Making Waves Newsletter 5/23/25

5/23/2025

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GLIBA Regional Newsletter: May 23, 2025

REGIONAL BESTSELLERS

PUBLISHER PROMOTIONS

ARC PREFERENCE FORM

JOIN OR RENEW MEMBERSHIP

WINTER CATALOG

Winter Catalog Orders Now Open!

Orders for the Winter Catalog (formerly the Holiday Catalog) are now open. The deadline to place orders is June 15. Visit the GLIBA website for ideas on how to use the catalog.

In the meantime:

View the GLIBA title list on Edelweiss.
Submit Bookseller Recommendations for the Catalog!
Access the 2025 Winter Catalog Media Kit.

ORDER YOUR (FREE) WINTER CATALOGS!

Attention Booksellers!

Do you have a title that you're thrilled to handsell? A book you think would be a perfect gift this year? Recommend titles for the Winter Catalog!

SUBMIT TITLES FOR THE WINTER CATALOG

VOTE IN THE CATALOG COVER CONTEST

HEARTLAND FALL FORUM

Exhibitor Registration is Now Open!

Thank you for supporting this event! We have lots of info on the way for exhibiting at and/or attending Heartland Fall Forum 2025 in Indianapolis. Our show is all 6 and 8-foot table-tops, meaning: there will be no pipe and drape booth options this year. Our exhibitor space is much larger and is in one single area. Click HERE for a full list of exhibitor table cost and options. If you have any questions, please email Larry Law [email protected] or February Spikener, [email protected].

Exhibitor Registration Options

Exhibitor Registration Form

Call For Education Topics!

There will be two days of education at Heartland this year. Job focused retreats will take place on October 14 and General Education will take place on October 15. Our goal is to offer Heartland educational programming that's responsive and relevant to our challenging retail landscape and evolving society. Have a topic or educator in mind that you would like to see an education session focused on? Please fill out the form below. Thank you!

Heartland 2025 Education Topic Submission Form

Bookstore of the Year

This award aims to spotlight and applaud independent bookstores that have demonstrated exceptional influence, support, representation, and impact within their communities and their fellow bookselling community. To nominate a bookstore, please use the link below. For more information, please contact Larry Law at [email protected].

Author Submissions

Author pitches for 2025 Heartland Fall Forum in Indianapolis are now open! Complete THIS FORM for each individual author. The submission deadline is August 1, 2025. Please reach out to February Spikener at [email protected] or Grace Hagen at [email protected] for any questions.

Voice of the Heartland

The Voice of the Heartland Award has been awarded to individuals and organizations who uphold the value of independent bookselling and made a significant contribution to bookselling in our combined regions. Please use the nomination form below. Nominations are due by July 30th, 2025. For more information, please contact Larry Law at [email protected].

Bookstore of the Year Nominations Form

2025 HFF Author Submissions Form

Voice of the Heartland Nomination Form

Heartland Fall Forum Virtual Office Hours

Below are the sessions for April 2025:

May 27th, 10am & 4pm CST: Heartland Author Pitches, Bookstore of the Year, Voice of the Heartland (Criteria; How and Where to Submit; General Questions)

Click here for the Google Meet link for sessions, or click the button below to the Events page on the GLIBA site. For any questions, reach out to Executive Coordinator February Spikener at [email protected].

INDUSTRY NEWS

Read 25 Day

Bookshop.org and author Gretchen Rubin have been running a challenge to encourage people to read for 25 minutes each day. So far, close to 20 thousand people ae participating in the challenge!

You can now sign up to be a meet-up location for June 25th's Read 25 Day event, and your bookstore will be listed on the main homepage for the challenge, which will be promoted to over 1.4 million email subscribers across Gretchen's and Bookshop.org's email lists. Your location will also be mentioned on the Happier Podcast, driving people to your store.

Registration Now Open for PBS Marketing Course!

Your Brand/Your Story: Advanced Display and Marketing Course returns starting June 4th. Co-teachers Lisa Uhrick and Steve Wax help bookstores identify and build their brands, to move beyond a place to purchase products to an engaging customer experience.

Price: $375
GLIBA Registration Code: GLIBAmd

Indie-to-Indie Playlist: Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Publisher members of the Independent Publishers Caucus have curated TWO lists of titles to help populate and distinguish your displays this month: one celebrating labor and social justice (Edelweiss) and one in honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (Edelweiss). Click here to View the list in Edelweiss!