The Southern California Independent Booksellers Association (SCIBA) is a non-profit trade association of independent booksellers, book wholesalers, publishers and other industry professionals located primarily in Southern California and Southern Nevada. Membership Information.
Mission Statement
The mission of the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association is to foster community amongst its core members, provide opportunities for peer interaction and learning, maintain the notion of Southern California as a viable and important part of the national bookselling landscape, and to advocate on the behalf of its core members.
To achieve its Mission the SCIBA will:
- Promote Independent Bookselling
- Provide Members Opportunities for Networking
- Promote Southern California as a Viable, Literary Bookselling Market
- Advocate on Behalf of SCIBA’s Core Members
- Provide access to educational opportunities to build business skills to our membership
- Promote literacy
Programs & Activities
- Annual Authors Feast & Trade Show
- Holiday Catalog
- Children's Books & Literacy Dinner (Winter, Pasadena) & Children's Books & Literacy Brunch (Fall, San Diego)
- Southern California Guide to Independent Bookstores (See it)
- Annual SCIBA Book Awards
- Spring Meeting & ABA Forum - Tuesday, April 7th Location TK
- SCIBA/IndieBound Bestseller List
- SCIBA Mentor Program
- SCIBA Rep Directory - Call SCIBA office for access codes
For additional information, please contact SCIBA at 909-518-8135.
