BOOKSTORE MEMBER ORIENTATION

Welcome to MPIBA! All booksellers who have recently become members (or any member who would like a refresher on all our association has to offer), please join us for one of our quarterly orientation sessions!   Meet the MPIBA staff and members of our Board...

REIMAGINING INDIE PRESS & INDIE BOOKSTORE PARTNERSHIPS

        The Independent Publishers Caucus invites you to reimagine how indie bookstores and indie publishers can be better partners, and how indie presses can better support bookstores. This will be an opportunity to talk frankly about ways the bookselling model works and doesn't work...

BLACK HISTORY MONTH BEGINS

Celebrate Black History in your stores and with your customers all month long.   CLICK HERE FOR TITLE LISTS & RESOURCES CELEBRATE BLACK LOVE CONSUMER EVENT

WORLD READ ALOUD DAY

Join millions around the globe to celebrate the power of reading aloud with the thirteenth annual World Read Aloud Day! Check out the Activity Hub for free resources to help you celebrate reading aloud all year long,   REGISTER TO PARTICIPATE HERE

PUBLIC AUTHOR EVENT: CELEBRATE BLACK LOVE

  CLICK HERE TO VIEW & SHARE THE EVENT RECORDING Booksellers, we've done the work for you! Promote this consumer-facing virtual event to your customers as part of your Black History Month celebrations. The event will be fully hosted and moderated, so all you need...

2022 PUBWEST CONFERENCE

PUBWEST 2022: NOW WHAT? CHALLENGING THE INDUSTRY FEB 3-5, AT THE CURTIS HOTEL IN DENVER, COLORADO MPIBA MEMBERS REGISTER AT PUBWEST MEMBER RATE (To Access Member Rate for Mountains & Plains members: choose Special Guest and enter code DENVER22)

SIBA’S 21-DAY RACIAL EQUITY CHALLENGE KICK-OFF EVENT

In Pursuit of Racial Justice: A Conversation between Laura Coates and Steven Wright Laura Coates, the author of Just Pursuit: A Black Prosecutor’s Fight for Fairness, is a CNN senior legal analyst, SiriusXM host, and adjunct professor at the George Washington University School of Law....

DEADLINE TO REGISTER FOR ABA DEI THREE WORKSHOPS SERIES

THREE WORKSHOPS: Stepping Out of Your Comfort Zone: Knowing Better Means Doing Better This series is free for those who attend. Attend one, or attend all three! Registrants will pay $25 to reserve their spot, but will receive a refund the week after the event if...

SPRINGCON 2022 REGISTRATION OPENS

Join us in Golden, Colorado (April 6-8) or San Antonio, Texas (April 20-22)! CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS & REGISTRATION   CLICK HERE TO APPLY FOR A BOOKSELLER TRAVEL GRANT (DEADLINE IS MARCH 18)

ABA TOWN HALL

The Town Hall is an opportunity for bookstore owners and booksellers to share opinions, concerns, and ideas with the ABA Board. The full board will respond to questions and comments from bookstore owners and booksellers; those who would like to send questions in advance can...