Submit Your 2008 SCIBA Book Award Nominations!

To nominate books for this year's awards please complete the nomination form. Feel free to duplicate the form and distribute to all employees. Nominations welcome by all in the book industry, but only booksellers vote on the winners. Nominate as many titles in each category that you feel are worthy.  Fax or mail the form to the SCIBA office by July 10, 2008. Please see the nomination form for more details. See last year's winners.

SCIBA Honors T. Jefferson Parker

Jeff_parker For his many contributions to Southern California independent bookstores and our community of readers, SCIBA is is privileged to honor T. Jefferson Parker by henceforth naming its annual mystery award the T. Jefferson Parker SCIBA Mystery Award. This newly named award also honors all of the award winning mysteries Jeff has written and will write in the years to come. SCIBA looks forward to welcoming Jeff to the Authors Feast & Trade Show every year to present this award on behalf of SCIBA. 

For those who don't know, T. Jefferson Parker was born in Los Angeles and has lived all of his life in Southern California. Those who don't call him Mr. Parker, call him Jeff. The "T" is silent because, in fact, it's simply a letter of the alphabet. Jeff's mom claimed the T would look better on the door of the President. Good thing for us he prefers writing novels to dabbling in politics. Please visit Jeff at his website.

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Summer Quencher Travel Log

  • SCIBA booksellers rubbed elbows at meetings throughout the Southland recently to talk about how to best make IndieBound work for them, using the Holiday Catalog to increase sales and visibility and taking advantage of the Mentor program to improve their businesses.

Literacy Event, 2008

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    Over 100 school librarians, teachers and administrators attended the SCIBA Children’s Books and Literacy Dinner recently. Frank Beddor, Dean Lorey and Jon J. Muth headlined the event as featured speakers, with Robin Preiss Glasser, dressed to the Fancy Nancy hilt, acting as mistress of ceremonies.