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SpringCon 2025 MPIBA Free Digital Marketing Programs Indie Press Month Reading the West Upcoming Events About MPIBA and Our Mission The mission of the Mountains Plains Independent Booksellers Association is to support educate and promote independent bookstores in our region raise awareness of the value of independent locally owned businesses in our communities and celebrate diversity and an open exchange of ideas in literary culture. We are a nonprofit professional association of bookstores booksellers publishers authors and industry professionals. The Association began over fifty years ago in Denver Colorado and has grown to represent hundreds of bookstores across fourteen western and midwestern states Arizona Colorado Idaho Kansas Montana Nebraska Nevada New Mexico North Dakota Oklahoma South Dakota Texas Utah and Wyoming. P.