Welcome to MIBA
We are a nonprofit trade association that supports and celebrates locally owned and operated independent bookstores and booksellers throughout a 9+ state portion of the Midwest (Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Michigan's Upper Peninsula). We work directly with booksellers and the people who do business with them: publishers, wholesalers, distributors, sales reps, and others allied to the book industry.
Member Spotlight
WanderLust Mobile Bookstore is a romance-only, women-owned indie bookstore on wheels serving all lovers of love!
Our mission is to bring inclusive, joyful, and love-filled stories directly to the community. We center on romance novels—a genre too often dismissed as frivolous or less worthy—because we believe stories about love, pleasure, identity, and empowerment matter deeply. This isn’t just a bookstore on wheels—it’s a mobile movement for connection, visibility, and unapologetic joy.
Meet Our Board of Directors
