Ingram, 50-Plus Publishers Sponsor Winter Institute 2014

The American Booksellers Association’s ninth annual Winter Institute (Wi9), to be held in Seattle on January 21 - 24, 2014, is made possible by the generous support of Ingram Content Group, the event’s lead sponsor, and the support of more than 55 publishers large and small.

Thanks to their sponsorship, 500 ABA member booksellers will be able to take part in a jam-packed program of more than 30 education sessions, outstanding plenary speakers, reps’ picks lunches, publisher focus groups, special events, and more. In addition, 50 booksellers will attend the Winter Institute on publisher-sponsored scholarships, covering the conference fee, up to four nights plus tax at the Westin Seattle at the special ABA rate, and transportation costs up to $400. (Scholarship winners will be announced in mid-November.)

“Thanks to ABA’s Winter Institute sponsors, booksellers once again have the opportunity to take part in a top-notch program offering all-new education sessions, great plenary speakers, and special events,” said ABA Development Officer Mark Nichols. “Favorites, including the Winter Institute Author Reception, the Small and Independent Press Reception, and the Galley Room, will return this year thanks to their support. We encourage all ABA members to join us in thanking these sponsors for making the Winter Institute possible.”

Lead Sponsor

• Ingram Content Group

Full Sponsors

• Andrews McMeel Publishing
• Bloomsbury
• Candlewick Press
• Consortium Book Sales and Distribution
• Grove/Atlantic
• Hachette Book Group Adult
• Harlequin
• HarperCollins Adult
• HarperCollins Children’s Books
• Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Macmillan Adult
• W.W. Norton
• Other Press
• Penguin Group Adult
• Perseus Books Group/PGW
• Random House Adult
• Simon & Schuster Adult
• Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing
• Sourcebooks
• Workman

 Half Sponsors

• Abrams
• Algonquin Young Readers
• Capstone Young Readers
• Chronicle Books
• Disney Book Group
• Dzanc Books
• Egmont USA
• House of Anansi Press
• Little, Brown Young Readers
• Lonely Planet
• Macmillan Children’s Book Group
• Midpoint Trade Books
• New Directions
• The New Press
• One World Publications
• Penguin Young Readers Group
• Quercus Publishing
• Random House Children’s Books
• Scholastic
• Wiley

Shared Sponsors

• Charlesbridge
• Coffee House Press
• Creston Books
• Farrar, Straus & Giroux
• Graywolf Press
• Henry Holt and Company
• Seven Stories Press
• Soho Press
• Steerforth Press
• Tin House Press

Small Press Sponsors

• Europa Editions
• Hawthorne Books
• Heyday Books
• Milkweed Editions
• Overlook Press

Registration for Winter Institute 2014 is currently sold out; however, ABA member booksellers can add their names to the wait list here.  If cancellations are received, booksellers on the list will be contacted on a first-come, first-served basis, but there is no guarantee that space will become available.

Registered booksellers who were unable to make reservations for the ABA room block at the Winter Institute host hotel, the Westin Seattle, are encouraged to e-mail Meetings & Planning Officer Jill Perlstein to add their names to the hotel wait list.

For full event details, visit Winter Institute 2014 on BookWeb.org.