Image of the Day: Celebrating Gabe Brillas and Steve Atinsky

Two legendary California publisher sales reps recently retired: Gabe Barillas from HarperCollins, after 37 years, and Steve Atinsky from Random House, following 24 years of service. Over the weekend, Southern California booksellers and publisher reps gathered at Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena to celebrate them. 

Pictured, from left: Richard McNeace (Faherty Books), James Fugate (Eso Won Books), Sherri Gallentine (Vroman's Bookstore), Julie Slavinsky (Warwick's Bookstore), Tom Bento (Penguin Random House), Dolores Bauer (Vroman's), John Evans (DIESEL a bookstore), Dan Graham (Book Soup), Shannon Grant (Simon & Schuster), Jen Ramos (The Godmothers), Stacey Haerr (Warwick’s), Alison Reid (DIESEL a bookstore), Jennifer Bigelow (formerly SCIBA), Adrian Newell (Warwick's), Nicole White (PRH Young Readers), Dave Ehrlich (Chronicle Books); Gabe Barillas, Steve Atinsky, Amanda Barillas (Vroman's), Linda McLoughlin Figel ({pages} a bookstore), Debra Ginsberg (DIESEL a bookstore), Amy Comito (Penguin Random House), Seth Marko (The Book Catapult), Julia Cowlishaw (Vroman's), Andrea Tetrick (Ingram Content Group), Will Gawronski (Columbia, Univ. of Calif., NYU and Longleaf), Mallory Groff (Warwick's), Liz Camfiord (Penguin Random House), Andrew Uchin (Norton Simon Museum).
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