Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association

A regional nonprofit association that supports, educates, and promotes independent bookstores across fourteen western and midwestern states while celebrating the literature of the region.

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Read from public sources, Jul 2026

112named by MPIBA

162named by peers

Peer societies

Five societies Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association is read alongside.

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

CIBA

California Independent Booksellers Alliance

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

49 companies named

ABA

American Booksellers Association

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

48 companies named

Who backs MPIBA

Every company Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association 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
W.W. Norton & Company	Exhibitor	AAP AAR AAG AMS APSA +3
Wiley	Exhibitor	AM AAA AAA AAFCS AAG +3
Scholastic, Inc.	Exhibitor	ACVS BISG CIBA MIB NCTE +1
Arcadia Publishing	Exhibitor	CIBA HF MIB PNBA
Batch for Books	Exhibitor	ABA CIBA MIB PNBA
Blackstone Publishing	Exhibitor	MLA MLA PNBA VLA
Hachette Book Group	Exhibitor	CIBA ITW MIB PNBA
Libro.fm	Exhibitor	ABA APA CIBA PNBA
Shelf Awareness	Exhibitor	ABA CIBA MIB PNBA
Sourcebooks	Exhibitor	CIBA MIB NACAC PNBA
Bookshop.org	Exhibitor	CIBA MIB PNBA
Capstone	Exhibitor	AASL MLA PNBA
Chronicle Books	Exhibitor	CIBA MIB PNBA
CirclePOS	Exhibitor	CIBA MIB PNBA
Europa Editions	Exhibitor	CIBA MIB PNBA
Fly Paper Products	Exhibitor	CIBA MIB PNBA
HarperCollins Publishers	Exhibitor	CIBA MIB PNBA
Independent Publishers Group (IPG)	Exhibitor	AAUP MIB PNBA
MerryMakers	Exhibitor	MIB PNBA TA
Simon & Schuster	Exhibitor	CIBA MIB PNBA
Above the Treeline	Exhibitor	ABA MIB
ABRAMS Books	Exhibitor	CIBA PNBA
Andrews McMeel Publishing	Exhibitor	CIBA MIB
Barefoot Books	Exhibitor	MIB PNBA
Basil Bookseller Software	Exhibitor	MIB PNBA
Bridge Publications	Exhibitor	MIB PNBA
Celerant	Exhibitor	NBDA NSSF
Chickman Associates	Exhibitor	CIBA PNBA
Cottage Door Press	Exhibitor	MIB TA
Covered	Exhibitor	CIBA PNBA
Faherty & Associates	Exhibitor	CIBA PNBA
Galaxy Press	Exhibitor	MIB PNBA
HarperCollins Focus	Exhibitor	MIB PNBA
IF USA	Exhibitor	MIB PNBA
Imprint Group	Exhibitor	CIBA PNBA
Kensington Publishing	Exhibitor	MIB PNBA
Other Press	Exhibitor	CIBA MIB
Red Wheel Weiser	Exhibitor	CIBA MIB
The Collective Book Studio	Exhibitor	CIBA MIB
Walker Books Group	Exhibitor	MIB PNBA
Candlewick	Exhibitor	MIB
Creative Kind	Exhibitor	ABA
EDC Publishing	Exhibitor	TA
Edelweiss/OmniBus	Exhibitor	CIBA
GhostBuyers	Exhibitor	ABA
HarperCollins Christian	Exhibitor	PNBA
Holiday House	Exhibitor	MIB
Kumon	Exhibitor	PNBA
Lakeside Book Company	Exhibitor	MIB
Lit Circle	Exhibitor	MIB
Mighty Bright	Exhibitor	PNBA
Moleskine	Exhibitor	MIB
Orca Book Publishers	Exhibitor	PNBA
Paperblanks	Exhibitor	MIB
Peachtree	Exhibitor	MIB
Project Genius	Exhibitor	TA
Schiffer Publishing	Exhibitor	SMH
Shambhala Publications	Exhibitor	AAR
Sleeping Bear Press	Exhibitor	MIB
Socksmith	Exhibitor	PNBA
The Stable Group	Exhibitor	PNBA
Two Rivers	Exhibitor	PNBA
Withfriends	Exhibitor	ABA
Artgame	Exhibitor	Only Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association, so far
Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 85-87	Exhibitor	Only Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association, so far
Bar Charts	Exhibitor	Only Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association, so far
Beaming & Broadleaf Books, 85-87	Exhibitor	Only Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association, so far
Bibliotrak	Exhibitor	Only Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association, so far
Cider Mill Press	Exhibitor	Only Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association, so far
Collier Publishing	Exhibitor	Only Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association, so far
Consortium, 85-87	Exhibitor	Only Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association, so far
Craig Gilbert Sales	Exhibitor	Only Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association, so far
Crane Creek	Exhibitor	Only Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association, so far
Designs with Jamie	Exhibitor	Only Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association, so far
Earthbound Journal	Exhibitor	Only Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association, so far
Exaclair	Exhibitor	Only Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association, so far
Familius	Exhibitor	Only Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association, so far
Firefly Books	Exhibitor	Only Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association, so far
Gibbs Smith Publisher	Exhibitor	Only Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association, so far
Globe Pequot Publishing	Exhibitor	Only Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association, so far
Greg Daniels Fine Art	Exhibitor	Only Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association, so far
HarperCollins Muse	Exhibitor	Only Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association, so far
Ice Cube Press	Exhibitor	Only Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association, so far
imrchnt	Exhibitor	Only Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association, so far
Ingram Academic	Exhibitor	Only Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association, so far
Inner Traditions, 85-87	Exhibitor	Only Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association, so far
Karel/Dutton Group, 85-87	Exhibitor	Only Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association, so far
LAVELY Socks	Exhibitor	Only Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association, so far
Left Field Publishing	Exhibitor	Only Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association, so far
Lerner Publishing, 85-87	Exhibitor	Only Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association, so far
Llewellyn, 85-87	Exhibitor	Only Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association, so far
Macmillan	Exhibitor	Only Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association, so far
Magnetic Poetry	Exhibitor	Only Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association, so far
Michael Roger	Exhibitor	Only Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association, so far
Morgan Tyler Botanicals	Exhibitor	Only Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association, so far
Mountaineers Books, 85-87	Exhibitor	Only Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association, so far
Phaidon Press	Exhibitor	Only Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association, so far
Point of Light Publishing	Exhibitor	Only Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association, so far
Pomegranate	Exhibitor	Only Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association, so far
Pubeasy	Exhibitor	Only Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association, so far
Pubnet	Exhibitor	Only Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association, so far
Pushkin	Exhibitor	Only Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association, so far
Quarto Publishing	Exhibitor	Only Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association, so far
Reycraft Publishing	Exhibitor	Only Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association, so far
Sacred Bee	Exhibitor	Only Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association, so far
SCB Distributors, 85-87	Exhibitor	Only Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association, so far
That's So Andrew	Exhibitor	Only Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association, so far
White Mountain Puzzle	Exhibitor	Only Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association, so far
Willow Creek Press	Exhibitor	Only Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association, so far
WithIT	Exhibitor	Only Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association, so far

Sources: 1 published list, read September 2026

FallCon 2026 exhibitors and sponsors. Read September 27, 2026. FallCon 2026 exhibitor directory plus two event sponsors named in the schedule (shuttle, mixer). Nonprofits, associations, university presses and an individual author omitted. Publisher/vendor directory is member-restricted and was not read.

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Who backs Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association's peers, but not Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association

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

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Company	MIB	PNBA	NEIBA	CIBA	ABA	Peers
AdventureKEEN	Named	Named		Named		3 of 5
Macmillan Publishers	Named	Named		Named		3 of 5
Phaidon & Monacelli	Named	Named		Named		3 of 5
Sibylline Press	Named	Named		Named		3 of 5
Consortium Book Sales & Distribution	Named	Named				2 of 5
Eerdmans	Named	Named				2 of 5
Happy Camper LLC	Named	Named				2 of 5
HarperCollins		Named	Named			2 of 5
Indigo Maiden	Named				Named	2 of 5
Ingram		Named	Named			2 of 5
Karel /Dutton Group		Named		Named		2 of 5
Library Cat Designs		Named		Named		2 of 5
Lynn-oleum		Named		Named		2 of 5
Merriam-Webster	Named	Named				2 of 5
Morgan Swank Studio	Named				Named	2 of 5
publishers-weekly		Named			Named	2 of 5
Pushkin Press	Named			Named		2 of 5
SCB Distributors	Named	Named				2 of 5
The Lab Press		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
Augsburg		Named				1 of 5
Baker Publishing Group	Named					1 of 5
Basil Software				Named		1 of 5
Belt Publishing	Named					1 of 5
Biblio					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
Chelsea Green Publishing	Named					1 of 5
Chesapeake Press				Named		1 of 5
ChicoBag Company					Named	1 of 5
Cider Mill		Named				1 of 5
Coach House Books	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
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
Dover Publications		Named				1 of 5
EDC		Named				1 of 5
Edelweiss by Above the Treeline		Named				1 of 5
Eventbrite					Named	1 of 5
eye write it		Named				1 of 5
Faber & Faber	Named					1 of 5
Fine Moments					Named	1 of 5
Firefly		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				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
Grey Street Paper	Named					1 of 5
GTM Payroll Services					Named	1 of 5
HarperCollins Christian Publishing	Named					1 of 5
Hazy Dell Press		Named				1 of 5
Hello Junco		Named				1 of 5
Idyll Arbor		Named				1 of 5
Indie Beacon Book Light					Named	1 of 5
Inner Traditions		Named				1 of 5
Insight Editions	Named					1 of 5
IPS	Named					1 of 5
JPT America, Inc.				Named		1 of 5
Keller Design Co		Named				1 of 5
Kobo					Named	1 of 5
Lakeside		Named				1 of 5
Lerner		Named				1 of 5
Lerner Publishing Group	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
Lost Kite Editions	Named					1 of 5
Master Wings Publishing	Named					1 of 5
Medicine Wheel Publishing		Named				1 of 5
Moleskin		Named				1 of 5
Monacelli	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
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
Pixel + Ink Creative					Named	1 of 5
Pluto Press	Named					1 of 5
Professional Booksellers School				Named		1 of 5
Publishers Group West		Named				1 of 5
Punchkins					Named	1 of 5
Quarto		Named				1 of 5
Quarto Group	Named					1 of 5
QuickBooks					Named	1 of 5
R.I.S.E Cards					Named	1 of 5
Reycraft		Named				1 of 5
RISEWITHUS					Named	1 of 5
Rock Scissor Paper				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
Schifer		Named				1 of 5
Schiffer	Named					1 of 5
Semi Sweet Press		Named				1 of 5
Shelter Harbor Press	Named					1 of 5
Shiraki Press		Named				1 of 5
Sleeping Bear		Named				1 of 5
Socksmith Design				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 - 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
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
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 regional nonprofit association that supports, educates, and promotes independent bookstores across fourteen western and midwestern states while celebrating the literature of the region.

Consensus
Build
Inward
Operational

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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