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• How Booksellers can Benefit from Joining the booksellers.ca Marketplace

  • When
    27-May-2025
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    3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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  CIBA members are invited to attend a webinar about joining the booksellers.ca marketplace, the English-language counterpart to the successful leslibraires.ca platform. The webinar will explain how independent bookstores can benefit from this collaborative online marketplace that pools resources to create a competitive, cutting-edge digital platform to serve communities, encourage people to shop locally, and preserve the unique nature of independent bookstores while effectively competing with web giants.

  Leveraging two decades of proven marketplace technology and expertise, the presentation will demonstrate how booksellers.ca will give customers the added value of a one-stop shopping experience, where they can browse and purchase from the inventories of hundreds of bookstores across the country through a single, unified website, and how it focuses on providing an additional sales channel for independent Canadian booksellers. The session will cover key features including inventory synchronization, smart order fulfillment and reduced shipping costs through Canada Post group purchasing. The initiative aims to increase the availability of books in both official languages across Canada while leveraging AI to enhance the discoverability of Canadian publishers' works.

  Presenter: Les Libraires

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• Publisher Picks: Fall Picks from Multinational Publishers

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    05-Jun-2025
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    6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

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  CIBA's Publisher Picks series is back with its Fall 2025 edition! We will bring you to the heart of publisher marketing discussions to discover the season's best bets – the books you might not (yet) know you need to stock, but will definitely be glad you have on hand. 

  Who should attend? Bookstore owners, managers and staff to find out upcoming publisher highlights and how to sell them.

  Presenters:

  • Canadian Manda Group
  • HarperCollins Canada
  • Penguin Random House Canada
  • Raincoast Books
  • Scholastic Canada
  • Simon & Schuster Canada

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• Publisher Picks: Fall Picks from Canadian Independent Publishers

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    12-Jun-2025
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    6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

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  CIBA's Publisher Picks will bring you to the heart of publisher marketing discussions to discover the fall season's best bets from Canadian Independent Publishers.

  The goal of these sessions is to give booksellers an insider look at titles they need to be aware of, and help them understand why these books are going to have buzz this season. 
  

  Publishers will each be presenting one book - a highlight from the season!

  Who should attend? Bookstore owners, managers, and staff to find out upcoming publisher highlights and how to sell them.

  1. Annick Press
  2. Arsenal Pulp Press
  3. Assembly Press
  4. Biblioasis
  5. Book*hug Press
  6. Breakwater Press
  7. Douglas & McIntyre
  8. Drawn & Quarterly
  9. Dundurn Press
  10. Durvile & UpRoute Books
  11. ECW Press
  12. Fernwood (Roseway) Publishing
  13. Figure 1 Publishing
  14. Firefly Books
  15. Freehand Books
  16. Greystone Kids
  17. Groundwood Books
  18. Harbour Publishing Company
  19. Heritage House Publishing 
  20. House of Anansi Press
  21. Invisible Publishing
  22. New Society Publishers
  23. Nimbus Publishing
  24. Orca Book Publishers
  25. Owlkids Books
  26. Portage & Main Press
  27. Second Story Press
  28. Thistledown Press
  29. TouchWood Editions
  30. University of Regina Press 

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• Bluey for Beginners: A Sure-fire Brand to Boost Sales

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    17-Jun-2025
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    7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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  Since premiering in 2018, Bluey has become one of the most watched and streamed children's shows globally. This session will look at the publishing success this franchise has enjoyed, and some channel specific insights. In 2024, Penguin Random House doubled Bluey sales in Canada year over year, and there is definitely room for indies to take a bigger piece of the pie. There are 32 new Bluey titles in 2025 – something for every store, in every format, at every price.

  This event is suited to booksellers who might not be so well versed in the world of Bluey, as well as a nice refresher for those with some familiarity.

  Presenter: Kyrell Grant: Manager, Children’s Independent and School Sales, Penguin Random House Canada

  Time is listed as ET. 

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