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Judy
Crosby Judy Crosby opened Island Books in Middletown, RI in 1993. Hers is a general store with emphasis on fiction, biography, history and children's books. She served on the NEIBA Advisory Council from 2004 to 2007 and was a member of the Strategic Planning Committee. When not working or reading, Judy enjoys gardening, cooking and browsing antique stores. She has lived in Portsmouth, RI since 1985 where she and her husband Gary raised their two sons. |
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Mitch Gaslin is a co-owner of Food for Thought Books, a non-profit, workers' collective bookstore in Amherst, MA. It is a general store specializing in progressive politics, as well as selling textbooks. Mitch has worked there since 1986. He is primarily responsible for accounts payable, textbook ordering and returns, and remainders. In 1990, through a Bertelsmann Foundation grant, he worked three months at a bookstore in Germany. Mitch served on the Advisory Council from 2002 through 2004. Outside the store, Mitch does all the work he didn't finish while at work, as well as chauffeuring his son to ballet and theater rehearsals. |
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Treasurer |
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Dick Hermans
Dick Hermans is the founder/owner of Oblong Books & Music which started in 1975 in Millerton, NY, 95 miles north of Manhattan. Named for an historic region between New York and Connecticut, Oblong has grown from a 400 sq.ft. beginning and now occupies two 1880's buildings in the small village. Dick opened a second store in historic Rhinebeck in 2001. Dick's daughter, Suzanna has recently become manager of the Rhinebeck store. Dick has been active for many years with the Harlem Valley Rail Trail Association. He lives in Pine Plains, NY with his wife, folksinger Priscilla Herdman. |
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Director |
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Karen Corvello Karen Corvello is the Head Buyer & Operations Manager at R.J. Julia Booksellers in Madison, CT, where she has worked for over seven years. She spent three years at Yale University Press as a publicist, working on both trade and academic titles. Her bookselling career began at her college bookstore in Boston. She has also worked for Lauriat's on Beacon Street, as well as various Waldenbooks throughout the city. Her most peaceful job was working for Episcopalian monks at Cowley Publications. To relax, she bakes, swing dances, and kickboxes. |
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John Hugo John Hugo, born into the business of my "dear old dad," Robert Hugo, bookseller of 42 years. Almost four years now running the Andover Bookstore as well as accounting and ordering duties for the three HugoBooks stores. Avid reader of fiction, occasional dabbler in non-fiction. When not working (hardly ever...) you can find me riding my motorcycle visiting other New England Bookstores. Dedicated second-generation bookseller interested in maintaining a vital, profitable independent bookstore. |
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Director |
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Barbara 'Kelly'
Kelly Barbara Kelly has been a proud bookseller for over 26 years. Kelly as she is more popularly known is the Tradebook and Software Manager for the University of Southern Maine Bookstores located on the campuses at Portland, Gorham and Lewiston, Maine. She also enjoyed a stint as a bookseller at Bookland of Maine at the South Portland store where she was in charge of special orders. Kelly also served for three one year terms on the NEIBA Advisory Council and is pleased to be considered for a seat on the board. When not selling books Kelly can be found at her sewing machine making costumes for many theatre troupes around Maine. |
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Ann Wachur Ann Wachur has been in the business of selling books
since she started working full time. She started out in the world
of independent bookselling at a store in Stamford, Connecticut. She
then went on to work as a publisher's rep. The last ten years have
been spent at Penguin and the prior years were spent at G.P. Putnam
before it became part of Penguin. When not selling and reading Penguin
books, she enjoys reading other companies' books, spending time with
her husband and two sons, and hiking. |