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Thank you to the publishers and booksellers who joined us for this event! We had a great time chatting, making connections, and winning prizes....

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We're delighted to be pairing with Microcosm Publishing and all of the regional independent bookseller associations to promote Danny Caine's newest...

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Last month, I celebrated my 10-year anniversary as the director of the Midwest Independent Booksellers Association. Ten years ago, I didn’t...

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As we head into 2021, we invite you to celebrate our 40th anniversary with us throughout the year. We'll look back on our history and reflect on...

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Moon Palace owners Angela and Jamie Schwesnedl with their daughter Roxie in Geek Love Cafe At our annual membership meeting on October 26,...

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We’re celebrating the transformative power of independent booksellers by granting the Midwest Bookseller of the Year award to a pair of booksellers...

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This year, we're honored to give the Bookseller of the Year award to Danny Caine, owner of The Raven Book Store in Lawrence, Kansas.

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We're honored to grant the award to Judith Kissner, founder, owner, and bookseller at Scout & Morgan Books in Cambridge, Minnesota.

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To David Streitfeld, upon reading his article “Bookstore Chains, Long in Decline, Are Undergoing a Final Shakeout” in the technology...

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Book World, a regional, family-run chain of bookstores founded in 1976, is closing all 45 of its locations. But the fate of Book World is not the...

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MIBA's Executive Director Carrie Obry wrote to President Obama after a site visit to Amazon, in which he lauded the company as an example of...

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