NCIBA MISSION STATEMENT

Promoting the vitality, diversity and prosperity of independent bookselling as essential to the life of our communities and crucial to the dissemination of ideas in our society.

The NCIBA in Pictures

Children’s author Jeanne Birdsall
Children’s author Jeanne Birdsall dropped by the NCIBA office to sign copies of The Penderwicks on Gardam Street in mid-April
Author Jhumpa Lahiri recently visited the offices of the NCIBA
Author Jhumpa Lahiri recently visited the offices of the NCIBA
She signed nearly 400 books ordered by bookstores
She signed nearly 400 books ordered by bookstores
Jhumpa Lahiri and booksellers at a Meet-and-Greet following the autographing session
Jhumpa Lahiri and booksellers at a Meet-and-Greet following the autographing session
UC Davis bookstore entry into the 2008 Dummies display contest
UC Davis bookstore entry into the 2008 Dummies display contest
A closeup of the Dummies display
A closeup of the Dummies display
UC Davis promo for Stephen Colbert’s I Am America and So Can You
UC Davis bookstore promo for Stephen Colbert’s I Am America and So Can You
The promo is called “Win a Date with Steve.”
The promo is called “Win a Date with Steve.”
The winner gets a book and a Colbert cutout.
The winner gets a book and a Colbert cutout.
Colbert and Kenny
Colbert and Kenny.
Colbert and friend
Colbert and friend.
Colbert and MJ
Colbert and MJ.
Colbert and Sara
Colbert and Sara.
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Contra Costa County Reading Festival

The Contra Costa County Reading Festival takes place May 16-18 and has the support of numerous East Bay independent bookstores. The program features 50 authors and 25 libraries.

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Waters, Hass, Alarcon, and Barner Among Book of the Year Winners

The winners of the 2007 Book of the Year Awards, presented by the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association (NCIBA), have been announced. The awards were voted upon by independent booksellers and honor regional authors whose books were first published in 2007. Read more.

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Mary Roach Hits 1000

Long before she became the best-selling author of Stiff and Spook, Mary Roach attended an event at The Booksmith for Martin Amis. Read more.

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Booksmith Videos Author Events

The Booksmith in San Francisco has recently begun experimenting with video as a marketing tool for their events. We invite you to watch their video of an appearance by Daniel Handler and Lisa Brown promoting The Latke Who Couldn’t Stop Screaming there or on our News page.

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Our New “Shop Local” Poster

See it here (26K PDF). The poster available in both 8 1/2″ x 11″ and 11″ x 17″ formats. To order, email or call 415-561-7686.

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Member Store Profiled

Bookselling This Week, the weekly enewsletter of the American Booksellers Association, profiled NCIBA member store BookSmart in Morgan Hill, noting its new expanded location, cafe, toy sales, monthly art classes and more.

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Bookstore Directory Published

Directory Cover 2008

The NCIBA has just published the Northern California Directory of Independent Booksellers 2008, a 32 page, pocket-sized guide to member bookstores organized by region—San Francisco, East Bay, South Bay, North Bay, Central Valley/Gold Country/Sierra Nevada, and Southern California. For a free copy of the guide, with your mailing address; supplies are limited.

A directory of stores is also available on this web site, including maps to each store location.

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The Cost of Amazon

Book Passage co-owner Bill Petrocelli, who has been a leader in Amazon sales tax fight for the past ten years, recently wrote the following article for his store’s newsletter. It’s one of the best summaries of the issues we’ve seen. Read the article.

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Our New Website

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