Lance Fensterman, a bookseller and member of the ABA Booksellers
Advisory Council, has been named show manager for BookExpo America,
replacing Chris McCabe, who left the company in February. Fensterman
begins officially on April 10 and reports to Courtney Muller, Reed
Exhibitions group v-p, who in the late 1990s, during a successful
tenure, was herself BEA show manager.
Fensterman was most recently store manager of R.J. Julia at Elm Street Books, New Canaan, Conn., which closed last month, and before that was general manager of Bound to Be Read Bookstore, St. Paul, Minn. Earlier Fensterman worked in hotel sales and marketing, co-founded a dot com business and founded North Perk Coffee House.
In a statement, he said, "A bookseller and entrepreneur at heart, I hope to bring a new perspective to the show. My proverbial office door and my mind will always be open to new ideas and innovation for the show."
Fensterman was most recently store manager of R.J. Julia at Elm Street Books, New Canaan, Conn., which closed last month, and before that was general manager of Bound to Be Read Bookstore, St. Paul, Minn. Earlier Fensterman worked in hotel sales and marketing, co-founded a dot com business and founded North Perk Coffee House.
In a statement, he said, "A bookseller and entrepreneur at heart, I hope to bring a new perspective to the show. My proverbial office door and my mind will always be open to new ideas and innovation for the show."