The Midwest Independent Booksellers Association (MIBA) is a regional not-for-profit trade association formally established in 1981 to promote retail bookselling and support professional independent booksellers throughout our region. Our members include locally owned and operated independent bookstores; book publishers, distributors, reps, and vendors who do business with our bookstores; and other individuals and businesses allied to the book industry. Our member states include Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. (Additiona member stores are in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.