Mainstreet's Rosamund de la Hey Re-Elected BA President

Rosamund de la Hey

Rosamund de la Hey, owner and founder of the Mainstreet Trading Company in St. Boswells, Scottish Borders, has been re-elected for a second term as president of the Booksellers Association of the U.K. and Ireland, the Bookseller reported. WH Smith's books director Lucy Menendez and Nic Bottomley, owner of indie Mr B's Emporium of Reading Delights in Bath, were re-elected as v-ps.

"What I want to do as president is encourage new entrants and support people in opening new bookshops," de la Hey said recently. "Publishers experiencing the shop floor is part of that. The more publishers see bookshops as a vital part of the community, the better, and vice versa. We would be nothing without [publishers], but it has to go both ways."

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