Book Travelers West Southern California sales representative John Majeska will retire at the end of 2019 after 50 years in the book business. Majeska has been with BTW since 1986, following a career in the Navy, several years managing Pickwick Bookshops and repping for Scribners.
BTW colleagues noted that his response to good sales in his territory "often evoked, 'Well, I decided to leave the house this season,' a wry understatement of his complete dedication to in-person meetings with each and every one of his buyers each and every season and often a season in between. John, we will miss working with you and wish you and wife Carol and granddaughter Ari health and happiness."
Kevin Peters, who has 35 years in the book business and four with BTW, will now cover the whole state of California along with Nevada and Hawaii. He is joined by reps Phoebe Gaston (Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Arizona & New Mexico) and Kurtis Lowe (Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana & Alaska).