Congratulations to Eso Won Books, Los Angeles, Calif., which was named PW's Bookstore of the Year, and to Toi Crockett, field account manager at Simon & Schuster, primarily for accounts in the western states, who was named PW's Rep of the Year.
Owned by James Fugate and Tom Hamilton, Eso Won "has long been one of the country's preeminent Black-owned bookstores and, of course, was indispensable this past year," Ellen Adler, publisher of the New Press, wrote in her nominating letter. "But that's nothing new: it has long been indispensable--as those who are lucky enough to count it as their local bookstore or who have made the pilgrimage and had a visit well know."
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In her nominating letter, Barbara Peters, owner of the Poisoned Pen Bookstore in Scottsdale, Ariz., described Crockett as "highly skilled, massively competent, endlessly cheerful and creative. Our whole S&S account, which is huge, depends mostly on her. She has mastered the supply side, she catches my errors, she suggests opportunities, and she seems to work 18/7 days."