Data points and anecdotes about middle grade reading intertwined at a panel on "Recapturing the Tween Middle Grade Market," held at Winter Institute. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-02-22 05:00:00 UTC ]
During Winter Institute's closing keynote in Cincinnati, author and presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin praised indie booksellers and discussed her deeply personal new book, 'An Unfinished Love Story.' Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-02-15 05:00:00 UTC ]
Myrna Keliher, founder of letterpress studio Expedition Press, unveiled a 40-foot-long, four-foot-tall plywood mural at Winter Institute with the phrase "i continue to continue." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-03-03 05:00:00 UTC ]
The American Booksellers Association's Winter Institute in Seattle attracted a total of 1,600 people, of which 900 were booksellers. The large number of new booksellers drew an enthusiastic response from exhibitors, while the ABA urged booksellers to contribute more data to help it in its advocacy. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-02-24 05:00:00 UTC ]
Winter Institute 2023, held in Seattle, was the American Booksellers Association's largest ever, and the first in person since 2020. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-02-24 05:00:00 UTC ]
Winter Institute will be larger than ever, with 1,400 booksellers, publishers, vendors, and authors meeting in person for the first time since 2020. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-02-03 05:00:00 UTC ]
Indie booksellers everywhere were disappointed when the American Booksellers Association called off this year's Winter Institute in Cincinnati, but local booksellers were even more disappointed: they had been looking forward to showing off their city’s rich literary offerings. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-25 05:00:00 UTC ]
Author Brené Brown offered the keynote talk on the final day of the ABA's Winter Institute and urged booksellers to improve their communication skills and not to anticipate a return to normalcy, but to prepare for a future of constant disruption. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-02-22 05:00:00 UTC ]
Today, Jeanine Cummins appeared at Winter Institute in Baltimore, and as Michael Calder reports for PubishersLunch, commented on the ongoing controversy over her new novel, American Dirt. Bookseller Javier Ramirez, who introduced Cummins, brought up the topic at the end of the formal interview:... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-01-22 18:16:31 UTC ]
Canadian independent publisher (and bookstore!) Biblioasis has printed up a limited run of indie bookseller trading cards, featuring heroic comic book portraits of prominent booksellers. Why? Well, for starters, this week is the annual independent booksellers conference in Baltimore, the ABA’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-01-21 13:40:31 UTC ]
A guide to children’s and YA galleys by authors who won’t be appearing at Winter Institute. All the titles can be found in the Galley Room. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-01-10 05:00:00 UTC ]
More than 130 adult and children’s authors and illustrators will be attending this year’s Winter Institute. Here are well-known and up-and-coming adult authors who will be signing at the conference. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-01-10 05:00:00 UTC ]
More than 130 adult and children’s authors and illustrators will be attending this year’s Winter Institute. Here are authors coming this year who serve as proof that kids’ and YA books and authors continue to be key to the fair. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-01-10 05:00:00 UTC ]
A guide to adult galleys by authors who won’t be appearing at Winter Institute. All the titles can be found in the Galley Room. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-01-10 05:00:00 UTC ]
Bookselling Without Borders has given US booksellers international industry contacts, and now a retailer from Germany will be at the ABA's Winter Institute. The post German Bookseller Florian Valerius Is a 2020 Fellow for ABA Winter Institute appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-08-22 05:30:29 UTC ]
Five past presidents of the American Booksellers Association met at Winter Institute in Albuquerque, N.M., last week to talk about where the industry is now and where it's headed. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
While some attendees at Winter Institute were excited to meet basketball star Kobe Bryant and learn about his new children's imprint, others said they may not sell his books, recalling his being charged with sexual assault in 2003. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
One of the main attractions of Winter Institute is the chance for booksellers to get their hands on forthcoming titles. Here, attendees share some of the titles that got them talking...and excited. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Arcadia Publishing, which has a backlist of 14,000 local and regional titles, will present personalized catalogs to booksellers at Winter Institute, touting 16 store-specific titles the location's employees can handsell. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Children’s books were more integral than ever at ABA's record-breaking gathering in Memphis, which drew 1,000 book people. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]