2016: TheYear According to SIBA....

Jan.

Renew SIBA membership! Display Winter Okra Picks Sign up for Circle of Sites Enter events on the ARTS Calendar

Apr. 4/1: Display Spring Okra Picks Display our SIBA Book Award finalists 4/30: Independent Bookstore Day Put Lady Banks Pick of the Week display front and center.

Jul. 7/4: SIBA Book Award Winners Announced! 7/15: Last day to order the Holiday Catalog

Oct. Holiday Catalogs ship October is National Reading Group month:. Introduce your groups to Okra Picks and STARS authors!

Feb.

2/1: Submit Fall Okra Sales Sheet 2/1: Deadline for IBD product orders 2/14: Deadline to nominate for SIBA Book Award Register for SITS & GABBS

May 5/1: Submit Winter Okra Sales Sheet Enter events on the ARTS Calendar Put Lady Banks Pick of the Week display front and center.

Aug. 8/1: Submit Spring Okra Sales Sheet Check your B3! Engagement points to see what you can save at teh Discovery Show Register for the Discovery Show & plan SIBA Book Award Display for the Discovery Show contest!

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Mar. 3/1: Spring Okra Nominations due 3/2 -3/4: SIBA in the Springtime (SITS) @ Great American Bargain Book Show (GABBS ) 3/31: Ballots due for the SIBA Book Award

Jun. 6/1 Summer Okra Nominations are due Send in suggestions for the Holiday Catalog! Register early for SIBA Trade Show

Sep. 9/10 Last day to pre-register for SIBA Discovery Show 9/1 Fall Okra Nominations due 9/16-9/18 SIBA Discovery Show

Dec.

12/1: Last day to nominate for the 11/1: Submit Summer Okra Sales Sheet 2017 Winter Okra Picks 11/26: Small Business Saturday 12/3: Take Your Child to a Bookstore Day! Create displays for the Holiday Catalog & Fall Okra Titles! Put Lady Banks Pick of the Week display front and center.

SIBA Core Members . . . are brick and mortar bookstores within one of the eleven states in SIBA territory: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. Membership is $150 per year, per physical location. See our Circle of Sites program and B3! Engagement program for information on free membership.

Circle of Sites/Lady Banks Pick of the Week

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SIBA Book Award & Display Contest

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Okra Picks

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B3! Engagement

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ARTS

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STARS

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Lady Banks

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Parapalooza

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SITS & GABBS

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SIBA Discovery Show

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Holiday Catalog

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The Peer Brain Trust

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Free Book Stimulus Plan

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SIBAweb.com

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SIBA Water Cooler

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The Legend: Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance 3806 Yale Ave. Columbia, SC 29205 803.994.9530 309.410.0211 (fax) [email protected] www.sibaweb.com Twitter: @SIndies Wanda Jewell Executive Director [email protected] Twitter: @SIndies Lady Banks Editorial & Production [email protected] Twitter: @ladybanks

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appropriate symbols by each SIBA program. Saves you money! Circle of Sites B3! Engagement SITS & GABBS Holiday Catalog Peer Brain Trust

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Easy! Okra Picks Peer Brain Trust Free Book Stimulus Plan

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High tech Circle of Sites B3! Engagement ARTS STARS Lady Banks Parapalooza sibaweb.com watercooler Social Side to SIBA

Circle of Sites, aka “Lady Banks’ Pick of the Week” = Free Membership! In order to demonstrate the collective clout of independent bookstores and booksellers in the South SIBA has developed the Circle of Sites Banner-for-Dues program (aka “Lady Banks’ Pick of the Week”) for its members. Core Bookstore members can receive a FREE membership if they allow SIBA to place a single banner ad on the homepage of their website and commit to doing in-store displays of the promoted titles.

B3! Actions, Points & Levels 4Comment 4 on a SIBA Blog or post to a SIBA group forum – 1 point 4Open 4 your SIBA email – 1 point

SIBA provides stores running the banner with an up to date schedule of upcoming ads. The banner is also promoted in the Lady Banks newsletter and at AuthorsRoundtheSouth.com as “Lady Banks’ Pick of the Week” (LBPOW). SIBA also provides stores with pre-printed LBPOW shelf talkers, for use with in-store displays of the current week’s promoted titles. As long as the banner remains above the fold on the home page of the site, and at least 50% of the LBPOW titles are promoted in store, the store’s SIBA membership is considered current. Stores may stop participating at any time, in which case membership dues must be paid in full. SIBA offers its members the option of installing different formats for the banner—vertical or horizontal—with the requirement that banners must appear “above the fold” (visible to visitors without scrolling) on their homepage. To take part in the banner-for-dues program, stores must have a compatible e-commerce option available on their store website and must commit to displaying at least 50% of the promoted titles in store, posting pictures of their store displays to the ARTS Facebook page.

SOUTHERN BOOKSELLER 1 point

TERRIFIC BOOKSELLER 20 points

FAQs about Circle of Sites 1. How often do I have to change the banner on my website? Never. Once your banner has been correctly installed, it will change automatically without any further action from you.

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2. How will I know what books will be advertised on my site? SIBA posts a calendar of upcoming Circle of Sites reservations on its website at https://sibaweb.site-ym.com/events/calendar.asp?&group=&cid=10724 3. Do I have to stock the titles being advertised? The odds are, you will already have the books in stock. SIBA requires that stores make a committed effort to stock and display the promoted titles, and show their commitment by posting photos of their in-store displays on SIBA’s consumer Facebook page (facebook.com/ReaderMeetWriter) or by tagging the page in their photo. SIBA provides shelf talkers stores can use as in-store signage. Find it online: http://www.sibaweb.com/join-siba/banner-for-dues-program

Why booksellers love SIBA:

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B3! Actions, Points & Levels 4Upload 4 a picture to the SIBA Gallery – 1 point 4Nominate 4 a title for the SIBA Book Award – 2 points 4Participate 4 in the SIBA Book Award Display Contest – 5 points

FIERCE BOOKSELLER 50 points

SIBA Book Award The SIBA Book Award was created to recognize great books of southern origin. All the finalists and winning books are promoted to the media, included in the SIBA-produced holiday gift catalog, and featured on SIBA’s web sites. All nominations must come via a SIBA bookseller— making the SIBA Book Award a true “readers’ choice” award and one of the most well-known awards for Southern literature. For a book to be eligible, it must be set in the South and/or the author must be Southern (preferably both!). It must have been published within the previous calendar year. This is a great opportunity to involve your customers in choosing nominees and generating excitement for titles you are especially passionate about. Host an in-store award before sending the collected nominations to SIBA! $1000 SIBA Book Award Display Contest: Every year SIBA hosts a display contest at the SIBA Discovery Show. Stores can pack up their best displays and bring them to the show. We’ll recreate them on the show floor and show attendees vote on the best display. The winning store receives a $1000 cash prize. Participate and earn 5 B3! points.

FAQs about the SIBA Book Award

SUPER BOOKSELLER 100 points

1. What books are eligible? A book must be set in the South, or the author must be Southern, or both, and it must have been published in the previous calendar year. Books must also be in print and generally available to the industry at standard wholesale terms. 2. Are self published books eligible? If they meet the above criteria. 3. Who can nominate books? Anyone can nominate, but all nominations must be associated with a SIBA member bookstore. That means you can get your customers involved, and ask them to nominate their favorite books on your behalf, and create displays of the books that your customers think were the best of the year. Find it online: sibaweb.com/siba-book-award

Why booksellers love SIBA:

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“It’s impor tant to be par t of a regional association. It keeps me informed of regional and national points of interest for my business. I always learn something at the seminars. It’s an oppor tunity to meet with publisher representatives face to face and see what is coming out and the oppor tunities they offer in the near future.

Okra Picks:

B3! Actions, Points & Levels Modeled on the popular “Indie Next” lists but with a distinctive Southern flavor, SIBA’s Okra Picks brings a harvest of good southern reading to your customers. Okra Picks are chosen by SIBA booksellers. Books are promoted on SIBA’s consumer web site— Authors Round the South and in the Lady Banks’ Commonplace newsletter, and noted on the Southern Indie Bestseller List, as well as regularly promoted across our social networks.

SIBA distributes high quality, full color printed cards for certain Okra Pick titles each season. The cards, which are business card sized, feature the title, author and book jacket of the Okra pick, and have a QR code your customers can use to download the first chapter. Use in conjunction with a free counter display rack to create in-store displays for Okra titles and to generate buzz on forthcoming titles. Report your Okra Picks sales (must sell 10 or more books total) and earn 50 B3! points.

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Post photos of your in-store displays of Okra Picks titles to Facebook and tag SIBA at facebook. com/ReaderMeetWriter, and earn 25 B3! points.

FAQs about the Okra Picks 1. What books are eligible? Books must be set in the South, or by a Southern author, or both. Okra Picks targets forthcoming books that are receiving early buzz, so nominations must be for titles pubbing within the period of each Okra season.

LIBERATED BOOKSELLER 200 points $50 SIBA Credit!

2. Are self published books eligible? If they meet the above criteria and can be ordered at industry standard terms. 3. Who can nominate books? Only SIBA Member Booksellers can nominate books. 4. How can I nominate a book that hasn’t been published yet? Keep an eye on your inbox! SIBA sends out regular “Galleys & Giveaways” email alerts with offers of review copies of forthcoming books. 5. Why aren’t there cards printed for each Okra Pick title? Publishers have to request cards be made for their Okra Pick title.

Why booksellers love SIBA:

I absolutely can’t be a successful bookseller without the input/advice/training they provide. 5 | 2016

B3! Actions, Points & Levels

B3! Engagement: Building Better Booksellers

4Log 4 in to the SIBA Member Hub – 1 point

Earn your way to the SIBA Discovery Show!

4Create 4 a new connection with another SIBA member profile – 1 point 4Use 4 the following hashtags: #sindies, #southernindie, #okrapick, #sibabookaward, readermeetwriter, #siba, #ladybanks, #parapalooza, #gabbs, #ReadBuyGive – 2 points 4Or 4 the following handles: @ladybanks, @sindies, @readermtwriter, @readermeetwriter, @southernindependentbooksellersalliance, @herladyshiptheeditor, @siba_books – 2 points 4Add 4 a photo & double your 2 points to 4!

Participation earns points, and the more points accumulated, the greater the rewards. Members who are active enough can earn enough points to pay their dues, receive free meal tickets to the SIBA Discovery Show, and even free travel and hotel accommodations. The goal of the program is to engage the Southern Bookselling Community and raise the visibility of Southern Indie Bookstores, and increase the value of investing in programs targeted towards Southern bookstores and their customers. B3! Building Better Booksellers is made possible by the generous sponsorship of the Reba and Dave Williams Foundation for Literature and the Arts, which awarded SIBA a $40,000 grant at the beginning of 2015 in honor of SIBA’s 40th anniversary, and continues to support the program annually. “SIBA wants to be on your mind year-round. Raise your profile with us. We’ll raise your profile with southern readers, and in the industry. And in turn, yall will raise SIBA’s profile in the industry. And the industry will be better for us all. Let’s get engaged in a way that tells the southern story like only we can tell it.” —Wanda Jewell, Executive Director, SIBA FAQs How do I track my rewards? Your rewards points are visible in your SIBA profile when you log in to your account. And logging into your account on a regular basis is important to keeping your points adding up. The system we use automatically adds many of the points but cannot do that if it does not recognize you, and signing in regularly insures that the system recognizes you and assigns all the points you earn. Do my staff earn their own rewards? Your staff can certainly accrue points, and we encourage that. But they do need to be a subaccount on your membership in the system and again, they must sign in regularly to insure recognition. Regularly all points earned by store staff are applied to the SIBA Member Master Account.

AMBITIOUS BOOKSELLER 250 points

What are the Reward Levels? And what rewards do we receive at each level? As members participate, they accumulate points and earn badges. As they progress up the levels, the rewards become more valuable. You can see the levels in the sidebars on each page of this brochure. What do we do to earn points?

GORGEOUS BOOKSELLER 500 points

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There are a number of things members can do to earn points, from very simple things like reading SIBA’s email to more complex things like creating a SIBA Book Award display at the SIBA Trade Show. You can see the current list of actions that will earn points for each program on the sidepage of each page of this brochure. What happens at the end of the year? After #SIBA16, the points will be set back to zero on Oct. 1, and every SIBA after. Since we are using this engagement system to assist booksellers in getting to the show, we want to start rewarding points as soon as we can towards the next Discovery Show. And it is our hope that renewing annually before the grace period is up will become more critical as stores will want to keep the points they have and not see an interruption in points accrued since only current members can earn points.

Authors ’Round the South (ARTS)

B3! Actions, Points & Levels

SIBA created Authors ’Round the South—ARTS—to be the site to find your favorite writers at your favorite bookstores. With your participation the ARTS calendar is the most complete collection of book signings, author appearances, book festivals and literary events associated with independent bookstores. Authorsroundthesouth.com is home to SIBA’s popular Find a Bookstore directory. Your membership includes a profile page for your store and much, much more.

4Enter 4 an event in the STARS calendar – 2 points 4Send 4 SIBA your book recommendations – 3 points

ARTS is also a fully-engaged website for Southern literary news, with recommendations from booksellers, author interviews, videos, and the archive of both the Southern AuthorsRoundtheSouth.com Independent Bestseller List and the Lady Banks’ Commonplace newsletter,. All of the material on ARTS is available for bookstores to use in their own newsletters and promotions. Find it online: authorsroundthesouth.com

EXTRAORDINARY BOOKSELLER 750 points

Southern Traveling Authors Registration Service (STARS) What do Karen White, Hester Bass, Irene Latham and Patti Callahan Henry all have in common? They are a few of the over 200 authors who have already signed up for the Southern Traveling Authors Registration Service (STARS), an author directory service managed by SIBA and geared specifically towards expanding their member bookstores’ audiences and customer base by encouraging authors and their readers to connect through independent bookstores.

FANTASTIC BOOKSELLER 1000 points $50 SIBA Credit!

How does it work? STARS allows authors to list their upcoming travel plans in the Southeast and informs SIBA booksellers when an author will be in their immediate area, and therefore possibly available for events and appearances. By listing on STARS, authors become part of an extensive directory of literary speakers whose profiles are included in a searchable database available to bookstores, libraries, book clubs, civic organizations and indeed anyone who is interested in finding a writer to speak at a program or event. All arrangements to contact an author for an event or reading are automatically funneled through SIBA via the closest available SIBA bookstore. The Calendar The events calendar at STARS is one of the most actively accessed parts of the site. SIBA booksellers can post their store events, which are collected in a searchable calendar, included in the Lady Banks newsletter, and shared on SIBA’s social networks, including author tags and hashtags. Listing events on the STARS calendar is one way SIBA works to increase the visibity of its member stores in their own community and within the book industry. Find it online: stars.authorsroundthesouth.com

A typical day’s events at SIBA bookstores

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B3! Actions, Points & Levels

Lady Banks’ Commonplace Book & Southern Indie Bestseller List

4Send 4 a book review to Lady Banks – 3 points 4Send 4 an Author Interview to Lady Banks – 2 points 4Refer 4 a friend to the Lady Banks Commonplace Book newsletter – 5 points 4Submit 4 a parapalooza video – 2 points

Lady Banks’ Commonplace Book is a newsletter for people interested in Southern literature, sponsored by SIBA. It is published weekly, and includes the Southern Indie Bestseller List. A compendium of information found on the Authors ’Round the South (ARTS) web site, the newsletter includes book events, author interviews, literary news, and “gossip” as narrated by Her ladyship, the editor. Posting your events to ARTS insures your inclusion in the Lady Banks’ newsletter, which is promoted to over 10,000 southern readers, as well as the book industry. The newsletter is also distributed online across SIBA’s social networks, making Lady Banks’ the highest profile consumer marketing piece SIBA produces. Earn 3 B3! points by sending Lady Banks a book review. Send Lady Banks an author interview and earn 2 B3! points. Refer someone to the Lady Banks newsletter and earn 5 B3! points. Find it online: authorsroundthesouth.com/lady-banks

INTELLIGENT BOOKSELLER 1250 points Set of Badge Stickers

UNIQUE BOOKSELLER 1500 points “Southern Bookseller” wall sticker

Parapalooza! “Parapalooza!”is SIBA’s YouTube channel devoted to people reading a favorite single paragraph from favorite books -- as a way to foster avid readers’ enthusiasm for great writing. People are invited to submit their own short videos to the channel by sending them to [email protected]. Parapalooza is SIBA’s way to take the “you’ve got to read this!” impulse to the next level. By encouraging readers to share their favorite paragraph from their favorite books, we also encourage the spread of great Southern literature. With the advent of easy distribution via social media sites like Vine and Youtube, and the fact that anyone with a smart phone can record a video and share it with the touch of a button, sharing readerly enthusiasm is a natural way to bring readers together around their favorite paragraphs. The only requirement is the paragraph be read aloud with meaning, enthusiasm, and feeling! Videos are featured on the ARTS website and Facebook page, on the ARTS twitter feed and in the Lady Banks newsletter. Stores are welcome to use the videos in their own promotions, to submit videos, and to encourage their customers to submit videos as well. Earn 2 B3! points for each paragraph submitted from your store.

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Find it online: authorsroundthesouth.com/parapalooza

SITS & GABBS GABBS Atlanta is a Remainder book show held annually in March at the Americas Mart in Atlanta, the most centrallylocated large city in SIBA territory. SIBA works with the GABBS organizers to provide bookseller education at the show for attendees, including “SIBA in the Springtime,” (SITS) a day of education held the day before the show starts. SIBA in the Springtime includes workshops and seminars designed with the goal of helping stores to become more efficient and competitive businesses. SIBA also organizes tours of the Americas Mart complex with experienced booksellers, who can show you how to make the most of the site and expand your sidelines inventory. SIBA stores gain valuable information about the remainder product category, as well as a chance to attend seminars and panels they may not have a chance to see at other times of the year, not to mention easy access to the gift market.

B3! Actions, Points & Levels 4Register for the SIBA Discovery Show or SIBA in the Springtime – 5 points 4Attend the SIBA Discovery Show or SIBA in the Springtime – 10 points 4Place an order at the SIBA Discovery Show – 5 points

Earn a total of 15 B3! points when you register and attend SITS & GABBS Find it online: sibaweb.com/gabbs

SIBA Discovery Show The Discovery Show is SIBA’s major event of the year. Hundreds of companies exhibit books, gifts, and other items of interest to booksellers under one roof for one weekend. Aside from the opportunity to meet with publishers and authors and learn about upcoming new books, SIBA produces educational sessions targeted to booksellers and provides one and a half days for scouring the exhibit hall for new products, old friends, and southern books. And if all that is not enough, over 100 authors appear at SIBA annually. Visit the show’s official website at sibaweb.com/trade-show and follow the show’s twitter feed at #SIBA16 for breaking news. Tell us what you want to see at the show: [email protected].

INDEPENDENT BOOKSELLER 1750 points $50 SIBA Credit!

COLOSSAL BOOKSELLER 2000 points free trip to GABBS/SITS

Earn 15 B3! points when you register and attend the Discovery Show. Earn 5 B3! points for each order placed at the show.

FAQs about the Discovery Show Where & When? #SIBA16 is Sept 16-18, 2016 (Friday-Sunday) Hilton Savannah Desoto, Savannah, Georgia What does it cost? Attendance is free to SIBA members. Is the show open to the public? No. This is a book industry show. Only SIBA members can attend. I have an idea for a workshop. Who do I tell? Email Wanda Jewell at [email protected] Find it online: sibaweb.com/trade-show

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B3! Actions, Points & Levels 4Recommend 4 titles for the Holiday Catalog – 2 points 4Order 4 the Holiday Catalog – 5 points 4Post 4 the web version of the Holiday Catalog – 3 points

MAGICAL BOOKSELLER 2500 points free ALLPASS ticket to the SIBA Discovery Show

Holiday Gift Catalog “I love the breadth of the catalog -- it lets us have an easy gift suggestion for just about anyone!” - Jill Hendrix, Fiction Addiction, Greenville, SC This is a not to be missed annual benefit that ranks at the top of SIBA’s most popular offers. These catalogs are professionally designed, full-color, and feature titles of regional interest. Catalogs are imprinted with your store logo. They are absolutely free in any amount to SIBA members. Every catalog promotes the winners of the SIBA Book Award as well as titles specifically requested by SIBA bookstores. Nearly one million catalogs are distributed to shoppers each fall holiday season. Titles in the catalog are also promoted to the consumer market via SIBA’s “ARTS” Facebook page, with direct links to stores with e-commerce on their sites from Thanksgiving to Christmas.. And SIBA provides downloadable shelf-talkers for in-store signage. Earn 2 B3! points for recommending titles for the Holiday Catalog Earn 5 B3! points for ordering the catalog. Earn 3 B3! points for posting the web version of the catalog on your store website.

FAQs about the Holiday Catalog

AWESOME BOOKSELLER 3000 points free ALLPASS ticket to the SIBA Discovery Show

Is it really free? Yes. Really? Yes! In any quantity you like. And imprinted with your store logo and information. How are books chosen for the catalog? Publishers pay for listings, but SIBA also takes suggestions from booksellers. SIBA Book Award Finalists and Winners are also always in the catalog. Do I have to have all the books on hand? Not all, but you may be surprised at what your customer will come in looking for. SIBA Booksellers report year after year that their customers will bring the catalog in with titles circled. Carrying at least one of each title ensures you don’t disappoint your customers. Will the catalog also be online? Yes. SIBA creates an online version for stores to link to, and makes the files available to stores to use on their own websites. When does the catalog ship? Early October. Find it online: sibaweb.com/catalog

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The Peer Brain Trust On the theory that there is no need to reinvent the wheel, SIBA created The Peer Brain Trust (formerly known as The Document Library) as an archive of useful forms, papers, and other materials for its members. The Brain Trust contains dozens of sample forms, letters, signs and templates free for use in your store, as well as video tutorials, manuals, and slide shows about useful industry tools. Many of the available documents were submitted by fellow SIBA booksellers, who have field-tested them in their own business operations. Others are handouts from some of SIBA’s many educational seminars. Every file is available for members to alter to fit the needs of their own store. Files are copyright-free and include such things as coop claim forms, policy letters for self-published authors, forms for tracking book club members and orders, personnel time sheets, book marks, shelf talkers, and other kinds of store signage. There are even budget spreadsheets which can be adapted to the needs of your store. Documents are all in MS Word, PDF, or Excel formats, and specific documents can be converted to other formats on request.

B3! Actions, Points & Levels 4Provide a resource to the Peer Brain Trust – 3 points 4Your customer sends store receipt to “Free Book Stimulus Plan” – 1 point

Earn 3 B3! points when you provide a resource to The Peer Brain Trust. Find it online: sibaweb.com/the-document-library

Free Book Stimulus Plan Begun as a way to help SIBA’s Executive Director to weed out her own library, Free Book Stimulus Plan rewards customers for shopping at SIBA member bookstores. People can send in their store receipts along with a form found at freebookstimulusplan.com and SIBA will send them a free book as a thank you for shopping at your store. Books are provided by publishers and may include review copies. Only receipts from current SIBA member stores are eligible. Every receipt earns the bookstore 1 B3! point

HILARIOUS BOOKSELLER 4000 points free travel to the SIBA Discovery Show

DETERMINED BOOKSELLER 5000 points free hotel at the SIBA Discovery Show

Find it online: freebookstimulusplan.com

Sibaweb.com The hub of SIBA’s online presence is sibaweb.com, the official SIBA web site. Here is where you can find information about any program or service, read the latest news from the industry and from SIBA itself, and participate in SIBA’s promotions and opportunities. You can nominate books for the SIBA Book Award, suggest titles for the Holiday Catalog, download helpful tools and merchandising materials, register for, or see updated schedules of events. And here, also, is where you can find links to other web resources and answers to your bookselling questions.

Why booksellers love SIBA:

SIBA helps provide big business benefits for small business owners

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B3! Actions, Points & Levels 4Log 4 in to the SIBA Member Hub – 1 point 4Create 4 a new connection with another SIBA member profile – 1 point 4Post 4 to a group forum – 1 point 4Use 4 the following hashtags: #sindies, #southernindie, #okrapick, #sibabookaward, readermeetwriter, #siba, #ladybanks, #parapalooza, #gabbs, #ReadBuyGive – 2 points 4Or 4 the following handles: @ladybanks, @sindies, @readermtwriter, @readermeetwriter, @southernindependentbooksellersalliance, @herladyshiptheeditor, @siba_books – 2 points 4Add 4 a photo & double your 2 points to 4!

SIBAmembers Water Cooler Have a question that needs a fast answer? Want to catch up on industry gossip? Or maybe just rave a little bit about the book you are reading? The SIBA Water Coolers are the place to do all that and more. SIBA recognizes that one of the greatest resources the organization possesses is the accumulated knowledge and experience of its members. SIBA’s ongoing discussion group, hosted by Google, is an online forum for booksellers and industry professionals to meet, exchange news and ideas. SIBA membership is not required to join in the conversations, but the group is carefully moderated to keep the discussions on topic and of interest to booksellers. Find it online: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/sibamembers http://sibaweb.site-ym.com/group/siba_booksellers New for 2016: We now have a group specifically for SIBA Booksellers, which is only open to our core members. Share documents, visit the forum, email other group members, check the group calendar. Vist the member hub at sibaweb.com.

The Social Side of SIBA SIBA staff maintain both an industry-oriented (SIBA, Wanda Jewell) and consumeroriented (ARTS, Lady Banks) presence in all the major social networking venues. SIBA actively promotes its members on important social networking forums like Twitter and Facebook, where they tweet, retweet, follow, forward, friend and share literary news, events schedules and announcements. Find us on Twitter: @SIndies, @readermtwriter, @ladybanks Find us on Facebook: SouthernIndependentBooksellersAlliance, ReaderMeetWriter, ladybanks Earn 2 B3! points: ÎÎ Use the following hashtags: #sindies, #southernindie, #okrapick, #sibabookaward, #readermeetwriter, #siba, #ladybanks, #parapalooza, #gabbs, #ReadBuyGive ÎÎ Or the following handles: @ladybanks, @sindies, @readermtwriter, @readermeetwriter, @southernindependentbooksellersalliance, @herladyshiptheeditor, @siba_books ÎÎ Add a photo & double your 2 points to 4!

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