California Independent Booksellers Alliance

A statewide alliance of independent bookstores that sustains the craft and community of bookselling through catalogs, awards, education and shared advocacy.

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Read from public sources, Jul 2026

49named by CIBA

225named by peers

Peer societies

Five societies California Independent Booksellers Alliance is read alongside.

MPIBA

Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association

A regional nonprofit association that supports, educates, and promotes independent bookstores across fourteen…

112 companies named

MIB

Midwest Independent Booksellers

A regional nonprofit that binds independent bookstores across the upper Midwest into a community, celebrating…

96 companies named

PNBA

Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association

A regional association encouraging the success of independent booksellers across five Northwest states…

107 companies named

NEIBA

New England Independent Booksellers Association

A trade community of independent bookstores across New England and New York, fostering a vital and supportive…

2 companies named

ABA

American Booksellers Association

The national trade association of independent bookstores, helping indie shops thrive through education…

48 companies named

Who backs CIBA

Every company California Independent Booksellers Alliance names publicly as a supporter, exactly as published. Companies also named by other associations on Sociogene come first.

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Company	Support as published	Also named by
Ingram Content Group	Meeting sponsor	ALA BISG CCSSO MLA MIB +3
Penguin Random House	Meeting sponsor	AAP AASL APSA MLA MHA +3
W.W. Norton & Company	Exhibitor	AAP AAR AAG AMS APSA +3
Scholastic	Exhibitor	ACVS BISG MIB MPIBA NCTE +1
Arcadia Publishing	Exhibitor	HF MIB MPIBA PNBA
Batch for Books	Exhibitor	ABA MIB MPIBA PNBA
Hachette Book Group	Exhibitor	ITW MIB MPIBA PNBA
Libro.fm	Meeting sponsor	ABA APA MPIBA PNBA
Shelf Awareness	Exhibitor	ABA MIB MPIBA PNBA
Sourcebooks Inc.	Meeting sponsor	MIB MPIBA NACAC PNBA
Bookshop.org	Exhibitor	MIB MPIBA PNBA
Chronicle Books	Exhibitor	MIB MPIBA PNBA
CirclePOS	Exhibitor	MIB MPIBA PNBA
Europa Editions / Other Press	Exhibitor	MIB MPIBA PNBA
Fly Paper Products	Exhibitor	MIB MPIBA PNBA
HarperCollins Publishers	Meeting sponsor	MIB MPIBA PNBA
Macmillan Publishers	Exhibitor	APSA MIB PNBA
Phaidon	Exhibitor	MIB PNBA SI
Simon & Schuster	Exhibitor	MIB MPIBA PNBA
Abrams Books	Exhibitor	MPIBA PNBA
AdventureKEEN	Exhibitor	MIB PNBA
Andrews McMeel Publishing	Exhibitor	MIB MPIBA
Chickman Associates	Exhibitor	MPIBA PNBA
Covered	Meeting sponsor	MPIBA PNBA
Europa Editions / Other Press	Exhibitor	MIB MPIBA
Faherty & Associates / Continental Sales	Exhibitor	MPIBA PNBA
Imprint Group	Exhibitor	MPIBA PNBA
Red Wheel Weiser / Rutgers University Press	Exhibitor	MIB MPIBA
Sibylline Press	Exhibitor	MIB PNBA
The Collective Book Studio	Exhibitor	MIB MPIBA
Edelweiss	Meeting sponsor	MPIBA
JPT America, Inc.	Exhibitor	ACOTF
Karel/Dutton Group	Exhibitor	PNBA
Library Cat Designs	Exhibitor	PNBA
Lynn-oleum	Exhibitor	PNBA
Pushkin Press	Exhibitor	MIB
The Lab Press	Exhibitor	PNBA
Basil Software	Exhibitor	Only California Independent Booksellers Alliance, so far
Chesapeake Press	Exhibitor	Only California Independent Booksellers Alliance, so far
Courtney Beyer Design	Exhibitor	Only California Independent Booksellers Alliance, so far
Gibbs Smith	Exhibitor	Only California Independent Booksellers Alliance, so far
Noble Paperie	Exhibitor	Only California Independent Booksellers Alliance, so far
Paper Moth Studio	Exhibitor	Only California Independent Booksellers Alliance, so far
Professional Booksellers School	Exhibitor	Only California Independent Booksellers Alliance, so far
Rock Scissor Paper	Exhibitor	Only California Independent Booksellers Alliance, so far
Socksmith Design	Exhibitor	Only California Independent Booksellers Alliance, so far
Third State Books	Exhibitor	Only California Independent Booksellers Alliance, so far
TOKYOPOP	Exhibitor	Only California Independent Booksellers Alliance, so far
two hermanas	Exhibitor	Only California Independent Booksellers Alliance, so far

Sources: 1 published list, read September 2026

Fall Fest 2026 Exhibit Hall exhibitors. Read September 27, 2026. Fall Fest 2026 exhibitors; entries marked *Show Sponsor* recorded as meeting sponsors. University presses, associations and nonprofits omitted.

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Who backs California Independent Booksellers Alliance's peers, but not California Independent Booksellers Alliance

Companies named publicly by at least one of California Independent Booksellers Alliance's five peer societies, and not found in California Independent Booksellers Alliance's reviewed public records.

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Company	MPIBA	MIB	PNBA	NEIBA	ABA	Peers
Above the Treeline	Named	Named			Named	3 of 5
Barefoot Books	Named	Named	Named			3 of 5
Basil Bookseller Software	Named	Named	Named			3 of 5
Bridge Publications	Named	Named	Named			3 of 5
Galaxy Press	Named	Named	Named			3 of 5
HarperCollins Focus	Named	Named	Named			3 of 5
IF USA	Named	Named	Named			3 of 5
Independent Publishers Group (IPG)	Named	Named	Named			3 of 5
Kensington Publishing	Named	Named	Named			3 of 5
MerryMakers	Named	Named	Named			3 of 5
Walker Books Group	Named	Named	Named			3 of 5
Wiley	Named	Named	Named			3 of 5
Blackstone Publishing	Named		Named			2 of 5
Candlewick	Named	Named				2 of 5
Capstone	Named		Named			2 of 5
Consortium Book Sales & Distribution		Named	Named			2 of 5
Cottage Door Press	Named	Named				2 of 5
Creative Kind	Named				Named	2 of 5
Eerdmans		Named	Named			2 of 5
GhostBuyers	Named				Named	2 of 5
Happy Camper LLC		Named	Named			2 of 5
HarperCollins			Named	Named		2 of 5
HarperCollins Christian	Named		Named			2 of 5
Holiday House	Named	Named				2 of 5
Indigo Maiden		Named			Named	2 of 5
Ingram			Named	Named		2 of 5
Kumon	Named		Named			2 of 5
Lakeside Book Company	Named	Named				2 of 5
Lit Circle	Named	Named				2 of 5
Merriam-Webster		Named	Named			2 of 5
Mighty Bright	Named		Named			2 of 5
Moleskine	Named	Named				2 of 5
Morgan Swank Studio		Named			Named	2 of 5
Orca Book Publishers	Named		Named			2 of 5
Paperblanks	Named	Named				2 of 5
Peachtree	Named	Named				2 of 5
publishers-weekly			Named		Named	2 of 5
SCB Distributors		Named	Named			2 of 5
Sleeping Bear Press	Named	Named				2 of 5
Socksmith	Named		Named			2 of 5
The Stable Group	Named		Named			2 of 5
Two Rivers	Named		Named			2 of 5
Withfriends	Named				Named	2 of 5
2020 Vision USA					Named	1 of 5
Abraham Associates		Named				1 of 5
Abrams		Named				1 of 5
AbstractbyRabrams					Named	1 of 5
Actar Publishers		Named				1 of 5
Allport Editions			Named			1 of 5
Alshiref Design and Print LLC			Named			1 of 5
Amicreative			Named			1 of 5
Anagram Press			Named			1 of 5
Anvil Press			Named			1 of 5
Apply Stickers					Named	1 of 5
Artgame	Named					1 of 5
Augsburg			Named			1 of 5
Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 85-87	Named					1 of 5
Baker Publishing Group		Named				1 of 5
Bar Charts	Named					1 of 5
Beaming & Broadleaf Books, 85-87	Named					1 of 5
Belt Publishing		Named				1 of 5
Biblio					Named	1 of 5
Bibliotrak	Named					1 of 5
Bindery Books			Named			1 of 5
Bloomsbury Academic		Named				1 of 5
Bonfire					Named	1 of 5
Book Darts			Named			1 of 5
Booksellers Insurance Program by Coverhound					Named	1 of 5
Bookshop					Named	1 of 5
Booksnarx		Named				1 of 5
Brenda Olson Art / Blueberry Road Cards		Named				1 of 5
Celerant	Named					1 of 5
Chelsea Green Publishing		Named				1 of 5
ChicoBag Company					Named	1 of 5
Cider Mill			Named			1 of 5
Cider Mill Press	Named					1 of 5
Coach House Books		Named				1 of 5
Collier Publishing	Named					1 of 5
Consortium, 85-87	Named					1 of 5
Constant Contact Email Newsletters					Named	1 of 5
Cottage Door			Named			1 of 5
Craig Gilbert Sales	Named					1 of 5
Crane Creek	Named					1 of 5
Crowdcast					Named	1 of 5
Cursor		Named				1 of 5
CyberHoot					Named	1 of 5
Cypress House/Lost Coast Press/Dalang Publishing			Named			1 of 5
DeleteMe					Named	1 of 5
Designs with Jamie	Named					1 of 5
Dover Publications			Named			1 of 5
Earthbound Journal	Named					1 of 5
EDC			Named			1 of 5
EDC Publishing	Named					1 of 5
Edelweiss by Above the Treeline			Named			1 of 5
Eventbrite					Named	1 of 5
Exaclair	Named					1 of 5
eye write it			Named			1 of 5
Faber & Faber		Named				1 of 5
Familius	Named					1 of 5
Fine Moments					Named	1 of 5
Firefly			Named			1 of 5
Firefly Books	Named					1 of 5
Force of Nature Press			Named			1 of 5
Forest Avenue Press			Named			1 of 5
Fox Chapel Publishing		Named				1 of 5
Franklin Fixtures		Named				1 of 5
Fresco Eyewear		Named				1 of 5
Fujii Associates		Named				1 of 5
Gallagher (formerly LIG)					Named	1 of 5
Generous Press			Named			1 of 5
Gibbs Smith Publisher	Named					1 of 5
Globe Pequot Publishing	Named					1 of 5
Good Olfactory Candles			Named			1 of 5
Graphic Anthology			Named			1 of 5
Gravity Payments					Named	1 of 5
Graywolf Press (sharing with Grove Atlantic)		Named				1 of 5
Greg Daniels Fine Art	Named					1 of 5
Grey Street Paper		Named				1 of 5
GTM Payroll Services					Named	1 of 5
HarperCollins Christian Publishing		Named				1 of 5
HarperCollins Muse	Named					1 of 5
Hazy Dell Press			Named			1 of 5
Hello Junco			Named			1 of 5
Ice Cube Press	Named					1 of 5
Idyll Arbor			Named			1 of 5
imrchnt	Named					1 of 5
Indie Beacon Book Light					Named	1 of 5
Ingram Academic	Named					1 of 5
Inner Traditions			Named			1 of 5
Inner Traditions, 85-87	Named					1 of 5
Insight Editions		Named				1 of 5
IPS		Named				1 of 5
Karel/Dutton Group, 85-87	Named					1 of 5
Keller Design Co			Named			1 of 5
Kobo					Named	1 of 5
Lakeside			Named			1 of 5
LAVELY Socks	Named					1 of 5
Left Field Publishing	Named					1 of 5
Lerner			Named			1 of 5
Lerner Publishing Group		Named				1 of 5
Lerner Publishing, 85-87	Named					1 of 5
Levine Querido		Named				1 of 5
Librarian’s Candle Co			Named			1 of 5
Little Creek Press		Named				1 of 5
Little Green			Named			1 of 5
LittlePuss Press			Named			1 of 5
Llewellyn			Named			1 of 5
Llewellyn Worldwide		Named				1 of 5
Llewellyn, 85-87	Named					1 of 5
Lost Kite Editions		Named				1 of 5
Macmillan	Named					1 of 5
Magnetic Poetry	Named					1 of 5
Master Wings Publishing		Named				1 of 5
Medicine Wheel Publishing			Named			1 of 5
Michael Roger	Named					1 of 5
Moleskin			Named			1 of 5
Monacelli		Named				1 of 5
Morgan Tyler Botanicals	Named					1 of 5
Mountaineers Books, 85-87	Named					1 of 5
MVB US (Pubeasy/Pubnet)					Named	1 of 5
Nagatani Made			Named			1 of 5
NetGalley					Named	1 of 5
New Harbinger		Named				1 of 5
New World Library		Named				1 of 5
ONCE UPON A DANCE®			Named			1 of 5
Page Anchor					Named	1 of 5
PartnerShip-FedEx					Named	1 of 5
PayUSA					Named	1 of 5
Phaidon Press	Named					1 of 5
Pixel + Ink Creative					Named	1 of 5
Pluto Press		Named				1 of 5
Point of Light Publishing	Named					1 of 5
Pomegranate	Named					1 of 5
Project Genius	Named					1 of 5
Pubeasy	Named					1 of 5
Publishers Group West			Named			1 of 5
Pubnet	Named					1 of 5
Punchkins					Named	1 of 5
Pushkin	Named					1 of 5
Quarto			Named			1 of 5
Quarto Group		Named				1 of 5
Quarto Publishing	Named					1 of 5
QuickBooks					Named	1 of 5
R.I.S.E Cards					Named	1 of 5
Reycraft			Named			1 of 5
Reycraft Publishing	Named					1 of 5
RISEWITHUS					Named	1 of 5
Sacred Bee	Named					1 of 5
Sasquatch Books & Blue Star Press			Named			1 of 5
Satisfactory Printing					Named	1 of 5
Scattered Slime					Named	1 of 5
SCB Distributors, 85-87	Named					1 of 5
Schifer			Named			1 of 5
Schiffer		Named				1 of 5
Schiffer Publishing	Named					1 of 5
Semi Sweet Press			Named			1 of 5
Shambhala Publications	Named					1 of 5
Shelter Harbor Press		Named				1 of 5
Shiraki Press			Named			1 of 5
Sleeping Bear			Named			1 of 5
Springer Nature		Named				1 of 5
Square					Named	1 of 5
Stable Book Group		Named				1 of 5
Stacy Hsu Design & Illustration			Named			1 of 5
Stonehenge Designs			Named			1 of 5
Taco Cat Books		Named				1 of 5
That's So Andrew	Named					1 of 5
That's So Andrew - Snarky Stationery & Gifts			Named			1 of 5
The Bookstore Training Group of Paz & Associates					Named	1 of 5
The Collective Book Studio/Tiny Torch Books			Named			1 of 5
The Librarian's Candle Co.					Named	1 of 5
Tropetails					Named	1 of 5
Turn-of-the-Centuries			Named			1 of 5
Tyndale House Publishers		Named				1 of 5
Unemployed Philosophers Guild		Named				1 of 5
Venture Imports		Named				1 of 5
W.G. Ellerkamp					Named	1 of 5
Watkins Publishing		Named				1 of 5
White Mountain Puzzle	Named					1 of 5
Willow Creek Press	Named					1 of 5
WithIT	Named					1 of 5
Wolf & Wren Press					Named	1 of 5
Wooden Books		Named				1 of 5
Wybel Marketing Group		Named				1 of 5
ZingTrain					Named	1 of 5

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The outside view

A statewide alliance of independent bookstores that sustains the craft and community of bookselling through catalogs, awards, education and shared advocacy.

Consensus
Preserve
Inward
Operational

Their shape

The Guild

Where mastery is the price of belonging.

The Guild is the keeper of a craft and its standards, where belonging means meeting a real bar. Its gift is depth and trusted expertise, its challenge is opening up to newcomers and new ways.

Also reads toward The Village and The League.

Strengths

→Deep loyalty and a strong sense of belonging.

→Standards and credentials carry real weight.

→Expertise and trusted credential in the field.

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