Midwest Independent Booksellers

A regional nonprofit that binds independent bookstores across the upper Midwest into a community, celebrating them, training them, and championing locally owned bookselling.

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Read from public sources, Jul 2026

96named by MIB

178named by peers

Peer societies

Five societies Midwest Independent Booksellers 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

CIBA

California Independent Booksellers Alliance

A statewide alliance of independent bookstores that sustains the craft and community of bookselling through…

49 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 MIB

Every company Midwest Independent Booksellers 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	Exhibitor	ALA BISG CIBA CCSSO MLA +3
Penguin Random House	Exhibitor	AAP AASL APSA CIBA MLA +3
Springer Nature	Exhibitor	ALAO ACS AAR AAPS ALA +3
W.W. Norton	Exhibitor	AAP AAR AAG AMS APSA +3
Wiley	Exhibitor	AM AAA AAA AAFCS AAG +3
Scholastic	Exhibitor	ACVS BISG CIBA MPIBA NCTE +1
Bloomsbury Academic	Exhibitor	ASA AIA CEC MESAN SAA
Arcadia Publishing	Exhibitor	CIBA HF MPIBA PNBA
Batch for Books	Exhibitor	ABA CIBA MPIBA PNBA
Hachette Book Group	Exhibitor	CIBA ITW MPIBA PNBA
Shelf Awareness	Exhibitor	ABA CIBA MPIBA PNBA
Sourcebooks	Exhibitor	CIBA MPIBA NACAC PNBA
Bookshop.org	Exhibitor	CIBA MPIBA PNBA
Chronicle Books	Exhibitor	CIBA MPIBA PNBA
CirclePOS	Exhibitor	CIBA MPIBA PNBA
Europa Editions	Exhibitor	CIBA MPIBA PNBA
Fly Paper Products	Exhibitor	CIBA MPIBA PNBA
HarperCollins Publishers	Exhibitor	CIBA MPIBA PNBA
Independent Publishers Group, IPG	Exhibitor	AAUP MPIBA PNBA
IPS	Exhibitor	ASPE ASA CF
Macmillan Publishers	Exhibitor	APSA CIBA PNBA
MerryMakers	Exhibitor	MPIBA PNBA TA
Phaidon & Monacelli	Exhibitor	CIBA PNBA SI
Simon & Schuster	Exhibitor	CIBA MPIBA PNBA
Above the Treeline	Exhibitor	ABA MPIBA
AdventureKEEN	Exhibitor	CIBA PNBA
Andrews McMeel Publishing	Exhibitor	CIBA MPIBA
Barefoot Books	Exhibitor	MPIBA PNBA
Basil Bookseller Software	Exhibitor	MPIBA PNBA
Bridge Publications, Inc.	Exhibitor	MPIBA PNBA
Cottage Door Press	Exhibitor	MPIBA TA
Galaxy Press	Exhibitor	MPIBA PNBA
HarperCollins Focus	Exhibitor	MPIBA PNBA
IF USA	Exhibitor	MPIBA PNBA
Kensington Publishing Corp	Exhibitor	MPIBA PNBA
Other Press	Exhibitor	CIBA MPIBA
Red Wheel Weiser	Exhibitor	CIBA MPIBA
Sibylline Press	Exhibitor	CIBA PNBA
The Collective Book Studio	Exhibitor	CIBA MPIBA
Walker Books Group	Exhibitor	MPIBA PNBA
Belt Publishing	Exhibitor	AWWP
Candlewick	Exhibitor	MPIBA
Coach House Books	Exhibitor	AWWP
Consortium Book Sales & Distribution	Exhibitor	PNBA
Eerdmans	Exhibitor	PNBA
Happy Camper LLC	Exhibitor	PNBA
Holiday House	Exhibitor	MPIBA
Indigo Maiden	Exhibitor	ABA
Lakeside Book Company	Exhibitor	MPIBA
Lit Circle	Exhibitor	MPIBA
Merriam-Webster	Exhibitor	PNBA
Moleskine	Exhibitor	MPIBA
Morgan Swank Studio	Exhibitor	ABA
Paperblanks	Exhibitor	MPIBA
Peachtree	Exhibitor	MPIBA
Pushkin Press	Exhibitor	CIBA
SCB Distributors	Exhibitor	PNBA
Sleeping Bear Press	Exhibitor	MPIBA
Abraham Associates	Exhibitor	Only Midwest Independent Booksellers, so far
Abrams	Exhibitor	Only Midwest Independent Booksellers, so far
Actar Publishers	Exhibitor	Only Midwest Independent Booksellers, so far
Baker Publishing Group	Exhibitor	Only Midwest Independent Booksellers, so far
Booksnarx	Exhibitor	Only Midwest Independent Booksellers, so far
Brenda Olson Art / Blueberry Road Cards	Exhibitor	Only Midwest Independent Booksellers, so far
Chelsea Green Publishing	Exhibitor	Only Midwest Independent Booksellers, so far
Cursor	Exhibitor	Only Midwest Independent Booksellers, so far
Faber & Faber	Exhibitor	Only Midwest Independent Booksellers, so far
Fox Chapel Publishing	Exhibitor	Only Midwest Independent Booksellers, so far
Franklin Fixtures	Exhibitor	Only Midwest Independent Booksellers, so far
Fresco Eyewear	Exhibitor	Only Midwest Independent Booksellers, so far
Fujii Associates	Exhibitor	Only Midwest Independent Booksellers, so far
Graywolf Press (sharing with Grove Atlantic)	Exhibitor	Only Midwest Independent Booksellers, so far
Grey Street Paper	Exhibitor	Only Midwest Independent Booksellers, so far
HarperCollins Christian Publishing	Exhibitor	Only Midwest Independent Booksellers, so far
Insight Editions	Exhibitor	Only Midwest Independent Booksellers, so far
Lerner Publishing Group	Exhibitor	Only Midwest Independent Booksellers, so far
Levine Querido	Exhibitor	Only Midwest Independent Booksellers, so far
Little Creek Press	Exhibitor	Only Midwest Independent Booksellers, so far
Llewellyn Worldwide	Exhibitor	Only Midwest Independent Booksellers, so far
Lost Kite Editions	Exhibitor	Only Midwest Independent Booksellers, so far
Master Wings Publishing	Exhibitor	Only Midwest Independent Booksellers, so far
Monacelli	Exhibitor	Only Midwest Independent Booksellers, so far
New Harbinger	Exhibitor	Only Midwest Independent Booksellers, so far
New World Library	Exhibitor	Only Midwest Independent Booksellers, so far
Pluto Press	Exhibitor	Only Midwest Independent Booksellers, so far
Quarto Group	Exhibitor	Only Midwest Independent Booksellers, so far
Schiffer	Exhibitor	Only Midwest Independent Booksellers, so far
Shelter Harbor Press	Exhibitor	Only Midwest Independent Booksellers, so far
Stable Book Group	Exhibitor	Only Midwest Independent Booksellers, so far
Taco Cat Books	Exhibitor	Only Midwest Independent Booksellers, so far
Tyndale House Publishers	Exhibitor	Only Midwest Independent Booksellers, so far
Unemployed Philosophers Guild	Exhibitor	Only Midwest Independent Booksellers, so far
Venture Imports	Exhibitor	Only Midwest Independent Booksellers, so far
Watkins Publishing	Exhibitor	Only Midwest Independent Booksellers, so far
Wooden Books	Exhibitor	Only Midwest Independent Booksellers, so far
Wybel Marketing Group	Exhibitor	Only Midwest Independent Booksellers, so far

Sources: 1 published list, read September 2026

Heartland Fall Forum 2026 exhibitor table locations. Read September 27, 2026. Trade show exhibitors at Heartland Fall Forum 2026 (MIBA's fall trade show, held with GLIBA). Rep-group sublistings deduplicated; university presses, historical society presses and nonprofits excluded.

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Who backs Midwest Independent Booksellers's peers, but not Midwest Independent Booksellers

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

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Company	MPIBA	CIBA	PNBA	NEIBA	ABA	Peers
Libro.fm	Named	Show Sponsor	Named		Named	4 of 5
ABRAMS Books	Named	Named	Named			3 of 5
Chickman Associates	Named	Named	Named			3 of 5
Covered	Named	Show Sponsor	Named			3 of 5
Faherty & Associates	Named	Named	Named			3 of 5
Imprint Group	Named	Named	Named			3 of 5
Blackstone Publishing	Named		Named			2 of 5
Capstone	Named		Named			2 of 5
Creative Kind	Named				Named	2 of 5
Edelweiss/OmniBus	Named	Show Sponsor				2 of 5
GhostBuyers	Named				Named	2 of 5
HarperCollins			Named	Named		2 of 5
HarperCollins Christian	Named		Named			2 of 5
Ingram			Named	Named		2 of 5
Karel/Dutton Group		Named	Named			2 of 5
Kumon	Named		Named			2 of 5
Library Cat Designs		Named	Named			2 of 5
Lynn-oleum		Named	Named			2 of 5
Mighty Bright	Named		Named			2 of 5
Orca Book Publishers	Named		Named			2 of 5
publishers-weekly			Named		Named	2 of 5
Socksmith	Named		Named			2 of 5
The Lab Press		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
AbstractbyRabrams					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
Bar Charts	Named					1 of 5
Basil Software		Named				1 of 5
Beaming & Broadleaf Books, 85-87	Named					1 of 5
Biblio					Named	1 of 5
Bibliotrak	Named					1 of 5
Bindery Books			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
Celerant	Named					1 of 5
Chesapeake Press		Named				1 of 5
ChicoBag Company					Named	1 of 5
Cider Mill			Named			1 of 5
Cider Mill Press	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
Courtney Beyer Design		Named				1 of 5
Craig Gilbert Sales	Named					1 of 5
Crane Creek	Named					1 of 5
Crowdcast					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
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
Gallagher (formerly LIG)					Named	1 of 5
Generous Press			Named			1 of 5
Gibbs Smith		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
Greg Daniels Fine Art	Named					1 of 5
GTM Payroll Services					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
JPT America, Inc.		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, 85-87	Named					1 of 5
Librarian’s Candle Co			Named			1 of 5
Little Green			Named			1 of 5
LittlePuss Press			Named			1 of 5
Llewellyn			Named			1 of 5
Llewellyn, 85-87	Named					1 of 5
Macmillan	Named					1 of 5
Magnetic Poetry	Named					1 of 5
Medicine Wheel Publishing			Named			1 of 5
Michael Roger	Named					1 of 5
Moleskin			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
Noble Paperie		Named				1 of 5
ONCE UPON A DANCE®			Named			1 of 5
Page Anchor					Named	1 of 5
Paper Moth Studio		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
Point of Light Publishing	Named					1 of 5
Pomegranate	Named					1 of 5
Professional Booksellers School		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 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
Rock Scissor Paper		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 Publishing	Named					1 of 5
Semi Sweet Press			Named			1 of 5
Shambhala Publications	Named					1 of 5
Shiraki Press			Named			1 of 5
Sleeping Bear			Named			1 of 5
Socksmith Design		Named				1 of 5
Square					Named	1 of 5
Stacy Hsu Design & Illustration			Named			1 of 5
Stonehenge Designs			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
Third State Books		Named				1 of 5
TOKYOPOP		Named				1 of 5
Tropetails					Named	1 of 5
Turn-of-the-Centuries			Named			1 of 5
two hermanas		Named				1 of 5
W.G. Ellerkamp					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
ZingTrain					Named	1 of 5

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The outside view

A regional nonprofit that binds independent bookstores across the upper Midwest into a community, celebrating them, training them, and championing locally owned bookselling.

Consensus
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Inward
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Their shape

The Village

Where everyone is known by name.

The Village is built on belonging, where everyone knows everyone and relationships are the point. Its gift is loyalty and warmth, its challenge is scaling beyond the intimacy that makes it work.

Also reads toward The Guild and The Movement.

Strengths

→Tight community and genuine belonging.

→Decisions feel shared and fair.

→Members show up, for each other and the work.

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