ABA at 125: 'Every Single Person Who Works on a Book Is Important'
"Bookselling is the heart of publishing. Every single person who works on a book is important, whether it is the publisher or the warehouse worker packing the books, but I have seen so many books published and then lost in the shuffle. Countless books are published with no marketing budget, and the way those books thrive is through bookselling, through librarians, and through other readers who are telling people about these books.
"All of that to me is bookselling, and it is the life of the industry. Publishing is a business, and I think that booksellers, along with so many others in this industry, including editorial assistants, publicity assistants, and warehouse workers are completely undervalued and underappreciated. Without them, these books would have no place."
