Record-Breaking Number of Publishers Support Winter Institute 10

The American Booksellers Association’s 10th annual Winter Institute (Wi10), to be held in Asheville, North Carolina, on February 8 – 11, 2015, is made possible by the generous support of Ingram Content Group, the event’s lead sponsor, with additional support from more than 60 publishers large and small. In addition to many returning publishers, ABA is welcoming 11 first-time sponsors for 2015, including three university presses.

“ABA is immensely grateful to the record-number 63 publishers who have committed their support to Winter Institute 2015,” said ABA Development Officer Mark Nichols. “On this, our 10th anniversary, we are especially excited to welcome 11 new publisher sponsors to the event, including three university presses, extending the diversity of information and offerings that will be available to bookseller attendees.”

Thanks to their sponsorship, 500 ABA member booksellers will be able to take part in a jam-packed program of more than 25 education sessions, outstanding plenary speakers, reps’ picks lunches, publisher focus groups, special events, and more. In addition, 52 booksellers will attend the Winter Institute on publisher-sponsored scholarships, covering the conference fee, up to a four-night stay plus tax at the Grove Park Inn at the special ABA rate, and transportation costs up to $400. (Scholarship winners will be announced in mid-November.)

The Winter Institute 10 sponsors are:

Lead Sponsor

• Ingram Content Group

Full Sponsors

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

Half Sponsors

• Algonquin Young Readers
• Bloomsbury
• Capstone Publishing
• Chronicle Books
• Disney Book Group
• Dzanc Books
• Egmont USA
• Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Lonely Planet
• Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group
• Midpoint Trade Books
• Milkweed Editions
• New Directions
• The New Press
• Penguin Young Readers Group
• Random House Children’s
• Scholastic
• Steerforth Press

Shared Sponsors

• Black Dog & Leventhal
• Charlesbridge
• Coffee House Press
• Europa Editions
• Farrar, Straus & Giroux
• Flatiron Books*
• Graywolf Press
• Henry Holt & Company
• Picador*
• Seven Stories Press
• Tin House Books
• Wiley

Small Press Sponsors

• Biblioasis*
• Creston Books
• ECW Press*
• F + W Media*
• Melville House*
• New York Review Books*
• Overlook Press
• Red Hen Press*

University Press Sponsors

• Oxford University Press*
• University of Minnesota Press*
• University of Texas Press*

Registration for Winter Institute 2015 is currently sold out. ABA member booksellers can add their names to the waitlist 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.

Additionally, due to the extraordinary popularity of this year’s Winter Institute host hotel, the Omni Grove Park Inn, the ABA has launched an online forum for potential room-sharing arrangements. Registered booksellers can also add their names to the waitlist here.

Visit Winter Institute 2015 on BookWeb.org for the full event details.

*Denotes a first-time sponsor.