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Large infographic displaying the following text: 2026 INDIE SUMMER READING GUIDE Curated Print + Digital Catalogs THE essential summer catalog (print and digital) for indie readers from Memorial Day to Labor Day, showcasing new releases and timeless favorites. Carefully curated titles, limited space—reserve now! Bonus: All print ads include free digital catalog ads. Reserve your AD SPACE by March 15 Hundreds of indie bookstores across all 4 RAMP regions will use ONE Summer Reading Guide from coast to coast! PRINT Catalogs are hand-distributed in-store, curbside, through store order shipments and deliveries, and at offsite events and locations Indie bookstores promote catalog titles across multiple channels and in myriad ways, using professionally-designed, turnkey marketing assets A tightly curated collection of only 40 titles are positioned as summer must-haves across all categories DIGITAL FREE companion digital catalogs are used on store websites, in email marketing campaigns, and on social media to drive sales online and in-store All catalog titles have buy buttons that can be linked to individual bookstore ecommerce platforms THE BEST IN Summer Reading Contact SUZANNE SHOGER RAMP Director of Marketing and Promotion SuzanneShoger@gmail.com 216.536.7193 rampbooks.com RAMP is a marketing consortium that includes the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association (NAIBA), Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association (GLIBA), Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA), and California Independent Booksellers Alliance (CALIBA). RESERVE ONLINE at rampbooks.com Cover illustration by Zoé de Las Cases, Paris Colouring Book. (Mitchell Beazley, 2025).
NAIBA (New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association) logo image of the association name and a tree with a book titled "read"
GLIBA (Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association) logo image with the association name and an image of trees and water.
SIBA (Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance) logo image showing the association name and a stack of books.
Download the 2026 Publisher Summer Info Sheet

2026 INDIE SUMMER READING GUIDE
COVER REVEAL

Cover art for the 2026 summer catalog which reads The Best in Summer Reading Hand-picked Recommendations from Your Local Independent bookstore. Inside: Indie Favorites New Releases Staff Picks. Artwork from Howard Pearlstein, James Munro (Illustrated by) published by Red Comet Press and shows a yellow cover with a rainbow and a whimsical figure lying in a field of flowers and holding a book.

Cover illustration from The Worried Book / Howard Pearlstein, James Munro (Illustrated by) / Red Comet Press

2026 Indie Summer Reading Guide
AD RATES

Graphic displaying the interior pages of the 2025 Summer Indie Reading guide that shows book covers and descriptive text.
Regular Interior Ad
Standard interior ad.		$2,499
per title
Backlist Ad
Titles published before May 1, 2025.		$1,999
per title
Small Press Ad
Title from a small, independent press.		$1,625
per title

Summer Catalog Print Specifications

Trim size: 7.125″ x 7.125″
Interior ad size: 3.5625” wide x 2.375” tall
Jacket art should be at least 300 dpi at 100% size
Color space: CMYK
Formats accepted: .pdf, .tif, .jpg, .psd, or .eps

Header image for the summer ad order form that reads 2026 Ad Reservation Form for the Indie Summer Reading Guide

The Ad Reservation Form works best on a desktop or laptop.

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