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| Adele Herman | |
Adele Herman, who has worked for the Como Sales Company for more than 40 years and is the Mid-Atlantic sales rep, has retired.
Maureen Karb, head of Como, remembered in part: "Adele's sharp wit, energy and boundless enthusiasm together with her determination to succeed led to her career break-through as one of the first female publisher sales reps in the industry to have her own travel territory and bag. True success is always difficult to measure but the health and vitality of her business relationships, for over forty years, is a pretty good yardstick… She deeply cared for all of us while also finding time to raise her own beautiful family… We are thrilled for her as she'll have more time to spend with her children and grandchildren. She already has plans to travel with friends, read, eat dessert and take time to smell the roses."
Kathy Simoneaux Fortney, co-owner of Chester County Book Company, West Chester, Pa., remembered Herman's early days: "We saw notes written on lined paper, taped or glued to her catalogue pages. And there were a lot of notes! And we thought first: Is she really going to talk that much about the books? We quickly learned that she was very determined to be the best at her job."
Michael Fox, owner of Joseph Fox Bookshop in Philadelphia, Pa., commented: "The pleasure Adele had in talking about her books was only matched by the pleasure I felt in seeing her cheery smiling face come through the door as a prelude to a big hug!"
In 2006, Herman and her late husband, Sam Herman, won the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association's William Helmuth Sales Rep of the Year award.
She may be reached at samdelcomo@comcast.net.