Ingram Content Group Winter Institute 2023 (Wi2023) Scholarship Giveaway

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY Important: Please read these Official Rules before entering this online promotion (the "Promotion"). By participating in the Promotion, you agree to be bound by these Official Rules and represent that you satisfy all of the eligibility requirements below.

Eligibility: In order to be eligible for entry into the Promotion, you must be: a) a legal resident of the Contiguous US and 18 years or older at the time of entry. b) an ABA member in good standing at the time of the Institute, and the store cannot have received a scholarship to Winter Institute in the past two years. Void where prohibited. All entries submitted with the aid of any device capable and with the purpose of generating automatic entries shall not be accepted.

How to Enter:

1.     Stop by the Ingram Content Group consultation station on Tuesday, February 15, 2022, between 9:00 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. or 2:15 p.m. and 5:00 p.m., or on Wednesday, February 16, 2022, between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. or 1:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. All times in Eastern Standard Time.  Meet with an Ingram Wholesale Services representative in person, scan the available QR code to access the submission form, and complete the submission form. Entrant must provide full name, e-mail address, represented bookstore, telephone number, state, and zip code.

2.     Upon successful completion of the form, the bookstore you identify in your original entry will be entered for a chance to send one person to Wi2023. Ingram will reimburse the winning bookstore for the costs of sending one (1) person to the Wi2023 event, including conference fee, roundtrip flight, hotel accommodations for up to four nights room and tax, and up to $500 in eligible travel expenses (total cost of reimbursement not to exceed $2000.00). Only one entry per entrant per drawing period will be valid, multiple entrants per bookstore are allowed.

Failure to submit all required will result in disqualification. All entrants and entries are subject to verification by Ingram Content Group. Entries will not be acknowledged or returned. By entering the Promotion, you agree to being placed on Ingram Content Group’s e-mail and marketing mailing lists; to receive promotional updates, information, and other marketing materials from Ingram Content Group and/or our affiliated and subsidiary companies and other third parties, for purposes of advertising similar services and offerings.

Disclaimer: Ingram Content Group, and our affiliates, directors, officers, consultants, professional advisers, employees and agencies (collectively, the "Released Parties") will not be responsible for: (a) any late, lost, misrouted, garbled or distorted or damaged transmissions or entries; (b) telephone, electronic, hardware, software, network, Internet, or other computer or communications-related malfunctions or failures; (c) any Promotion disruptions, injuries, losses or damages caused by events beyond our control or by non-authorized human intervention; or (d) any printing or typographical errors in any materials associated with the Promotion.

Promotion Period: The Promotion shall begin at 9:00 a.m. (all times Eastern Standard Time) on February 15, 2022 and end at 4:30 p.m. on February 16, 2022. One bookstore will be randomly drawn from eligible entries. We will coordinate with the American Booksellers Association (ABA) during the promotion process. The lucky bookstore will be contacted within ten (10) days from the close of the eligible period.

Prize: One (1) participating bookstore will be randomly selected to receive the following prize: A trip for one (1) individual to attend Wi2023, including hotel, airfare, and meals (total value $2000.00). The winning bookstore will be contacted to arrange awarding of the prize and will be announced via e-mail to all entrants. The bookstore will submit the necessary traveler reservation information to Ingram, but the bookstore is responsible for scheduling and booking the roundtrip airfare, event registration, and hotel accommodations. The traveler reservation information will be used by Ingram to determine the actual prize amount, not to exceed $2000.00. To request confirmation of the winner, please submit a request to us at Ingram Content Group Attn: Promotions/ Marketing 14 Ingram Blvd. LaVergne, TN. 37086. We will confirm the Promotional Period ended and a winner was selected.

Odds of Winning; Taxes; Etc.: Odds of winning a prize depend on the number of eligible entries received. ALL FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL TAXES ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECEIPT OR USE OF THE PRIZE ARE THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE WINNING BOOKSTORE. The prize will be awarded to the bookstore employer of the prize winner. The prize may be forfeited and awarded to an alternative winner if two (2) attempts to contact winner by e-mail are not successful, or if prize is otherwise not claimed. No substitutions or exchanges (including for cash) will be permitted, except we reserve the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value for any prize. The prize is awarded "AS IS" and WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, express or implied (including, without limitation, any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose). Representation, Warranties, Rights of Ownership: By entering this Promotion, you grant us the right to display your name and bookstore name as a winner of the prize. You additionally waive all privacy/publicity rights or other legal or moral rights that might preclude our use of your submission, and agree not to sue or assert any claim against us for any such use.

Indemnity: You agree to indemnify and hold us, our agencies and affiliates, officers, directors, agents, co-branders or other partners, and any of their employees (collectively, the "Indemnitees"), harmless from any and all claims, damages, expenses, costs (including reasonable attorneys' fees) and liabilities (including settlements), brought or asserted by any third party against any of the Indemnitees due to or arising out of the use of any element of your submission, including but not limited to claims for trademark infringement, copyright infringement, violation of an individual's right of publicity or right of privacy, or defamation.