Winter Institute's Special Hotel Rate Offer Set to Expire

Booksellers -- both the owners and staff of ABA member stores -- who would like to attend the American Booksellers Association's Winter Institute on January 26 and 27 in Long, Beach, California, can still register for the free event. However, booksellers who require hotel accommodations at the Long Beach Hilton, the event's host hotel, should note that effective this Monday, January 9, the reduced room rate offer for Institute participants will expire.

Rooms at the Hilton at the special rate of $112 per night are currently sold out for Wednesday night, January 25. However, rooms are still available at the $112 rate for Thursday night, January 26, and a few remain for Friday night, January 27. All reservations are booked on a first-come, first-served basis.

Registration forms for the education program and for the hotel are available at www.bookweb.org/education/institute/.

Discounted room rates at the Long Beach Hilton are made possible by support from BookExpo America, Baker & Taylor, Ingram Book Group, and Book Sense Publisher Partners HarperCollins, Hyperion, Penguin Group for Young Readers, Perseus Books Group, Random House, Scholastic, Time Warner Book Group, and Workman.

Watch for an update on ABA's extensive educational offerings at the Winter Institute in next week's edition of Bookselling This Week.