Winter Institute Publisher-Sponsored Scholarship Winners Announced

Twenty-two booksellers have been awarded publisher-sponsored scholarships to attend the American Booksellers Association's second annual Winter Institute in Portland, Oregon. The scholarships cover airfare and hotel accommodations at the Doubletree Portland-Lloyd Center, the host hotel for the February 1 and 2 education event.

"We are very grateful to our Publisher Sponsors for providing funds for scholarships to the second Winter Institute," said Mark Nichols, director of Book Sense Marketing. "Providing the means for booksellers who might not otherwise be able to attend is a clear example of the esteem in which independents are held by publishers, and ABA is pleased to be able to facilitate such an opportunity."

The booksellers below join the winners of three scholarships previously awarded by ABA: Lisa Sharp of Nightbird Books in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and Miah Olmsted of Back to Books in Hudson, Wisconsin, the the grand prize winners of ABA's regional trade show raffles; and Jessica Stockton of McNally Robinson in New York City, the recipient of an ABA-sponsored Emerging Leaders Scholarship.

Grove/Atlantic
Adam Schnitzer of Green Apple Books in San Francisco, California

Hachette Book Group
Erika Davis of Creekside Books & Coffee in Skaneateles, New York
Lanora Hurley of Harry W. Schwartz Bookshops in Mequon, Wisconsin
Mary Warner of Square Books in Oxford, Mississippi
Karin Wilson of Page & Palette in Fairhope, Alabama

HarperCollins
Chris Livingston of The Book Shelf in Winona, Minnesota

Holtzbrinck
Karen Corvello of R.J. Julia Booksellers in Madison, Connecticut

Houghton Mifflin
Jen Reynolds of Joseph Beth Booksellers in Cincinnati, Ohio

Hyperion
Amy Gillard of McLean &Eakin Booksellers in Petosky, Michigan

MacAdam/Cage
Linda Knopp of Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe in Asheville, North Carolina

MIRA
Judy Crosby of Island Books in Middletown, Rhode Island

Penguin Group
Joe Drabyak of Chester County Book Co. in West Chester, Pennsylvania

Penguin Young Readers Group
Leslie Hawkins of Spellbound Children's Books in Asheville, North Carolina

Perseus
Anita Zager of Northern Lights Books & Gifts in Duluth, Minnesota

Peterson's
Rob Stahl of Colgate Bookstore in Hamilton, New York

Random House
Kelly Justice of Fountain Bookstore in Richmond, Virginia

Scholastic
Jackie Harris of Under the Sycamore Tree in Grayslake, Illinois

Simon & Schuster
Paul Yamazuka of City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco, California

Sourcebooks
Nicole Magistro of The Bookworm of Edwards in Edwards, Colorado

Unbridled Books
Liz Sullivan of BookPeople in Austin, Texas

Wiley
Joan Terselich of Village Books in Bellingham, Washington

Workman
Steve Salardino of Skylight Books in Los Angeles, California