Catalog
2009 MBA Catalog
MBA BOOKSELLERS –
Important 2009 MBA Catalog participation updates and marketing/promotional resources are available on the Bookseller Catalog Information page. Please get these essential details NOW!
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The 2009 MBA Catalog is off the press and looks terrific!
View the entire MBA Catalog here:
Final 2009 MBA CATALOG
(PDF – low resolution)
If you would like a printed copy of the catalog, please contact the MBA office at info@midwestbooksellers.org to request one.
The 2009 MBA Catalog is filled with books for everyone on your holiday gift list, both adults and children. Pick out the books you want to read, too!
To purchase these books, please go to or contact your favorite MBA member bookstore. Use our searchable list of our locally owned and operated independent bookstores to find a convenient store near you: MBA Independent Bookstores. Our booksellers are always happy to special order books that you need, too.
You also can shop online at many of our stores, get your books quickly, have them delivered to your home or pick them up at the store, get them gift-wrapped, and more. Our knowledgeable and friendly neighborhood booksellers offer personalized service and gift advice – in the store, online, or on the phone!
MBA booksellers and publishers — Thank you for taking advantage of all that this great marketing program offers you to help you SELL MORE BOOKS! We’re building on past success with more online support through this website, plus other new features.
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Bookseller order deadlines: Catalog orders are now closed
August 28 for customized catalogs
September 1 for standard catalogs
THANK YOU for join us for the MBA Catalog WEBINAR!
Wednesday, August 19, 8:30-9:30 AM
Each bookstore that participated in the WEBINAR is receiving an extra FREE box of 100 copies of the 2009 MBA Catalog.
In this innovate MBA Catalog Webinar, we talked about this year’s MBA Catalog program, what’s new, what’s different and why we’re making changes. Our webinar was facilitated by MBA Executive Director Susan Walker, MBA President Sarah Bagby, and former MBA Vice President Lisa Baudoin. THANK YOU for contributing your ideas and questions to the live discussion.
Go to the Bookseller Catalog Information page for a PDF of the slides and notes from the Webinar.
The MBA Catalog provides vital holiday/winter season advertising and promotion support for your store. It’s a marketing TOOL that will help you SELL MORE BOOKS. Use it pro-actively and creatively to enhance your store’s strengths in customer service, hand-selling, merchandising, promotion, community involvement, special events, and more – everything that makes your store a special place to buy books. It will work hard and successfully for you!
In this innovate MBA Catalog webinar, we’ll talk about this year’s MBA Catalog program, what’s new, what’s different and why we’re making changes. And YOU can contribute your ideas and questions to the live discussion.
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GOOD NEWS! Publishers — Our advertising rates for 2009 are the same as for 2008 — no increases! Plus we are offering a discounted rate for backlist titles, and special deeply discounted rates for banner ads on the MBA website and on our weekly Heartland Indie Bestseller List e-mails.
2009 MBA Catalog participation information for publishers is available now. All participation forms and materials are posted on the Publisher Catalog Information page. MBA is notifying publishers by e-mail that these materials are online.
Take a look at these 2008 kudos from MBA booksellers, just in case you need extra convincing that the MBA Catalog SELLS BOOKS –
“Not only were sales WAY up this year, but this has been my BEST holiday season in the 8 years I have been in business! MBA Catalog sales are up. In addition, because of what they saw in the MBA Catalog, I sold other related titles. I think it is important to note this because the catalog sales actually transcend the catalog’s own content.”
– Angela Grafstrom, Inspiration Hollow, Roseau, MN”We’ve had more people bring in the MBA Catalog wanting specific books than ever before. In addition, Midwest Connections highlights books that we probably wouldn’t sell without the help of that program.”
– Carla Ketner, Chapters Books & Gifts, Seward, NE“The MBA Catalog was a BIG hit!!! Sales were 130% UP for us for December. No, that is not a misprint. Yes, I’m excited. Yes, I believe the AGGRESSIVE catalog/marketing combo helped TREMENDOUSLY. My staff are really excited about the catalog as a marketing tool.”
– Miah Shull Olmsted, Back to Books, Hudson, WIOur Christmas season was UP from 2007 and 2006! Surprise, surprise! We had fantastic response from the MBA catalog. I also felt people were conscious of supporting the local merchants and going out of their way to purchase from us.”
– Leslie Hakala, Best of Times Bookstore, Red Wing, MN”Sales were up 19%. Our new location continues to yield increases. Catalog titles were a hit this year. Our display was heavily shopped.”
– Chris Livingston, The Book Shelf, Winona, MN
2008 MBA Catalog
Please go to the 2008 MBA Catalog page for an overview of last year’s program.
2009 MBA Catalog participation information for publishers is available now. All participation forms and materials are posted on the Publisher Catalog Information page. MBA is notifying publishers by e-mail that these materials are online.
