Last night in Boston, the New England Independent Booksellers Association held a party honoring Steve Fischer, who has retired after 11 years as executive director, a time he called "more fun, more challenging, more gratifying than anything I ever could have imagined doing" in his 47-year career. Among the many who were sad to see him leave but planning to keep in touch were American Booksellers Association friends and former and current NEIBA presidents (from l.): Dick Hermans, Oblong Books & Music, Millerton, N.Y.; Judy Crosby, Island Books, Middletown, R.I.; Steve Fischer; Suzanna Hermans, Oblong Books & Music, Rhinebeck, N.Y.; Oren Teicher, ABA; Joy Dallanegra-Sanger, ABA; Gillian Kohli, Wellesley Books, Wellesley, Mass.; Laura Cummings, White Birch Books, North Conway, N.H.; Annie Philbrick, Bank Square Books, Mystic, Conn., and Savoy Bookshop and Cafe, Westerly, R.I.; and Dan Cullen, ABA.
