Record Number of Publishers Sign On to Support Winter Institute 11

The American Booksellers Association’s 11th annual Winter Institute (Wi11), to be held in Denver, Colorado, on January 23 – 26, 2016, is made possible by the generous support of Ingram Content Group, the event’s lead sponsor, and additional support from more than 70 publishers large and small.

“ABA is immensely grateful to the record 73 publishers that have committed their support to Winter Institute 2016,” said ABA Development Officer Mark Nichols. “We are privileged to welcome 13 new publisher sponsors to the event. Their participation, along with that of our many returning sponsors, extends the diversity of information and offerings available to booksellers at Winter Institute 11.”

Thanks to their support, upwards of 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, roundtable discussions, publisher focus groups, special events, and more.

In addition, a record-breaking number of publisher-sponsored scholarships — as well as ABA scholarships in memory of former ABA CEO Avin Mark Domnitz, scholarships sponsored by the Book Industry Charitable Foundation (Binc), and a special scholarship to foster diversity — will be awarded for Wi11. Scholarships will cover the conference fee, up to a four-night stay plus tax at the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, and transportation costs up to $400. (Scholarship winners will be announced in November.)

The Winter Institute 11 sponsors are:

Lead Sponsor

• Ingram Content Group

Full Sponsors

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

Half Sponsors

• Abrams
• Algonquin Young Readers
• Biblioasis
• Bloomsbury
• Chronicle Books
• Consortium Book Sales and Distribution
• Disney Publishing Worldwide
• ECW
• Graywolf Press
• Lerner*
• Lonely Planet
• Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group
• Melville House
• Midpoint Trade Books
• Milkweed Editions
• New Directions
• The New Press
• New York Review Books
• Other Press
• Penguin Young Readers Group
• Random House Children’s Books
• Scholastic
• Steerforth Press
• Sterling Publishing*

Shared Sponsors

• Akashic Books*
• Beacon Press**
• John F. Blair, Publisher*
• Capstone Publishing
• Catapult*
• Charlesbridge
• Coffee House Press
• Diamond Book Distributors**
• Dzanc Books/Hawthorne
• Europa Editions
• Image Comics*
• Quirk Books*
• Red Hen Press
• Seven Stories Press
• Soho Press**
• Tin House Press

Small Press Sponsors

• Agate Publishing*
• Black Dog & Leventhal
• Chelsea Green**
• Creston Books
• F&W Media
• The Feminist Press*
• Overlook Press
• Oxford University Press
• Restless Books*
• Rowman & Littlefield*
• Shambhala Publications*
• University of Minnesota Press
• Unnamed Press*

University Press Sponsor

• University of Texas Press

Registration for Winter Institute 2016 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. Registered booksellers who are no longer planning to attend are asked to notify ABA as soon as possible so waitlisted booksellers can take their places. 

*Denotes a first-time sponsor.

**Denotes a sponsor returning after a hiatus of at least one year.