Decatur Book Festival and SIBA Form Partnership
Decatur Metro | October 9, 2007
The Decatur Book Festival and SIBA (Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance) recently announced (ok, it was on Sept. 27th) that starting next year, all book sales at the festival will be handled by independent booksellers. Additionally, SIBA’s five annual book awards (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, children’s, and cooking) will be presented at the festival.
As the press release points out, the festival was already heading in an independent direction prior to this agreement, so the partnership was a natural one for both parties. Also Decatur’s central location in the South seems to have been a major selling point.
Hat tip: The Bookstore Tourism Blog