Twenty-three Winter Institute Scholarship Winners Announced
Twenty-two lucky booksellers were recently informed that they were the recipients of publisher-sponsored scholarships to the American Booksellers Association's first annual Winter Institute. In addition, ABA announced the winner of its Emerging Leader Scholarship, awarded to a bookseller who has been in the business for less than two years and who shows a commitment to furthering the success of independent bookselling.
Since just a week ago, when the American Booksellers Association announced the opening of registration for Hotel ABA/Washington, D.C., at BookExpo America 2006, hundreds of booksellers have booked rooms. The package exclusively for ABA member booksellers includes a special room rate of $129 per night at The Doubletree Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia, plus other benefits. Rooms are being sold on a first-come/first-served basis, however.