New Wi5 Publisher Partner, New Scholarship Recipient

Posted Thursday, Dec 10, 2009

This week, the American Booksellers Association welcomed HarperCollins Children's Books as the newest Winter Institute (Wi5) Publisher Partner. Thanks to HarperCollins Children's Books' support, Shirley Mullin, owner of Kids Ink Children's Bookstores in Indianapolis, Indiana, will be attendingWi5 in San Jose, California, on a scholarship.

Mullin is the 25th recipient of a publisher-sponsored scholarship to the Winter Institute, which is sponsored overall by Ingram. Scholarships cover the cost of reasonable airfare, up to a four-night stay at the Doubletree San Jose, and the Wi5 meal fee.

ABA Publisher Partners providing scholarship support for Wi5 are:

Bloomsbury
Candlewick
Disney Book Group
Egmont USA
Grove/Atlantic
Hachette Book Group
HarperCollins
HarperCollins Children's Books
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Hyperion
Macmillan
Macmillan Children's Publishing Group
W.W. Norton

Other Press
Penguin Group (Adult)
Penguin Young Readers Group
Perseus/PGW
Random House Adult
Random House Children's
Scholastic
Simon & Schuster
Small Press Distribution
Unbridled Books
Wiley
Workman
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