My last blog, How To Be Seen And Get Noticed, dealt with the national level booksellers’ organization. There are also regional bookseller organizations who host tradeshows in the fall and provide much more affordable venues for authors and publishers. The following is information on these organizations and their contact information:
Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association
Cynthia Compton (GLIBA President)
4 Kids Books and Toys
4450 Weston Pointe Drive
Zionsville, IN 46077
(317) 733-8710
E-Mail: kidsbooks4@msn.com
Deborah Leonard (GLIBA Executive Director)
GLIBA
2113 Roosevelt
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
(888) 736-3096, (734) 340-6397
Fax: (734) 879-1129
E-Mail: deb@gliba.org
Midwest Independent Booksellers Association
Chris Livingston (MIBA President)
The Book Shelf
162 West 2nd Street
Winona, MN 55987
(507) 474-1880
E-Mail: chris@bookshelfwinona.com
Carrie Obry (MIBA Executive Director)
Kati Gallagher (MIBA Assistant Director)
2355 Louisiana Avenue North, Suite A
Golden Valley, MN 55427
(800) 784-7522, (763) 544-2993
Fax: (763) 544-2266
E-Mail: carrie@midwestbooksellers.org
kati@midwestbooksellers.org
Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association
Meghan Goel (MPIBA President)
BookPeople Bookstore
603 North Lamar Boulevard
Austin, TX 78703
(512) 472-5050
(Fax) 512-482-8495
E-Mail: kids_buyer@bookpeople.com
Laura Ayrey (MPIBA Executive Director)
8020 Springshire Drive
Park City, UT 84098
(435) 649-6079
Fax: (435) 649-6105
E-Mail: laura@mountainsplains.org
New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association
Lucy Kogler (NAIBA President)
Talking Leaves Inc.
951 Elmwood Ave.
Buffalo, NY 14222
(716) 884-9524
Fax (716) 332-3625
E-Mail: lucyk@tleavesbooks.com
Eileen Dengler (NAIBA Executive Director)
2667 Hyacinth St.
Westbury, NY 11590
(516) 333-0681
Fax: (516) 333-0689
E-Mail: info@naiba.com
New England Independent Booksellers Association
Anne Philbrick (NEIBA President)
Bank Square Books
53 W. Main Street
Mystic, CT 06355
(860) 536-3795
Fax: (860) 536-8426
E-mail: banksquarebks@msn.com
Steve Fischer (NEIBA Executive Director)
1955 Massachusetts Avenue, #2
Cambridge, MA 02140
(781) 316-8894
Fax: (781) 316-2605
E-Mail: steve@neba.org
New Orleans-Gulf South Booksellers Association
Britton Trice (Chair)
Garden District Bookshop
2727 Prytania St.
New Orleans, LA 70130
(504) 895-2266
Fax: (504) 895-0111
E-Mail: betbooks@aol.com
Northern California Independent Booksellers Association
Mike Barnard (NCIBA President)
Rakestraw Books
522 Hartz Avenue
Danville, CA 94526-3808
(925) 837-7337
Hut Landon (NCIBA Executive Director)
The Presidio
P.O. Box 29169 (mail)
37 Graham St. (delivery)
San Francisco, CA 94129
(415) 561-7686 Fax: (415) 561-7685
E-Mail: office@nciba.com
Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association
Jamil Zaidi (PNBA President)
The Elliott Bay Book Company
1521 10th Ave.
Seattle, WA 98122
(206) 624-6600
Fax: (206) 903-1601
E- Mail: jzaidi@elliottbaybook.com
Thom Chambliss (PNBA Executive Director)
338 West 11th Ave., #108
Eugene, OR 97401-3062
(541) 683-4363
Fax: (541) 683-3910
E-Mail: info@pnba.org
Southern California Independent Booksellers Association
Andrea Vuleta (SCIBA President)
Mrs. Nelson’s Toy and Book Shop
1030 Bonita Avenue
La Verne, California 91750-5108
(909) 599-4558
Jennifer Bigelow (SCIBA Executive Director)
133 N. Altadena Drive
Pasadena, California 91107
(626) 793-7403
Fax: (626) 792-1402
E-Mail: jbigelow@scibabooks.org
Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance
Kelly Justice (SIBA President)
Fountain Bookstore
Historic Shockoe Slip
1312 E. Cary St.
Richmond, VA 23219
(804) 788-1594
Fax: (804) 788-0445
E-Mail: fountain.bookstore@verizon.net
Wanda Jewell (SIBA Executive Director)
Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance
3806 Yale Ave.
Columbia, SC 29205
(803) 994-9530
Fax: (803) 779-0113
E-Mail: info@sibaweb.com
This is a reprint from Bob Spear’s Book Trends blog.