Publishers Weekly - 02.09.2019

SIBA Discovery Show

Sept. 13–15

The Spartanburg Marriott

(Spartanburg, S.C.)

● The Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance has long had

first-in-the-nation status when it comes to the fall regionals.

Like all the regionals, education at SIBA encompasses how-to

sessions, such as one on the romance genre with Cindy Hwang

and Erin Galloway, v-p/editorial director and deputy publicity

director, respectively, of Berkley Publishing Group—as well as

ones on handselling, returns, and Independent Bookstore Day.

In addition, Resource Roundtables offer booksellers a chance to

meet one another and discuss running a micro store or an off-

season store, as well as increasing sales on the web. SIBA has

also gone all-out to encourage buyers to place orders at the

show, not just through a raffle (the winner of which receives

$1,000 in cash) but also by highlighting individual exhibitors

in the weeks leading up to the conference.

● Place is particularly important at SIBA, which moves its

show each year. (Next year it will be in New Orleans.) Early

birds, who arrive on September 12, can visit the Chapman

Cultural Center, take a bus tour to the community of Glendale

with Tom Poland (The Last Sunday Drive, Arcadia), and enjoy a

A roundup of key happenings at all eight

shows, including panels and roundtables,

author signings and mini TED talks, and

even a few pajama parties

compiled by Judith Rosen

Small-town Realtor Hannah

Thornton has many

talents—unfortunately,

selling houses isn’t one of

them. When a developer

sets his sights on the

historic homes in Heritage,

Hannah turns to her best

friend, Luke, for help. Will

Luke risk his future and

confront his past to help

her succeed?

A rookie CIA o­ icer makes

a reluctant agreement to

work with a former assassin

and an elite team of thieves

to breach a high-altitude

data vault hovering in the

mesosphere in the most

daring heist ever conceived.

Krista Galloway has a good

reason to dislike the holiday

season, but when her new

job as city manager forces

her to plan the town’s

over-the-top Christmas

celebration, she and her

daughter may find a new

home—and some Christmas

spirit—in the process.

Based on true events,

this compelling survival

story by award-winning

novelist Jane Kirkpatrick is

full of grit and endurance

as travelers are beset by

storms, bad timing, and

desperate decisions.

Bestselling authors Ted

Dekker and Rachelle

Dekker team up for the

first time to deliver an

intense, treacherous,

and tightly focused ride

through a world where the

boundaries are clear and

punishments are severe.

A reclusive bookstore

owner hoped she’d

permanently buried her

family’s sensational past

with a new name. But

when the novels she

once shared with an old

crush begin appearing

in the mail, it’s clear her

true identity is about to

be revealed, threatening

the new life she has

painstakingly built.

Based on true events,

this compelling survival

story by award-winning

novelist Jane Kirkpatrick is

full of grit and endurance

as travelers are beset by

storms, bad timing, and

desperate decisions.

Small-town Realtor Hannah

Thornton has many

talents—unfortunately,

selling houses isn’t one of

them. When a developer

sets his sights on the

historic homes in Heritage,

Hannah turns to her best

friend, Luke, for help. Will

Luke risk his future and

confront his past to help

her succeed?

Bestselling authors Ted

Dekker and Rachelle

Dekker team up for the

first time to deliver an

intense, treacherous,

and tightly focused ride

through a world where the

boundaries are clear and

punishments are severe.

A rookie CIA o­ icer makes

a reluctant agreement to

work with a former assassin

and an elite team of thieves

to breach a high-altitude

data vault hovering in the

mesosphere in the most

daring heist ever conceived.

A reclusive bookstore

owner hoped she’d

permanently buried her

family’s sensational past

with a new name. But

when the novels she

once shared with an old

crush begin appearing

in the mail, it’s clear her

true identity is about to

be revealed, threatening

the new life she has

painstakingly built.

Krista Galloway has a good

reason to dislike the holiday

season, but when her new

job as city manager forces

her to plan the town’s

over-the-top Christmas

celebration, she and her

daughter may find a new

home—and some Christmas

spirit—in the process.

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