Welcome to the Bookseller Resources Page
Here, you will find a selection of helpful resources to help you take part in Independent Booksellers Week and run your own events. New resources for IBW 2012 will be added all the time, including information to help booksellers organize events around National Reading Group Day on Saturday 30th June.
To take part, first please register with us. Registration for BA Members is free and you’ll receive a free Point-of-Sale kit, access to resources and PR support. Click IBW Bookseller Registration 2012to download the registration form, or email Sharon.
You can download a IBW Guide 2012 to organizing events here.
Point of sale kits will be sent to all registered bookshops, dispatched on our behalf by Gardners. A new POS kit is being designed for IBW 2012 and all the POS items will be available on the site shortly.
We will be sending out regular IBW Bulletins from now on, and all Bulletins will be listed here:
Bookseller Bulletin 1 – Hodder Gold
Bookseller Bulletin 3 – Julian Barnes – A Life With Books – Random
Bookseller Bulletin 4 – Hodder Authors
IBW Book Award 2012 Voting Survey
Bookseller Bulletin 5 – Bookshop Band
Bookseller Bulletin 6 – Palgrave Macmillan Authors
IBW Bulletin- Collectibles – Macmillan Children’s
Bookseller Bulletin 7 – Independent Alliance Authors
Bookseller Bulletin 8- Headline Authors
Bookseller Bulletin 10 – NRGD Chris Cleave Competition
Bookseller Bulletin 11- Macmiillan Authors
Bookseller Bulletin 12 – Fiction Uncovered
Bookseller Bulletin 13 – Hodder Discount Offer
Bookseller Bulletin 14 – HarperCollins Authors
Bookseller Bulletin 15 – BRF Authors
Bookseller Bulletin 16 – Resources Online
Bookseller Bulletin 17 – Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops
We will also shortly have an IBW 2012 QUIZ for booksellers to download and use for IBW Quiz Nights. Watch this space!
We also have guides to Twitter and Facebook for those new to social media who are keen to get started to help promote their IBW activity – you can download them here:
Twitter – IBF Practical Guide to Twitter
IBF Practical Guide to Facebook
We have also updated our Local Press Contacts Lists and these lists are up to date for 2012.
Media List IBW Northern Ireland
And, again from last year (there will be an updated 2012 version!), we have a Book Lover’s Competition, which you can print out and use in-store during IBW. Also NBTs prizes for this, as well as an opportunity for a return visit to the shop. In the meantime, here are the versions from 2011 in case you want to see them.
Book Lover’s Quiz Adult 2011 (UK)
Book Lover’s Quiz Adult 2011 (Ireland)
Book Lover’s Quiz Children 2011 UK
Book Lover’s Quiz Children 2011 Ireland
Don’t forget to let us know what events you are planning for IBW 2012. The earlier you let us know, the better able we are to get that information back to publishers, and to post it on the website, and so onto consumers.
Forget-Me-Not Books IBW display 2009
Over the last five years, many independent booksellers have relished being part of IBW. Below are four inspiring examples of events held, which may give you an idea of the huge variety of fun events possible.
IBW Children’s Storytime event
IBW An Evening with Maureen Duffy
IBW Elmer’s Fancy Dress Tea Party
IBW Book Club Launch Evening
It’s important to tell people about the events you’re doing. IBW is supported by Midas PR, a leading public relations agency, who will be showcasing the work of Independent Booksellers Week through the national press. Please contact Penny at Midas PR with details of events your organising, so we can aim to include them in any press coverage generated. Please also let Sharon know about your events, so that we can include them here on the IBW website. You can also contact your local press with details of what you’re planning for IBW.
Above all, IBW is a great opportunity for everyone to celebrate independent booksellers. Get involved and enjoy!