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NCIBA Newsletter

The Northern California Independent Booksellers Association publishes a regular newsletter of interest to both booksellers and those in the publishing community. Click on the cover at right to read the most recent issue, or below for some back issues.

The EAT. SLEEP. READ. CALENDAR!

Created exclusively for independent bookstores by your regional booksellers’ associations, independent booksellers, and IndieBound.

Here’s an exclusive offer for independent booksellers to show support of IndieBound and the regional booksellers’ associations. EAT. SLEEP. READ. offers daily book trivia provided by independent booksellers across the country. Offer your customers a unique calendar for 2010 that is IndieBound all year round.

• At just $4.00 cost per calendar, you can use it as a promotional piece; give it as a gift for your best customers; or simply price it as you would any other boxed calendar. Suggested retail price is $12.95.
• Featured title in all regional association holiday catalogs.
• Packed with 365 days of book trivia, this calendar makes a great tool for promoting IndieBound and former Indie Pick bestsellers, all year long.
• A portion of each calendar sale goes directly to your regional independent bookselling association to support bookseller education. Your investment will go a long way in helping your local association. Support your regional, so we can continue to support YOU!
• Bookazine is donating all shipping costs to benefit independent booksellers and their trade associations.
• Produced in conjunction with Workman Publishing.

Ships August 15, 2009. Ordering instructions: Calendars must be purchased in case quantity multiples (30 calendars), non-returnable only. Download an order form here.

Northern California Rep Directory 2009

The Northern California Rep Directory is published every February by the NCIBA. It is accurate as of press time; additions and changes are printed in the NCIBA newsletter and on the NCIBA website. The online version of the directory contains the following, in PDF format:

• Part 1: Sales Rep Contact Information
• Part 2: Publisher Members
• Part 3: Publisher Imprints & Rep Group Lists
• Part 4: NBN, PGW, SPD
• Part 5: Cross Reference

To access the Northern California Rep Directory, please click here. You will need a user name and password. The directory is available only to members of the NCIBA. Please contact the NCIBA office for a user name and password to access these password protected pages.

Member Listserve

The NCIBA maintains a listserve, or mailing list, as a means of communication and information sharing among its members and other interested parties. Our list is by subscription, and is open to NCIBA members and other individuals in the trade (including allied professionals). If you would like additional information about the list or to subscribe or unsubscribe, please visit the listserve’s Yahoo home, or send a blank email to the following address.

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This mailing list serves as a forum on the topics of books and bookselling for those who work in the bookstore trade. Please note: off-topic postings will result in expulsion from the list. Commands for subscribing or unsubscribing are handled by the list itself.

New Title Preview

Precarious by Al Riske (978-1-935462-32-3)

The stories in Precarious are about doing the right thing and regretting it. About men who are still boys. About making bets and dancing naked.

They play out in rain-soaked Seattle and drought-stricken California. In the front seat of Mom’s Malibu and a vacation cabin on Cape Cod.

In prose that is by turns spare and lyrical, the stories of Precarious capture the feeling of late summer. A never-ending game of Kick the Can. All sense of time lost among the stars. Includes “Pray for Rain,” winner of the Blue Mesa Review 2008 fiction prize.

Contact for complimentary reading copies.