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
New Voices New Rooms has always celebrated genre in its commitment to title discovery for booksellers. Often the most joyful, or most terrifying, section in the store, genre books are also the fastest-growing, fastest-selling section, with many avid readers among booksellers.
Events focused on Genre at NVNR 2026:
The True Story of True Crime: Writing, Editing, and Hand-Selling It
While true crime podcasts and books remain wildly popular, sometimes it feels like we don't talk about it enough as a genre in bookselling-- as a literary genre, it has a research process and plot construction as complex as any other form of writing. Two authors, an editor, and a bookseller discuss the intricacies of the research and editorial process, as ... Keep Reading
When New Voices New Rooms announced its Accessibility Policy in early July, the focus was on its responsibilities, the things the conference was doing to remove barriers for people to participate. In particular, the conference has created an Accessibility Pass, available without any gatekeeping, to allow an attendee to go to the front of lines for signings or meals.
In its Accessibility Policy NVNR also outlines "Communal Responsibilities," the things conference attendees should do to support accessible space for their colleagues. It asks all attendees to test for COVID-19 and flu before they come, to stay home if they test positive, to avoid wearing perfumes or strongly scented products, and to allow anyone with an Accessibility Pass to go to ... Keep Reading