Winter Institute 2020

The always-popular Galley Room is filled with ARCs of upcoming titles from Wi15 sponsors. A limited supply of book totes will be on hand. The PartnerShip/FedEx Shipping Desk will also be open to assist in shipping your galleys back to your bookstores.

The New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association (NAIBA) is pleased to host the Hospitality Suite at this year’s Winter Institute. Stop by for a chance to decompress, grab a beverage, and refuel before heading back out to join your peers. Open to booksellers from all regions.

The Quiet Room is intended to provide a quiet, calm space where attendees can spend time away from noise, light, and other stimuli of conference spaces. The quiet room is not available for conversations or meetings.

Pick up your badge, the official Wi15 welcome bag from W.G. Ellerkamp, and a full schedule of Institute events from ABA’s membership team.

IndieCommerce and IndieLite are ABA’s online platforms for marketing events and author appearances as well as selling books and other merchandise. Both users and non-users of IndieCommerce and IndieLite are invited to schedule one-on-one time with a program specialist from the IndieCommerce team. Space is limited, but walk-ins are welcome. Registration will open in December. Attendees may schedule their appointment by completing the form here.

Please join us for a tour of the Penguin Random House fulfillment center in Westminster, Maryland. Round-trip transportation from the Hilton will be provided. The ride to Westminster is approximately one hour long, depending on traffic.

Sign up here for the half-day tours. Registration closes on Monday, December 2. Confirmation of your spot and further details will be sent via e-mail in January 2020. Space is limited.

Morning session: 8:00 a.m. departure, 2:00 p.m. return.

Please indicate this session as your first choice if:

• If you work with a Westminster-based rep, or
• If you are a first-timer at Winter Institute, or
• If you would like to learn more about supply chain

Afternoon session: Noon departure, 4:30 p.m. return. This session includes a tour only.

Please note: we cannot guarantee morning or afternoon until we see the full range of sign-ups. We encourage you to sign up for both and indicate first or second choice. Limit of two attendees per account.

Due to limited meeting space at Westminster, we are unable to provide a sit-down meal. Lights snacks will be provided on the round-trip bus ride.

This new programming initiative will allow booksellers to sign up for 15-minute slots to meet with participating publishers of their choice. Registered booksellers will be provided with a link to an online appointment calendar for more than 15 participating publishers. Sign up for an appointment here.

Ingram invites all Winter Institute attendees to relax and chat with independent booksellers and publishers from around the country and the globe in a cozy corner of the hotel overlooking the famed Camden Yards ballpark. With more than 25 presses represented at Winter Institute and over 600 independent publishers under its wing, Ingram has much to offer booksellers. Come see why buyers consider Ingram such a rich resource, chat with publishers and editors, enjoy a cup of coffee, and browse an array of books.

Please join us for a tour of the Penguin Random House fulfillment center in Westminster, Maryland. Round-trip transportation from the Hilton will be provided. The ride to Westminster is approximately one hour long, depending on traffic.

Sign up here for the half-day tours. Registration closes on Monday, December 2. Confirmation of your spot and further details will be sent via e-mail in January 2020. Space is limited.

Morning session: 8:00 a.m. departure, 2:00 p.m. return.

Please indicate this session as your first choice if:

• If you work with a Westminster-based rep, or
• If you are a first-timer at Winter Institute, or
• If you would like to learn more about supply chain

Afternoon session: Noon departure, 4:30 p.m. return. This session includes a tour only.

Please note: we cannot guarantee morning or afternoon until we see the full range of sign-ups. We encourage you to sign up for both and indicate first or second choice. Limit of two attendees per account.

Due to limited meeting space at Westminster, we are unable to provide a sit-down meal. Lights snacks will be provided on the round-trip bus ride.

This year the book drive will support the Maryland Book Bank, a local nonprofit organization committed to getting free books into the hands of young people and cultivating literacy in children from under-resourced neighborhoods. For this book drive, the nonprofit is specifically seeking books featuring minority characters, popular elementary picture books and graphic novels, elementary and easy reading chapter books, and titles in Spanish and would prefer not to receive encyclopedia sets or textbooks older than 10 years. In general, the Maryland Book Bank accepts books of all reading levels and genres in good condition, so all donated books will find a good home.

There will be a box to collect books at the ABA Welcome Desk on Tuesday and at the Ask ABA desk on Wednesday and Thursday.