May 5
- 9:00-10:00 am CDT: Opening Keynote: An Empowering Conversation about Native American Literature for Youth with Angeline Boulley
- 1:00-2:00 CDT: βFresh Ways to Share Books on Social Media: Part 1, Creating a Content Plan
- 5:00-6:00 pm CDT: Happy Hour with Authors, featuring Brandon Taylor, Blair Braverman and Quince Mountain, Meg Waite Clayton, Kate Moore, Jonathan Evison, Antonio Michael Downing, and Dawn Turner
May 6
- 9:00-10:00 am CDT Morning coffee with authors, featuring Nick Butler, Janna L. Goodwin, Ian and Sarah Hoffman, Melissa Scholes Young, Willa C. Richards, Colby Cedar Smith, Lesa Cline-Ransome, Kashmira Sheth, Dawn Quigley, and Brendan Wenzel
- 1:00-2:00 CDT Fresh Ways to Share Books on Social Media: Part 2, Creating the Content
Hosted by Tavia Kowalchuk, senior director of marketing at William Morrow, and co-host of the Book Club Girl podcast
- 5:00-6:00 pm CDT Closing Keynote: Women of Genre, featuring P. J. Tracy, Catherine Dang, Wanda M. Morris, J.S. Dewes, Susan Dennard, and K. Ancrum
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Macmillan Fall 2021 Preview!
Join Macmillan on Wednesday, May 12th, 1:00 pmβ5:00 pm ET, for an advance preview of our books coming out this fall! Ask questions and hear from editors, marketers, publicists, & authors!
Pop in for the genre hours of your choice!
FEATURED AUTHORS
- Literary Fiction: Sally Rooney
- YA: Saraciea Fennel and Crystal Marie Fleming
- Science Fiction/Fantasy TJ Klune and Ryka Aoki
- Current Events: Doug Abrams and Kinari Webb
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BINC has opened applications for its Survive to Thrive grant program, which is designed to provide substantial grants to as many as 200 independent bookstores and comic shops. Applications will be accepted until May 10 at 5 p.m. Eastern, and grants will be awarded to the selected stores in early June. Fundraising for the grant program is still underway, with a goal of $2 million by the end of May. Stores can apply here.
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View the full list of events on our calendar. Members get free event listings. |
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Independent Bookstore Day success
We've been hearing so many positive reports from this year's Bookstore Day, many of them describing how wonderful it was to have people somewhat back together again. Booksellers in Iowa and Minnesota were featured in Shelf Awareness and Publishers Weekly. Cheers to the many others we saw through the media, social or otherwise. We see you and loved your promotions!
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"The response we received Saturday for Independent Bookstore Day was off the charts. It was, hands down, our best sales day ever. Seriously. I cannot thank everyone enough for showing up and supporting the shop."
--Bart Carithers, owner of Next Page Books, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in a Facebook post
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Zenith Bookstore co-owner Angel Dobrow braved the cold temperatures outside to hand out specially-made Zenith Bookstore cupcakes to customers waiting to enter the Duluth, Minn., indie on Independent Bookstore Day. Saturday was the indie's second best sales day ever in its four-year history.
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Flint Hills building buzz
Flint Hills Books is open for business. In a press release, owner Jennifer Kassebaum writes, " I am defying the odds by opening a 800 sq foot store in community with a population of less than 5,000 during a pandemic, but the beautifully restored 1887 bank building where the bookstore is located and my book selection (I think) is causing a little buzz in the Flint Hills of Kansas."
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Interested in virtual events, but not ready to take the plunge? We have an enterprise account to share with booksellers to do a trial run before making the commitment. Send us an email to inquire. |
Get your custom store art. Download a free PNG for simple promotional purposes or order high quality files for $50, which includes the addition of your city and state and a vector file package for high-quality print jobs. Now available: badge add-on for $20 with your store address, phone number, and website. New stores, please contact us to request your art.
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"I'm returning to The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom, which has been sitting in my TBR for since it became a National Book Award Finalist. I'm in the middle of a big renovation of the kitchen in my own yellow house, which was built in 1905, so I'm enjoying thinking about the history of the spaces we live in and the lives of the people who inhabited them." βCarrie |
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"Jo Jo Makoons: The Used-to-Be Best Friend led to a very lengthy discussion with my 6-year-old about the nature of ARCs and book publishing. My daughter is so excited about this book that we now have May 2022 marked on our calendar in the HOPES that there will be more Jo Jo Makoons books by then. This is the best of all books for young girls, featuring a confident girl who is proud of her Ojibwe heritage and whose voice anyone will recognize after hanging out with a 7-year-old. This series will be a staple in our house." βKate |
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Midwest Independent Booksellers Association
939 Seventh St W
St Paul MN 55102
Carrie Obry, Executive Director
carrie@midwestbooksellers.org
Kate Scott, Program Specialist
kate@midwestbooksellers.org
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