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Books & Books has hired Dustin Kurtz to manage its Cayman Islands store. Kurtz was marketing manager for Melville House Publishing, and prior to that, he worked as a bookseller at McNally Jackson in Manhattan and WORD Bookstore in Brooklyn. He joins the Books & Books team effective this month.
"We are fortunate to have someone of Dustin's caliber join our team in Cayman," said Books & Books owner Mitchell Kaplan. "He comes to the island with broad and deep bookselling and publishing knowledge, and we couldn't be more excited in welcoming him."
"It feels like a homecoming," Kurtz noted. "I'm hugely excited to be a bookseller again after years away. The store is, I think, an object of fascination for so many in the industry--this island outpost of one of the world's great independent bookstores. It's been a real thrill for me to come down and find all of the ingredients that make up any good indie in the States: a passionate staff, a supportive local community and a beautiful space full of great books."