Winter Institute

A record-breaking 50 booksellers will be attending the American Booksellers Association’s Eighth Annual Winter Institute (Wi8) on scholarship.

A new feature of the Winter Institute website this year is a special page featuring biographical information for the many authors scheduled to take part in the three days of educational programming and in the ever-popular author receptions.

This week, Black Dog & Leventhal announced the winners of its “Why My Bookstore Matters” Winter Institute scholarship contest, launched in September in celebration of this month’s publication of “My Bookstore: Writers Celebrate Their Favorite Places to Browse, Read, and Shop.”

Bookseller registration for ABA’s Eighth Annual Winter Institute reached capacity last week, and an event waiting list began forming. Now, reservations at the host hotel, Missouri’s Westin Kansas City at Crown Center, are also sold out.

Registration for the American Booksellers Association’s Eighth Annual Winter Institute has reached its limit of 500 booksellers, and names are now being added to a waiting list.

If you’ve registered for Winter Institute 8, and made your hotel reservations at the Westin Kansas City at Crown Center, now’s the time to book your travel arrangements. American Airlines, Delta, and Amtrak are offering discounts on travel from February 16 - March 2, 2013.

The Eighth Annual Winter Institute is now more than 90 percent booked, and ABA is strongly encouraging members who want to attend to register as soon as possible.

The 2013 Winter Institute in Kansas City, Missouri, is made possible by the overall support of the Ingram Content Group, Wi8’s lead sponsor, and the support of more than 40 large and small publishers.

For the second year in a row, the Winter Institute will feature “One Institute, One Read,” an initiative that encourages booksellers to read and discuss a title chosen by ABA for its insight into the culture and character of the event’s locale.

Just two weeks after registration for the ABA’s Eighth Annual Winter Institute opened, the event is approaching its cap of 500 bookseller registrants.