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Upcoming Events

Member Mixer
The 2021 Show is a Go!

The 2021 Tradeshow has been announced and planning is underway.
Let's imagine the possibilities, discuss the challenges, and set the tone for a return to real member connection!

Friday, June 25, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm (PDT)

Join the Meeting

Archived Resources

Advancing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
a three-part virtual series supported by six regional indie bookselling organizations
and presented by PRISMATIC

• Build your awareness of where you and your organization are with regard to equity, diversity and inclusion.
• Learn to challenge the status quo, mitigate the impact of bias and improve customer engagement.
• Learn about culturally responsive and humanizing customer engagement.

Presented in partnership by PNBA MPIBA, CALIBA, NAIBA, NEIBA, and SIBA.

This Week's Wrap - September 11
Fourth Quarter Realities and Strategies
The Give Books title list is out and you have your holiday buying hats on, trying to figure out the right moves for an efficient and prolific fourth quarter. Ingram's Northwest Wholesale Field Rep Trent Shaw will join us to answer some of your questions and concerns regarding stock levels, delivery times, etc., to help inform your planning and maximize your holiday strategies.

Watch the video

PNBA Weekly Wrap - August 28

• Rosanne Parry essay "On Losing a Book Tour"

• New York Times: "Printer Jam: Serious Supply Issues Disrupt the Book Industry's Fall Season"

MPIBA Bookseller Summer Camp

Edeweiss360 - Successful Email Marketing in a Brave New World

Bookshop: Questions Asked and Answered, July 14, 2020
Madison Books' James Crossley (Bookshop proponent) will be joined by The Neverending Bookshop's Annie Carl (Bookshop skeptic?) and they'll both throw the focus on Bookshop's Sarah High and Andy Hunter to make their case in front of all kinds of Indies.

• Video recording - Password: 9u*3*2$0

PNBA Weekly Wrap of July 10:

Intro to Edelweiss 360:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-twbCd23278&feature=youtu.be

Webinar Invitation:
Edeweiss360 - Successful Email Marketing in a Brave New World
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_aUL5LPuFSDyQnyc2G-5sIQ

PNBA Weekly Wrap of June 26:

• Open Letter on Racial Transparency in Children's Publishing from Rene Holderman, Third Place Books

Virtual Event Hosting 101, June 23, 2020
With Events Staff from Third Place Books, Rediscovered Bookshop, Country Bookshelf, and Village Books

• PNBA Events Round Table

• Virtual Event Hosting 101 recording

PNBA Weekly Wrap of June 19:

• Amano T-Shirts
• Stark's Face Masks
• Lady Alamo Face Masks
• Mystery Ranch Face Masks
• Handmade Face Masks from Artisans for Hope
• Inexpensive Disposable Face Masks

Prejudential: Black America and the Presidents with Margaret Kimberley

• Margaret Kimberley Prejudential Q & A (Password: 9H.82+C$)

Black Agenda Report
Grayzone Project
Telesur English
Black Alliance for Peace
Popular Resistance
United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC)
UNAC blog
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting

Twitter
@aaronjmate
@ajamubaraka

Margaret Kimberley on social media
twitter
@freedomrideblog
https://twitter.com/freedomrideblog

facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/margaretkimberleyfreedomrider/

• Health and Safety for Booksellers: Staying safe, Preventing Infection, and Sustaining Community Spaces During COVID-19