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Reserve your AD in the GLIBA Holiday Catalog today! - ​https://rampcatalogs2020.paperform.co/

​CATALOG REBATE 2019

 We are no longer accepting Holiday Rebate Forms. All rebate checks should arrive in the next few weeks. ​
​The Holiday Catalog Rebate is back! GLIBA will reimburse any GLIBA member bookstore up to $400 for inserting or mailing the GLIBA holiday catalog to their customers. Proper forms and paperwork must be provided. HOIDAY REBATE FORMS MUST BE RECEIVED BY JANUARY 31, 2020.

Ingram Catalog Special!
+3% for the titles in the catalog, good now through 12/14/19. 
There’s no promo code necessary, the discount is automatically applied to catalog titles. 
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​We have two amazing announcements regarding the 2019 GLIBA Holiday Catalog! First, we are ahead of schedule and holiday catalogs are already in route! We are a couple weeks ahead of our estimated landing date so some of you may have already started to receive your holiday catalogs. As well, we are thrilled to reveal this year's cover! If you attend Heartland Fall Forum you were some of the first booksellers to see it. We are beyond excited to have partnered with HarperCollins to reveal this year's catalog includes artwork from Kwame Alexander's "How to Read a Book"! (link to online version of the catalog). Be on the look out later this month for information on the 2019 Holiday Catalog Rebate.

Kwame Alexander is a poet, educator, and the New York Times Bestselling author of 32 books, including THE UNDEFEATED, illustrated by Kadir Nelson, HOW TO READ A BOOK, illustrated by Melissa Sweet, SWING, REBOUND, which was shortlisted for prestigious Carnegie Medal, and, his NEWBERY medal-winning middle grade novel, THE CROSSOVER. Some of his other works include BOOKED, a NATIONAL BOOK AWARD Nominee, THE PLAYBOOK: 52 RULES TO HELP YOU AIM, SHOOT, AND SCORE IN THIS GAME OF LIFE, and the picture books SURF'S UP, and OUT OF WONDER, which won the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award.

​CATALOG TITLE ORDERING

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​Ingram Catalog Special!
+3% for the titles in the catalog, good now through 12/14/19. 
There’s no promo code necessary, the discount is automatically applied to catalog titles. 


GAME ORDERING

USAopoly sells direct to stores. Order minimum is only 1 case of games, and we always ship in full case packs. We also allow mixed cases. For example, the minimum order could be 6pcs of Harry Potter Trivial Pursuit OR 3pcs of harry Potter Trivial Pursuit 1pcs of Harry Potter Clue 1pcs of Game of Thrones Clue and 2pcs of Telestrations. We do require a credit card for the first order, and that stores agree not to sell our items on Amazon or EBay. We ship out of our warehouse in Indiana. RETAIL AGREEMENT
 
We already sell directly to a number of independent bookstores around the country and have great relationship with them.

​ARTWORK & MATERIALS!

Banners and website graphics to link to your holiday catalog.
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FROM YOUR FELLOW BOOKSELLERS

​"We get more responses from this form of advertising than from anything else we have tried." 

"Catalog encouraged me to order books I might not have otherwise, and I sold books that surprised me."

"The catalogs started working their magic as soon as they were on the counter.  After they were inserted in the local paper, people started coming in with them, having marked the titles they wanted."

"The catalog is marvelous advertising for us, and brings in new customers every year!"

"The catalog is THE most valuable marketing tool we have for the Christmas season."

All these quotes are from our catalog users. Current GLIBA members  are entitled to up to 12,500 FREE catalogs, and for a small charge you can have your store information imprinted.

You can mail them to your best customers, you can insert them into your local or regional newspaper, or you can just put them in your customers bags. If you chose to insert in a newspaper, GLIBA will reimburse you for a portion of those costs.

There are  hundreds of great titles represented in the catalog, but you do not have to order them all. I would encourage you to be a little bit adventurous. Every year people comment that they took a chance on a few titles, and were surprised at the sales!

Don't miss out on this tremendous marketing tool to drive customers into your stores!  And did I mention that they are free?
 
The catalog is one of the biggest revenue generators that we have.  Your support helps us support you.

Holiday Catalog on Your Website

IndieCommerce and IndieLite stores can link to the GLIBA holiday catalog by appending this to their website URL "/holiday/GLIBA/holidaycatalog.html"

For example, if The Learned Owl wants to link the catalog to their site, it would be
www.learnedowl.com/holiday/GLIBA/holidaycatalog.html

When customers click on the 'Buy this Book' button on the catalog, they will be taken to your website to purchase the book!

​CHECK IT OUT!

Full title list in an Excel spreadsheet
Check out a fully online version of the catalog below!



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  • About
    • Join GLIBA
    • Bookstore Members
    • Board of Directors >
      • Past Board Members
    • Our By-Laws
    • Publisher Members
  • Catalogs
    • Holiday Catalog >
      • Holiday Catalog for Publishers
    • Summer Catalog >
      • Summer Catalog for Publishers
  • Events
    • Spring Forum 2023
    • Rep Night 2023
    • Past Events >
      • George Saunders
      • Spring Forum >
        • Spring Forum 2022
        • Spring Forum 2021
        • Spring Forum 2020
        • Spring Forum 2019
        • Spring Forum 2018
      • The Lit Show >
        • The Lit Show: Chapter 3
        • The Lit Show: Chapter 2
        • The Lit Show: Chapter 1
      • Heartland
      • Group Bookstore Events
      • Rep Night >
        • Rep Night 2019
        • Rep Night 2018
      • Chicagoland Bookstore Crawl >
        • Chicagoland Bookstore Crawl 2022
        • Chicagoland Bookstore Crawl 2018
  • Bestsellers
  • Heartland
  • Awards
    • Heartland Booksellers Award
    • Voice of the Heartland >
      • Past Winners
  • News
  • Publisher Promotions
  • Publishers, Authors and Industry Affiliates Info
    • Advertise with GLIBA
    • MIPA
    • Bookseller ARC Requests and Preferred Reading Genres
    • For Authors
  • YouTube Channel
  • Past Holiday Catalogs
    • Holiday Catalog 2021
    • Holiday Catalog 2020
    • Holiday Catalog 2019
  • Bookseller Resources
    • Publisher Imprint Graphics
    • Rep List
    • Publisher Social Media
    • Reporting Your Sales
    • New York Trip
    • CHILOVEBOOKS
    • Tools of the Trade
    • Anti-Racism Resources
    • Covid-19 Resources
    • The Independent Bookseller
    • On-Line Links
    • Advocacy
  • Board Information