The American Booksellers Association has named 60 booksellers as winners of scholarships to the ABA's annual Winter Institute this coming February in Asheville, N.C. Bookselling This Week reported that 52 are recipients of scholarships from Wi10's publisher sponsors, covering the conference fee, up to four nights at the host hotel and transportation costs up to $400.
"Publishers have once again shown their commitment to independent bookselling by enabling a record number of scholarship recipients to attend the Winter Institute," said ABA development officer Mark Nichols. "We encourage all of our members to join us in thanking them for their ongoing generous support."
Five ABA members were awarded scholarships by the Book Industry Charitable Foundation and ABA has also named the recipient of its Avin Mark Domnitz Scholarship, awarded to a store that participated in the 2014 ABACUS Survey. In addition, a scholarship in memory of longtime Bay Area Random House sales representative Maggie Castanon was given jointly by the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association and Random House; and Candlewick Press awarded a scholarship to a bookseller active in the Candlewick Handselling Indie Recognition Program. A scholarship presented by the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association in memory of Glenn Goldman had been previously announced, bringing the total number to 61.
