Winter Institute

ABA will honor NPR and its President and CEO, Vivian Schiller, at the evening reception that caps Wi6’s Legislative Day.  The reception, at the Library of Congress’ Madison Building, is co-sponsored by the Center for the Book and is open to all Wi6 attendees.

The Winter Institute will feature programming for children’s booksellers on Thursday, January 20, in Salon A/B.

Karen Mills, the head of the U.S. Small Business Administration, talks about some of the key steps SBA has taken to help small businesses over the last two years, the challenges facing Main Street businesses today, SBA’s new loan initiatives and online resources, and more. Mills will be interviewed by PBS NewsHour’s Jim Lehrer at the opening event at this month’s Winter Institute.

In less than two weeks, ABA’s Sixth Annual Winter Institute will be well underway in Washington, D.C. Here are some important logistical reminders for the more than 500 booksellers who will be in attendance.

Bestselling author David Allen, widely recognized as the leading authority on personal and organization productivity, will focus on effectively taking on projects large and small and mastering key components in making a bookstore more productive at the Winter Institute’s “Efficiency 201: Accomplish More By Working Less.”

Noted retail expert Bob Phibbs talks about The Retail Doctor’s Guide to Growing Your Business, what not to do during an economic downturn, and his upcoming keynote address at ABA’s Winter Institute.

Susan Weis-Bohlen, owner of breathe books, in Baltimore, Maryland, will lead a yoga class at ABA's Sixth Annual Winter Institute.

Ingram Content Group, the lead sponsor of ABA's Sixth Annual Winter Institute, this week announced its 2011 scholarship recipient.

ABA’s education staff is seeking input from booksellers for the Winter Institute education panel “New Adventures in Book Buying: Working With Reps Near and Far.”  ABA would especially like to hear from those who use new technology to buy and/or communicate with reps.

Sales at Wi6 of a T-shirt featuring an “enhanced” version of the classic painting “Washington Crossing the Delaware” will benefit the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression.

ABA’s Sixth Annual Winter Institute will feature a record-breaking number of new and established authors.

Booksellers who haven’t already scheduled appointments to meet with book industry service providers at the Winter Institute’s Consultation Station are encouraged to do so soon.

With Winter Institute event registration and the Crystal Gateway Marriott booked to capacity, ABA is urging registered booksellers who are no longer planning to attend and those with hotel reservations that are no longer needed to contact ABA’s Member Relationship Managers as soon as possible.

ABA recently welcomed five more publishers as Winter Institute sponsors. 

Thirty-one booksellers have been awarded publisher-sponsored scholarships to the ABA’s Sixth Annual Winter Institute, sponsored by the Ingram Content Group.