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SCIBA 2009 Holiday Catalog -- Heads-Up

Most stores will receive their shipments of SCIBA 2009 Holiday Catalogs over the next few days. I want to see it now.

SCIBA Names 2009 Book Award Winners

October 24, 2009 - Woohoo! Highlighting a full day of bookseller education, rubbing elbows and more at the annual SCIBA Author's Feast at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel was the 2009 Book Awards. All books reflect Southern California culture or lifestyle, with authors/illustrators living within the SCIBA region and were published between July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009. See the winners!

SoCal Reads: Exclusive Advance Access for SCIBA Booksellers

September 6, 2009 - Woohoo! SCIBA will now be serving up galleys, reading copies and finished books that publishers are offering for advanced review. Take a gander before you order. Go to SoCal Reads.

The Eat. Sleep. Read. Calendar!

June 30, 2009 - Here’s an exclusive offer for independent booksellers to show support of IndieBound and SCIBA. EAT. SLEEP. READ. offers daily book trivia provided by independent booksellers across the country. Offer your customers a unique calendar for 2010 that is IndieBound all year round. At just $4.00 cost per calendar, you can use it as a promotional piece; give it as a gift for your best customers; or simply price it as you would any other boxed calendar. Suggested retail price is $12.95. A portion of each calendar sale goes directly to SCIBA to support bookseller education. Ships August 15. Order now.

Glenn Goldman Booksellers Scholarship Application Deadline Extended to September 15!

This year the Glenn Goldman Booksellers Scholarship Fund (GGBSF) will make two awards. One scholarship will be for SCIBA's Authors Feast & Trade Show, October 24, 2009. This scholarship will include a ticket to the Authors Feast & Book Award Dinner, a Saturday night stay at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel the night of the dinner and a transportation allowance to/from the event. The second scholarship will be for the ABA's Winter Institute in San Jose, February 3 through February 5, 2010. The scholarship will provide hotel stay for three nights and a reasonable transportation allowance. (Read more and apply.)

Social Networking and the Independent Bookseller

Social Networking. You've heard of it, but maybe you're not quite sure what it means and what it can do for you as an independent bookseller. To top it off, you missed the SCIBA Annual Meeting where we talked all about it! Worry not, here's the cheat notes and here's a video excerpt.

Glenn Goldman Bookseller Scholarship Fund

SCIBA is accepting donations to the GGBSF and is hoping to make the first award in time for a California Bookseller to attend BEA this spring. The GGBF will be awarded to young booksellers with a dedication to bookselling as a career choice who have worked in the bookselling industry for at least two years. The selection committee will be headed by Adrian Newell. Please make checks payable to GGBSF/SCIBA and mail to the SCIBA office. For further information or questions contact Jennifer Bigelow.

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