2025 Louisiana Book Festival
SIBA Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance
Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance
a community of southern indie booksellers

First Things First...

10/16

NVNR Owners Strategy Session (register)

10/20

Deadline to apply to host 2026 March Madness (apply here)

10/28

DEI Training Session for Bookstores (more info)

11/1

Southern Book Prize Finalists Announced, Ballot Opens!

11/5

New/Prospective Owners Retreat (register)

12/1

Winter Catalog Raffle Winner announced

This week's key takeaways and tools:

Banned Books Toolkit | Anti-Racist Training Kit

Weekly Good Stuff



This week at The Southern Bookseller Review

What do Southern booksellers think about László Krasznahorkai?


The Southern Indie Bestsellers

Now featuring SIBA Bookstore Reviews!


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Update: SIBA moves email to Constant Contact


SIBA has moved its email system to the Constant Contact platform. Subscriber preferences were not changed. Subscribers can manage their email preferences via the links at the bottom of every SIBA email.

Dispatch from A Bright Future: SIBA Transition Update


SIBA is on schedule to transition to a new member database and redesigned website before the end of the year. Here is an update from the staff on what they are doing and what SIBA's transition means to them.


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Why I Flew to Washington: Fighting for Fair Swipe Fees
Shari Stauch / Main Street Reads, Summerville, SC


Last week, I joined bookstore and retail advocates from across the country in Washington, D.C., for a “Fly-In” sponsored in part by the American Booksellers Association, to meet with members of Congress about swipe fee reform.


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Read This Next! November 2025 Sneak Peek


Unreliable narrators, unhinged characters, and anti-heroes -- Read This Next! November is a rambunctious collection of memorable and irrepressible voices. Read why booksellers love these titles and download the monthly resources: Edelweiss Collection | Flyer | Flyer Graphic


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What the SIBA Staff Is Reading / Listening to / Watching

SP Rankin / Website Administrator


Reading: I finished Mirage City, Lev AC Rosen's newest installment in his Evander Mills mystery series. Mostly set in 1950s (pre-Stonewall, pre-Harvey Milk) San Francisco, the newest book ventures to Los Angeles, and as in Rosen's other books seamlessly blends queer history into a moody, noir atmosphere.


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