February 7, 2025 Newsletter

February 7, 2025

GLIBA Regional Newsletter: February 7, 2025 REGIONAL BESTSELLERS PUBLISHER PROMOTIONS ARC PREFERENCE FORM JOIN OR RENEW MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION NEWS Booksellers: Order Your Free Summer Catalogs by March 15! Order Summer Catalogs Here >> Just in time for Memorial Day and the unofficial start of summer, this 8-page square catalog is THE summer resource for readers. Don't miss this high-energy compendium of summer titles! Member stores can order 500 FREE catalogs to be shipped direct-to-store at no cost Catalogs can be distributed in-store, at curbside, through store order shipments and delivers, at events, AND through neighborhood partners! Personalize the catalog back cover with a store stamp or label Quantities over 500 may be purchased for $55 per 500 Catalogs are full-color, 8 pages, 7.125" × 7.125" square on thick paper Target date for catalog delivery is May 8 ORDER SUMMER CATALOGS HERE GLIBA 2024 Holiday Catalog Rebate Form If you have distributed the catalog more than once this year please submit a separate form for each distribution. GLIBA reimburses a percentage of each rebate. Once we have calculated and processed your rebate a check will be mailed. Please submit the form and attach all documentation by February 28, 2025. Click the button below for the form. Thank you! GLIBA CATALOG REBATE FORM NEW! Heartland Fall Forum Virtual Office Hours Below are the sessions for the months of February and March 2025: February 18th, 10am & 4pm CST: For Booksellers/Attendees: Author Pitches + Events; Feedback for the Trade Show Floor + Rep Picks March 4th, 10am & 4pm CST: Call for Education Topics! March 18th, 10am & 4pm CST: Call for Education Topics! 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]. Heartland 2024 Rep Picks Survey  Please take this short Heartland Rep Picks survey. This survey is for publishers that have participated in the Heartland Fall Forum Rep Picks event or wish to participate in future Heartland Rep Picks events. This short survey will help us evolve Rep Picks to better meet the needs of of our publishing and industry partners. If you have any questions, please email Executive Director Larry Law at [email protected]. Heartland Rep Picks Survey REGIONAL NEWS The Book Table (Oak Park, IL) Selling Store Fixtures The Book Table is looking to sell the fixtures in their storefront including bookcases, tables, modular tempered glass display cubes, book easels from Clear Solutions, card racks, display spinners, etc. For inquiries of available inventory, setting up a store visit, and price lists, email Rachel Weaver at [email protected]. Save the Date! Third Annual MI Book Hop Saturday April 26 through Sunday, May 26, 2025 Happy New Year! We hope that your holiday season was successful, rewarding, and not too stressful.  While January is typically a time of rest, it’s also when we are dreaming, scheming, and planning the new year. And for GLIBA Member Stores in Michigan, we’re asking that you include the 2025 MI Book Hop on your calendar!  If you’ve not heard of the MI Book Hop, let us introduce ourselves! MI Book Hop is a volunteer-run Book Hop across Michigan organized and administered by fellow Booksellers. It kicks off on Independent Bookstore Day and runs through Mother’s Day weekend – Saturday April 26 through Sunday, May 26, 2025. MI Book Hop started in 2023 when Laura Harvey from Adventure Ink in Milan pulled a group of interested stores together and started outreach to more stores. GLIBA Director Larry Law has served as a sounding board since its inception and generously donated his time to design our mascot graphic and create our Bingo cards each year. The MI Book Hop became an official GLIBA Committee late 2024. The Hop was created to generate more fun around Independent Bookstore Day and extend the excitement out a little farther and introduce potential new customers to stores. The goal is to make it as easy as possible for stores to participate as well as simple and fun for participants. 2024, the second year of MI Book Hop, showed exponential growth both in stores and customers participating, and we believe our third year will be even better. Participation is easy! Customers pick up a Bingo sheet at participating stores, then visit stores and complete other bookish tasks to get a Bingo or fill their sheet. Stores stamp Bingo cards, collect finished cards, report results, and assist in distributing gift cards to winners. They also share in marketing the Hop by posting on their social media channels and featuring in store emails. There is a small buy-in fee to participate which is used to purchase the grand prize, gift card prizes from winning stores, and commemorative pins. MI Book Hop has a website, and Facebook and Instagram accounts. We also have a Bonfire store. Bingo cards may be viewed on our social media channels for reference. If you’d like to indicate your interest in participating and be included on the 2025 MI Book Hop emailing list, click here! Deadline to apply for participation is March 3, 2025. MIBookHop 2025 Store Registration INDUSTRY NEWS BLACK HISTORY MONTH BOOKLISTS AK Press Bookshop.org The New Press Melville House Clemson University Press Haymarket Books Penguin Random House Simon & Schuster Hachette Book Group PBS COURSE REGISTRATION INDIE PRESS DISPLAY FIND WALDO LOCAL 2025 CHOOSE BLACK-OWNED CAMPAIGN Children's Book Week Assets Children’s Book Week, established in 1919, is a celebration of books and the connection they bring. This year's celebration will be May 5-11! Assets and more are available from the Children's Book Council. Children's Book Donation Drive The Children's Book Council is organizing a book drive for children of all ages. From board books to YA, if you have some to spare and can ship them to California, there are children in need. Book donations are being received by CALIBA. For donations, please mail to the following address:  Children's Book World Attn: Donation Drive 10580 1/2 W Pico Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90064 Bookshop.org Launches Ebooks Browse and buy on Bookshop.org, and read right in your web browser, or download our iPhone or Android apps for the full reading experience. Every purchase financially supports local, independent bookstores! Have questions? Click here to learn more! Don't read ebooks? Please download the app(s) anyway and let's get those apps to the top of the lists for people who do read them! Not a Bookshop.org affiliate? Learn how to become one. Countdown to Independent Bookstore Day 2025 We are just over three months out from Independent Bookstore Day 2025! Get your store ready with the ABA's To-Do List for January. Independent Bookstore Day Planning Guide IBD Key Dates March 31, 2025: Indie Bookstore Day 2025 Participation Form closes. (Stores that didn't order exclusive items can sign up to participate until this date.) April 4, 2025: Indie Bookstore Day Searchable Map goes live on IndieBound Early- to mid-April: All exclusives ship to bookstores April 21–25, 2025: Indie Bookstore Day Spirit Week April 26, 2025: Independent Bookstore Day ABA's Valentine's Day Campaign The ABA is thrilled to announce their new campaign for Valentine’s Day, Indie Bookstores: Your Happily Ever After Starts Here. This campaign includes social media assets (photos and videos) as well as recommended text you can use for newsletters or socials.  DONATION LINK HUB SURVEY LINK CLICK HERE TO APPLY Send us your store's news to be included in our future newsletters! Send Store News! 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