Publishers Weekly - 02.09.2019

Fall Regionals

And she’s a big advocate for booksellers attending their regional

shows. “If folks get involved in their regional associations, they

get a great understanding of bookselling in general,” she says.

New Store Formats

Across the country, regional directors report an explosion in

hybrid bookstores. “My region is seeing a lot of stores opening,

especially in Oklahoma and Texas,” says Heather Duncan,

executive director of the Mountains and Plains Independent

Bookstore Association (MPIBA). “We’re seeing some cool

mixed-use spaces: bookstore restaurants, bookstore bars, book

buses,” she says.

Eileen Dengler, executive director of the New Atlantic

Independent Booksellers Association (NAIBA), concurs. “More

booksellers and potential booksellers are looking for alternate

formats from traditional bricks-and-mortar stores,” she says,

citing the pop-up format as a particularly popular starting

point. To cater to new and prospective store owners, NAIBA

hosted a q&a session in New York City this summer and will

be offering a special welcome package with resources focused

on new stores at the association’s show. “If we can help them

build with a strong foundation, they can thrive,” Dengler says.

Community Building

“Camaraderie is key,” says Calvin Crosby, executive director of

the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association

(NCIBA), who says that his organization is keenly aware that

for many booksellers, a visit to the fall regional may be their

first experience of a professional trade show, and thus they may

need a bit more hand-holding. “Some booksellers may never

have attended before, or maybe they were recently promoted

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