silva, Harper, $28.99, 9780062834867 2. Malibu Rising Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $28, 9781524798659 3. The Midnight Library Matt Haig, Viking, $26, 9780525559474 4. The Last Thing He Told Me Laura Dave, S&S, $27, 9781501171345 5. The Paper Palace Miranda Cowley Heller, Riverhead Books, $27, 9780593329825
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. American Marxism Mark R. Levin, Threshold Editions, $28, 9781501135972 2. The Anthropocene Reviewed John Green, Dutton, $28, 9780525555216 3. The Bomber Mafia Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown, $27, 9780316296618 4. Landslide: The Final Days of the Trump Presidency Michael Wolff, Holt, $29.99, 9781250830012 5. This Is Your Mind on Plants Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $28, 9780593296905
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In order to foster connections between booksellers, publishers, and vendors, New Voices
New Rooms has just launched two highly interactive directories we are calling "The Studio Gallery" (Publishers & Vendors) and "Bookstore Row" (Bookstores, obviously).
In The Studio Gallery booksellers can find:
On Bookstore Row, booksellers and partnering publishers and vendors can find:
Consent-Based Governance & Collaborative Networks
The Night She Disappeared with Lisa Jewell
