Boulder Book Store Named 2018 PW Bookstore of the Year

Forty-five-year-old Boulder Book Store in Boulder, Colo., was named the 2018 PW Bookstore of the Year by a panel of industry judges. The bookstore has been a pioneer in a number of industry initiatives. It was, for example, the first store to buy on Edelweiss and one of the pioneers in setting up consignment sections dedicated to specific publishers.

Bookstore owner David Bolduc, who founded the bookstore in 1973, was also the co-founder of the country’s first local first organization, the Boulder Independent Business Alliance. He co-founded the Boulder County Farmers’ Market as well. “David has been a leader in many facets of our community,” said Sean Maher, CEO of the Downtown Boulder Partnership, adding that the bookstore is “an absolute landmark. And we are thrilled that they are part of our community.”

John Mesjak, who joined Abraham Associates in 2007, was named PW Rep of the Year one decade after Roy Schonfeld, his colleague at the Midwest-based rep group, received that honor. Before joining Abraham Associates, Mesjak represented Publishers Group West.

In her nominating letter, Kris Kleindienst, co-owner of Left Bank Books in St. Louis, wrote: “John has consistently set the standard that all reps should aspire to. He sweats every detail, whether it’s sorting out a shipping confusion, or making sure the right bookstores know about the right books or letting a publisher know that the cover they have in mind is in need of help. In the publishing and bookselling world, he is all in.”

read more/source: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bookselling/article/76455-boulder-book-store-named-2018-pw-bookstore-of-the-year-mesjak-rep.html

Related Posts

URBN Reports Record Holiday Sales

Urban Outfitters, Inc. announced net sales for the two and eleven months ended December 31, 2023. Total Company net sales for the two months ended December 31, 2023, increased 10% compared to the two months ended December 31, 2022. Total Retail segment net sales increased 8%, with comparable Retail segment net sales increasing 6%. Comparable Retail segment net sales increased 20% at Free People and 14% at Anthropologie and decreased 13% at Urban Outfitters. Wholesale segment net sales increased 15% driven by an increase in Free People wholesale sales primarily due to increases in sales to department stores and specialty accounts, partially offset by a decrease in Urban Outfitters wholesale sales. Nuuly segment net sales increased 71% primarily driven by a 58% increase in our subscribers versus the end of the prior year's comparable period.

It’s the winning…

No such thing as too much good news… Right? Congratulations to our New York office for their double win at the Min - Magazine Awards last week. The National for Amtrak won “Launch of the year” and Rhapsody for United won "Cover of the Year" for a beautiful shoot with Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne by Jason Bell. Magazine Launch for the National Cover Design Portfolio - for Rhapsody Also in the pipeline are the upcoming Eddie and Ozzie in October where we have a phenomenal and unprecedented 11 nominations. Is it the taking part right? Congratulations to the Oryx, American Way, Hemispheres, The National and Mabuhay teams and to Kerstin Zumstein and Jamie Trendall for their personal nominations for editor and designer of the year respectively. The Awards ceremony will be held in New York in mid-October and we have our fingers crossed in anticipation. Click Read More below for more of the story.

Pearson Reports 2017 Results

Highlights: Operating performance on track • 2017 adjusted operating profit of £576m is at the top end of our upwardly-revised October 2017 guidance range, adjusting for currency movements. • Adjusted earnings per share of 54.1p is above the October 2017 guidance range of 49.0p-52.0p reflecting strong profitability, a lower than expected tax rate of 11.1% and after a net interest charge of £79m. • Total underlying revenues declined 2%, in line with the performance in the nine-months, due to a decline of 4% in North America partly offset by stabilisation in Core and Growth. • Statutory operating profit for the year was £451m (2016: a loss of £2,497m). Click Read More below for additional information.
Back To Top
×Close search
Search