The Indie Bookstore Day 2024 Exclusives Catalog** is now live!

We are thrilled with the final catalog of exclusives for you to choose from! This year, our exclusives proudly feature authors and contributors who are Vietnamese American, LGBTQIA+, Nigerian American, and more, as well as items to help you get out the vote and fight book bans. It is our goal every year to include more diverse offerings and we continue to work with publishers on their exclusive submissions.

*To accommodate booksellers attending the Heartland Fall Forum through October 20, we decided to move the Order Form opening date to Monday, October 23 at 1:00 pm ET.

**A downloadable PDF of the catalog is also available.

How To Order On October 23 at 1:00 pm ET:

• You must be a logged-in ABA member to access the form. If you do not know your login credentials please email us at [email protected]. 
• An Ingram Ship To Account number is required. Set up an account at Ingram Onboarding.
• Be sure to provide the shipping address (it may be different from the billing address).
• If your store is in multiple locations, you must fill out a form for each store location (unless all ordered items can go to the main account’s location) or RDC.
• You must purchase a minimum of 20 paid items (individually or bulk packaged — bulk packaged items count as 1) in order to receive free shipping and the freebies like bookmarks, activity kits, and stickers. If you select less than 20 paid items, you will not be able to order the freebies and will pay the $6 flat shipping fee. Free items, Blackwing Pencils and T-shirts do not count towards the 20-item minimum.
• Due to supply chain issues we will not be changing orders after the closing date of November 13. 
• Independent Bookstore Day is open to those who are members of ABA, as well as their regional booksellers association.

Check out the Indie Bookstore Day BookWeb page for additional details like our FAQs.

Key Dates to Know:

• (Today!) October 13, 2023: The Independent Bookstore Day 2024 catalog goes live for preview.
  
• New: 1:00 pm ET, October 23, 2023: Indie Bookstore Day 2024 Order and Participation Form goes live through the Member Dashboard
• New: November 13, 2023: Indie Bookstore Day 2024 Exclusives Order Form closes
• March 31, 2024: General Participation Form closes
• April 5, 2024: Indie Bookstore Day Searchable Map goes live on IndieBound
• Early- to mid-April: All exclusives ship to bookstores
• April 22–26, 2024: Indie Bookstore Day Spirit Week
• April 27, 2024, the last Saturday in April: Independent Bookstore Day

How to Participate:

There are two ways to participate in Independent Bookstore Day*:

• To purchase the exclusives and be included on the searchable map, sign-ups are open October 23–November 13, 2023. You must purchase a minimum of 20 items (individually or bulk packaged — a bulk packaged item counts as one) in order to receive the freebies like bookmarks and stickers. Free items, Blackwing pencils and T-shirts do not count towards the 20-item minimum.
• To only be included on the searchable map without any purchases, sign-ups are open October 23, 2023–March 31, 2024.

*ABA is often contacted by media outlets to partner on Independent Bookstore Day coverage. We focus on sharing participating bookstores that will feature the exclusive items. 

Stay tuned for future updates via our newsletters, offering marketing assets, party planning tips, how to display and market your exclusives, and much more. 

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Questions? Contact Courtney Wallace, Independent Bookstore Day Program Director at [email protected].