The Book Industry Charitable Foundation, in collaboration with Sourcebooks and the Denver Publishing Institute, announce a new scholarship opportunity for booksellers interested in exploring a career in the publishing side of the industry. Applications for the scholarship to attend the Denver Publishing Institute in Denver, CO will be accepted from December 15th, 2018 through March 8th, 2019.
This scholarship includes, tuition, housing and meal plan, and up to $2000 to cover travel and lost wages.
Eligibility is open to US booksellers who meet the following criteria:
- Be employed at a brick and mortar bookstore at the time of application and for the duration of the program.
- Have their store owner or manager’s permission to be absent during the four weeks of the program.
- The bookstore must be owned by an entity deriving a substantial portion of its income from the sale of physical books.
- Must have worked in the bookstore for at least 90 days.
- Intend to remain employed in the book industry.
The application and selection process is as follows:
- Applicants must apply and be accepted through DPI’s regular application process and pay a $65 application fee. https://gradadmissions.du.edu/apply/
- A separate scholarship application must be uploaded to the online application as a supplemental document and submitted before February 27, 2019. https://www.du.edu/publishinginstitute/apply/scholarships.html
- A Binc Selection Committee will choose the winner from those applicants based on their resume, personal statement, and references.
- The Binc Selection Committee will be made up of three members of the Binc Board of Directors and Program Committee members.
- A Binc Selection Committee will choose the winner from those applicants based on their resume, personal statement, and references.
The scholarship, worth up to $7,000, will be distributed as follows:
- Binc Foundation will pay DPI directly for tuition to the program on the winner’s behalf.
- DPI will provide housing and meal vouchers to the winner.
- Up to $2,000 for travel and lost wages will be reimbursed to the winner.
- Winner will submit receipts for travel expenses to Binc.
- Compensation for lost wages will be based on the average hours worked for the 90 days preceding the date of the award and will need to be verified by the store owner or manager.
The Denver Publishing Institute (DPI) is a 4-week-long summer program (July 14 – August 9, 2019) at the University of Denver. DPI is taught by industry professionals who work for trade, university, textbook, and independent publishers throughout the country. Recent graduates have gone on to work at Sourcebooks, Harper Collins, Penguin Group, Oxford University Press, Chicago Review Press, Pearson, and McGraw-Hill. Course and lecture topics include book marketing, manuscript editing, copyediting and proofreading, digital marketing strategies, the role of the bookstore, and many more.
“After years of working as a bookseller, attending DPI expanded my understanding of the book industry in profound ways. From learning about the variety of careers in publishing to having a leg up in landing the interview for my dream job, I can soundly say that the program’s benefits are still with me years later. Most of all, I’m so grateful that DPI’s in-depth programming and exceptional speakers enabled me to be so much more effective on my first day at Penguin Random House than I would have been otherwise. DPI changed my life, and I’d do it all over again if I could!”
Justin Goodfellow, DPI’12, Sales Manager, Penguin Random House
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