Effective September 1, Harvard University Press is joining the Columbia Sales Consortium for sales representation in the U.S. and Canada. Order fulfillment and customer service for Harvard University Press will remain with Triliteral. The move builds on a relationship between Harvard University Press and Columbia University Press that began in 2011 when the Columbia sales force started to represent Harvard University Press in the Southeastern U.S.
The Columbia Sales Consortium has represented university and scholarly presses to the book trade in the U.S. for more than 25 years. Those presses include the University of California Press, Duke University Press, NYU Press, University of Virginia Press and eight others. With the new Harvard agreement, the sales consortium is expanding sales rep services to Canada.
The Columbia Sales Consortium team consists of Brad Hebel, director of operations and sales for Columbia University Press; Catherine Hobbs, Consortium sales manager and sales representative for the Mid-Atlantic and Southern U.S.; Conor Broughan, sales representative for the Northeastern U.S. and eastern Canada; Kevin Kurtz, sales representative for the Midwestern U.S. and central Canada; and William Gawronski, sales representative for the Western U.S. and western Canada.
This marks the second recent shift in university press sales in a week. Late last month, the MIT Press, Princeton University Press and Yale University Press formed a joint U.S. sales team. Triliteral handles customer service, credit and distribution for MIT Press and Yale University Press.