What is MBA?
The Midwest Booksellers Association (MBA) is a regional not-for-profit trade association formally established in 1981 to promote retail bookselling and support professional independent booksellers throughout our region. Our members include locally owned and operated independent bookstores; book publishers, distributors, reps, and vendors who do business with our bookstores; and other individuals and businesses allied to the book industry.
Our member states include Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. (Additional member stores are in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.)
MBA'S Mission Statement
To strengthen Midwest independent booksellers and their partnerships within the larger bookselling and publishing community by providing opportunities to network and exchange information, educational programs, and tools to sell books to their customers and to grow a vibrant book culture.
Thank you for visiting midwestbooksellers.org and shopping at our member bookstores. We urge you to support your locally owned and operated independent bookstores and businesses in your community!
