Winter Institute

Additionally, stores that need help connecting with LIBRIS insurance services or require ABA’s assistance securing extended credit from publishers are encouraged to contact ABA's membership department.

This new opportunity for booksellers unable to attend the entire conference grants access to the institute on Friday, January 24, as well as to the Author Reception on Thursday, January 23.

Booksellers whose plans have changed are asked to tell ABA; those who do so by this Friday will have their money refunded.

Registration is open now for a range of special events, including bookstore tours, appointments with publishers, advanced education sessions, a bookselling boot camp, and more.

Registered booksellers whose plans have changed are asked to notify ABA as soon as possible so waiting booksellers can be offered a chance to attend.

Booksellers will hear from Ryan Raffaelli, Rebecca Solnit, Jenny Finney Boylan, W. Paul Coates, and more, and a special program on the final day will feature a conversation with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds.

Authors appearing at the 15th annual Winter Institute in Baltimore include Julia Alvarez, Ernesto Cisneros, Michael Ian Black, Jordan Ifueko, Paulette Jiles, Rebecca Stead, Wayétu Moore, Chuck Palahniuk, Kawai Strong Washburn, and many more.

In addition to regular education sessions, special events taking place on Friday, January 24, include a bookselling bootcamp, an employee manual workshop, and Baltimore-area bookstore tours.

Events include an antitrust symposium, bookstore tours, bookseller boot camps, publisher meetings, and special educational sessions.