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NAIBAhood News
February 4, 2021
Winter Events by NAIBA
NAIBA will host weekly pick of the list and editor buzz sessions. They'll be on
Tuesdays from 10am - 11:00. Schedule and publishers will be listed weekly in this newsletter and
on the NAIBA website. You can register HERE.
Upcoming:
Parson Weems on Feb 16
ECW Press on Feb 23
Blackstone on Mar 2
Simon & Schuster on Mar 16
Independent Publishers Caucus Mar 30
Little Bee Books on Apr 6
Macmillan on Apr 13
Chronicle Books on Apr 20
Apollo Publishers & Epicenter Press Apr 27
Libro.fm May 4
minedition & Boyds, Mills, and Kane May 11
Publicity Speed Dating will be virtual over four days, March 9 - 12 . There will be a morning
and afternoon block for speed dating each day: 9:30am-12:30pm and again at 1:30pm-4:30pm.
Friday morning will be devoted to children's book. Bookstores will have one 15-minute
appointment time (they select the date and time) and introduce themselves to a zoom room of
multiple publicists. Publicists are encouraged to sign up for as many blocks that fit into their
schedule that week. We encourage and hope multiple publicists from all publishers will attend.
Registration will open on February 1.
All booksellers are encouraged to view the recording of the press kit webinar, hosted last week by
NAIBA & SIBA, facilitated by Maribeth Pelly.
To help you even more, and to maximize your time at this version of publicity speed dating, you
can arrange for personal coaching & prepping.
George Keating Memorial Scholarship Family and friends of George Keating, a dear friend and long-time member of the book community, have gotten together to create a George Keating Memorial Scholarship in his honor. This scholarship fund will be used each year to help booksellers from NAIBA, SIBA and NEIBA in professional development. It can be used to fund travel and registration fees to any of the regional's meetings and events. The application for NAIBA booksellers will open on April 1 and close April 15. Watch this newsletter for that announcement. Donate here to help our booksellers through the George Keating Memorial Scholarship. VAT Questions Answered Given the expansion of bookstores' marketplace in the pandemic, we want you to be aware that you need to sign up for a VAT number if shipping to the UK. Effective Jan 1, 2021, value added tax (VAT) must be collected for all goods entering the United Kingdom (UK). There will be a 20% VAT rate on goods valued up to £135 (about $180 USD), which you must collect unless your online marketplace is already collecting it. Current procedures for goods valued over £135 remain the same. To prevent your UK shipments from being delayed, held, or returned by UK customs in 2021, please take the following steps: 1. Register for a VAT number with the UK: https://www.gov.uk/vat-registration 2. Collect VAT at the time of purchase. 3. Make quarterly VAT return payments to the UK. In addition, you should include your VAT number on your customs declarations. This process will vary depending on your shipping software. How to register for VAT Most businesses can register online - including partnerships and a group of companies registering under one VAT number. By doing this you’ll register for VAT and create a VAT online account (sometimes known as a ‘Government Gateway account’). You need this to submit your VAT Returns to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). What you need to know You need to provide details like your turnover, business activity and bank details. Your registration date is known as your ‘effective date of registration’. You’ll have to pay HMRC any VAT due from this date. You do not need to authorize an agent to register you for VAT. ABA Updates Booksellers can visit the ABA Events Calendar on BookWeb.org for the coming months' events, including Coffee Breaks, Marketing and Technology Meetups, institutes, virtual education, and more. To help booksellers promote shopping local for Valentine’s Day, the ABA has assets. President Barack Obama will open the 2021 Winter Institute with a personal video message to independent booksellers. NVNR Highlight
When planning for 2021, don't forget these
wonderful small business and small press
exhibitors from last year's fall conference!
NAIBA Talks
NAIBA is hosting monthly discussions, NAIBA Talks, topic-driven
roundtables. They will be on the last Wednesday of the month, starting at
7:00pm. Below are the dates and the log-in links; sign up and drop it into
your calendar now. This schedule begins in February.
February 24: PreOrder Campaigns
March 31: Owner's discussion (open only to owners)
April 28: Book Buying
May 26: Virtual Events
June 30: Children's Bookselling
NAIBA Notes
The catalog of IBD exclusive books and art piecesis live
at www.indiebookstoreday.com, and it’s a great list this year.The
deadline to register and/or place your order is February 5. Please
use the order form.
FREE SEMINAR: DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION IN
Publisher Promotions BOOKSTORE STAFF RECRUITMENT & RETENTION hosted
by the Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers
Association (MPIBA). Two sessions: February 9 and Feb 23
Booksellers are invited to join the team from Denver-basedPrismatic,
for a two-part education series designed to deepen your store’s
capacity to support diverse hiring, create equitable and inclusive
onboarding practices, and retain talented team members. Register
here.
We Need Diverse Books is pleased to announce the 2021 Walter
Indie Bestsellers
Awards winners and honorees, along with the sixth annual
Symposium on diversity in children’s literature, co-hosted by the
Library of Congress! The virtual Symposium and award ceremony will
be on March 12. Learn more about the Walter Awards winners and
honorees and the Symposium.
A new coronavirus relief bill was passed by Congress and has
been signed into law. If you run a small business, here are 15 things
you need to know about it.
It is time for Pitchapalooza.
Crowdsourcing a Checklist for a Possible Second Shutdown: While we hope there won't
be another business shutdown, we have learned that preparation is key. Using lessons learned
from stores in our region, we've put together a living document you can download and add to it to
help others adapt.
Bookstore Romance Day is on August 21, 2021 and if you would like to be included on their
website, as well as receive information about swag and merchandise and special offers, you can
SIGN UP NOW. (Participation in previous years does not carry over and you will need to sign
up again.)
Around the NAIBAhood
A romantic bookstore scavenger hunt? Amazon could never.
But someone staged one at Old Town Books!
Love this customer spotlight from Penguin Bookshop: Meet Paul!
A member of the Greenlight/Yours Truly team celebrated her book being out in the world!
We love seeing authors safely signing their books in stores,like this one at Hockessin Bookshelf!
We love seeing staff picks! Check out some ofOblong Books & Music's here!
Love this look at the community fridge outside Word Up Community Bookshop!
Loving this idea to add the first lineof a Blind Date with a Book pick on the wrapping paper from
The Dog Eared Book.
Don't be afraid to be honest with your customers/followers likeAsbury Book Cooperative does
here.
Has it been snowing near you? Celebrate with some books about snow like Inkwood Books did!
P.S. Are you following us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram? Awesome!
And if you're on TikTok, follow Kathy Ellen! She creates plenty of book sounds for people to use
and may give you some ideas about what kind of content you can make!
NAIBAhood Review
With "Dear Senthuran" Akwaeke Emezi
Dear Senthuran : A Black defiantly stakes their claim to a place in a new
Spirit Memoir literary canon, and they could not be more
Akwaeke Emezi justified. Emezi's writing is always gorgeous,
(Riverhead Books/Penguin) tight, and deeply revealing. In this memoir
9780593329191 they reveal the open wounds of navigating the
fraught world as something/someone "other"
and stand with that, hurt, but not broken,
holding a place for those who will follow. They
shine a strobe light on the fickle world of
publishing and leave it exposed for all to see.
They reveal so much and give away nothing
that is vital to their survival. It's a miraculous
feat, and one that will mean so much to so
many.
Reviewed by: Lisa Swayze, Buffalo Street
I picked Dear Senthuran up on a whim last Books
weekend. Once I started reading, I didn't move
for hours. A powerful and moving testament to
the struggle to live as their honest self.
Reviewed by: Lesley Rains, City of Asylum
Books
What We Are Reading
Eileen Kathy Ellen Kit
Hidden Valley Road : Inside the Mind Wintering Humans
of an American Family Katherine May Brandon Stanton
Robert Kolker (Riverhead Books) (St. Martin's Press/Macmillan)
(Anchor) On Sale Date: March 2, 2021 9780593189481 9781250114297
9780525562641, 0525562648
Trade Paperback
$17.00 USD
Eileen Dengler Kit Little
Executive Director Executive Administrator
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