Fresh, innovative in-person and virtual programming created by NAIBA and SIBA for booksellers and industry.
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The quarterly Owners Retreats and Strategy Sessions bring store owners from NAIBA and SIBA together to network and share information. Strategy Sessions are virtual meetings held in January, May, and October, focusing on a specific topic. Retreats are in-person and held during the Annual Conference.
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The NVNR Annual Conference and Tradeshow for booksellers members of both NAIBA and SIBA organizations serves sixteen states in the mid-Atlantic and Southeast United States. The conference travels within the combined NAIBA and SIBA regions and is open to all SIBA and NAIBA members.
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NVNR’s Virtual Programming includes its signature online event, Publicity Speed Dating, an invaluable opportunity for bookstores to raise their visibility with publishers. Booksellers get a chance to shine and “pitch” their stores to the undivided attention of publicists from both major publishers and small presses.
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The fall NVNR Owner Strategy Session began with booksellers sharing their 4th Quarter plans and strategies, before opening the discussion to a variety of issues that were "top of mind" for booksellers in the current uncertain economic climate.
4th Quarter Strategies takeaways:
1. Take Care
- Self Care is important for owners and staff during the busy holiday season!
- Build breaks and meal times for staff into the schedule
- Building in time for breaks reduces stress and increases productivity
- Plan post-season holiday or down time, and treat yourself to something special
- Delegate tasks when possible
- Create a manual of employee guidelines and important store functions
2. Tariffs
- Tariffs are affecting both ... Keep Reading
Publicity Speed Dating is the popular event, conceived by NAIBA, where booksellers looking to expand their event program can meet with publicists one-on-one to share their publicity kit and "pitch" their store as a good partner for author events. It is an invaluable opportunity for booksellers and publicists to make connections and put themselves on each other’s radar.
Currently, NAIBA holds an in-person Publicity Speed Dating event for their member stores every spring, and NVNR hosts a virtual version on Zoom in early summer for SIBA and NAIBA members.
Space is necessarily limited at each event, bookseller interest is always very high, and title discovery and finding authors for store event programs consistently rate as priorities for conference ... Keep Reading