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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NVNR NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
November 9, 2026
Asheville, North Carolina and Silver Spring, Maryland
After a highly successful partnership under the umbrella of New Voices New Rooms (NVNR), the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association (NAIBA) and the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA), will return to holding separate conferences in their own regions in 2027.
NVNR 2026 in Baltimore drew record attendance and overwhelmingly positive feedback, but it also incurred the highest historical costs, with event and travel costs skyrocketing. Rather than passing that burden on to attending booksellers in future events, the two associations have decided to return to hosting conferences within their own regions, allowing for more accessibility and more manageable travel costs for attending booksellers.
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One of the few events attended by almost every bookseller, Rep Pick of the Lists is a fun and speedy rep talk about new titles they want you to love and connect with customers. When sales reps sign up for a spot at the "Pick of the Lists" event at NVNR, they get five minutes to present their favorite fall books. They select their top three books and spend a fraught few minutes trying to convey to a crowded room of booksellers why those books are their very favorite books of the upcoming season. Twenty-six reps participated in the NVNR 2026 Rep Pick of the List event, and while they each limited to talking about their top three books of ... Keep Reading