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Major Airport Book Shops
-Host Marriott, Stuart Carter, Book Buyer; 6600 Rockledge
Drive, Bethesda,
MD, 20817; 866 467-4671 x 4331
-Paradies Shops, Allison Brown, National Book Buyer,
5950 Fulton Industrial
Boulevard SW, P O Box 43485, Atlanta GA 30336; 404-344-7905; Fax:
404-349-7539. 100+ stores.
Email: allison.brown@theparadiesshops.com Web:
http://www.theparadiesshops.com.
-W.H. Smith, Sara Hinckley, National Book Buyer, 3200
Windy Hill Road #1500
W, Atlanta GA 30339; 770-952-0705; Fax: 770-951-1352. Operates or owns 255
airport shops and 421
hotel stores. In April 2002, W.H. Smith signed a
contract for Bookazine to operate as its primary book supplier for its
40
main airport shops that carry 4,000 to 6,000 titles
-Waterstones, 181 Newbury Street, Boston MA 02116;
617-859-8030
-Compass Books, Kim Soboleski, Books Inc., 160 Folsom, San Francisco CA
94105; 415-442-0982,
ext.17.
Home Shopping Networks
Deborah Wooley, Shop at Home, 5388 Hickory Hollow Pkwy, Antioch,
TN 37013
Obtain book submission forms: www.ishopathome.com/vendorform
-Home Shopping Network, New Business Development, 1 HSN
Drive: St.
Petersburg, FL 33729; Book submission forms:
www.view.hsn.net/content/NewBusiness.asp
-QVC, Vendor Relations, QVC Studio Park #0128, West Chester,
PA 19380-4262,
www.qvc.com, Book submission forms: www.vendor.studiopark.com
-Shop NBC, Attn: Customer Service, 6740 Shady Oak Road,
Eden Prairie, MN
55344, 800 676-5523; www.shopnbc.com
-Television Shopping Network (TVSN) - Australian shopping
channel.
http://www.itvsn.com.au/
Distribution to Discount Stores/Warehouse Clubs
Ms. Debra McKirdy; Book Purchasing Department, Anderson Merchandisers,
421
East 34th Street, Amarillo, TX 79103 (buys for Wal-Mart); (806) 376-6251,
x4489
-Advanced Marketing
Services, 5880 Oberlin Drive, #400, San Diego, CA
92122-9653; (619) 457-2500 (mass merchandisers and wholesale clubs)
-Levy
Home Entertainment; Book Buyer, 4201 Raymond Drive, Hillside, IL
60162-1786; 708 547-4400 (warehouse clubs)
-The
Handleman Company, Book Buyer, 500 Kirts Blvd. Troy, MI 48084-4142;
(248) 362-4400
Distribution to Independent Bookstores
BookSense.com - allows users to purchase books online from
a network of
independent booksellers. Features reviews, recommendations, and interviews.
http://www.booksense.com/
NewPages Guide to Independent Bookstores
http://www.newpages.com/NPGuides/bookstores.htm
Hospital Gift Shops
National Distributors, a Wholesale Merchandising Company,
supplies gift
shops in hospitals, hotels, resorts, pharmacies, college book stores, truck
stops, camping facilities
& correctional institutions
http://www.nationaldistributors.com/
-Lori's Hospital Gift Shops is the world's largest operator
of hospital
gift shops. http://www.lorishospitalgiftshops.com/
-The General Hospital at Passaic Gift Shop (2145 Chenault
Drive,
Carrollton, TX 75006 Telephone: 972-759-5000 FAX: 972-759-5001 Email:
info@lorisgifts.com
-Morristown Memorial Hospital Gift Shop (100 Madison Avenue,
Morristown, NJ
07962 (973) 971-5102)
-Overlook Hospital Gift Shop (99 Beauvoir Avenue, Summit, NJ 07902
(908)
522-2133)
-Mountainside Hospital Gift Shop (1 Bay Avenue, Montclair, NJ 07042 (973)
429-6021)
-Milford
Regional Hospital Gift Shop 14 Prospect Street, Milford, MA 01757
508-473-1190 http://www.milfordregional.org/giftshop.html
-Brigham and Women's Hospital -75 Francis Street, Boston,
MA 02115, Phone:
1 (617) 732-5500 http://www.bwh.partners.org/general/gift.asp
-Providence Corner Gift Shop- Providence Health System
http://www.providence.org/SWSA/Gift_Shop/adefault.htm
-Gift Shop at Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center
217 South Third
Street, Danville, KY 40422 Email marketing@emhealth.org
http://www.emrmc.org/gift_shop.htm
-Presbyterian Hospital Tour - Gift Shop 1-800-545-4030
(505) 841-1234
http://www.phs.org/facilities/abqlinks/pres/gift.htm
-Hospital gift shop mailing labels - Cindy Jones Associates
sells the most
current and accurate hospital gift shop mailing labels. Market directly to
hospital gift shops with almost
4000 pressure sensitive labels. Also
available is a targeted list of gift shops in major hospitals
onlyhttp://www.cindyjonesassociates.com/hospital_gift_shop_labels/labels.htm
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-Utlaut Health Services - online gift shop 618-664-1230, 200 Healthcare
Drive, Greenville, Il 62246;
Utlaut@gvc.net http://www.utlaut.com/
-Milford Regional Hospital Gift Shop - 14 Prospect Street,
Milford, MA
01757 508-473-1190 http://www.mwrh.com/giftshop.html
-Medtique Gift Shop at University Hospital One hospital
Drive, Columbia, MO
65212 (573) 882-4141. http://www.muhealth.org/~visit/gift.shtml
Gift Basket Directory
Search by Company, Hospital, College or Hotel. (Add your book
to the gift
baskets) http://www.searchgiftbaskets.com/
Gift Ideas, Gift Registry, Gift Shopping - FindGift.com
Find gift ideas for
a birthday, wedding, baby shower, graduation, anniversary, birthday, or any
gift giving occasion.
FindGift.com is the home of great gift ideas.
http://www.registryonline.com/
Commercial Sales
Premiums and Incentives
Corporate Trading Company - business
gifts, incentives, and corporate
hospitality.
http://www.corp-trade.co.uk
Bookclubs
Bestsellers Monthly Book Club. Categories include fiction,
mystery, and
more.
http://www.bestsellers-monthly-book-club.com/
Book Club Directory - This free guide provides details
on dozens of book
clubs, including Doubleday, Book of the Month, Literary Guild, Mystery,
Christian, Black Expressions,
Children's BMOC and 40+ others.
http://www.bookclubdeals.com/
Library Distribution
An online directory of all school libraries in the US:
http://www.sldirectory.com/libsf/stpages/stdir.html#top
-Baker & Taylor, Sally Neher; Director, Publisher
Relations; nehers@btol.com
908 541-7460; P. O. Box 6885; Bridgewater, NJ 08807-0885; www.btol.com
-Quality Books: Carolyn Olson, 1003 West Pines Road, Oregon,
IL 61061;
(815) 732-4450
-Unique Books: Todd Porter, 5010 Kemper Ave., St. Louis, MO 63139; (314)
776-6695;
(800) 533-5446
-University Park Media is a full-service library book vendor that
specializes in high-interest,
difficult-to-acquire reference materials from
the nation's premier publishers. Offers "superior discounts and
unparalleled
commitment to customer service." http://www.uparkmedia.com/
-For a list of library contact information for nearly
200 public libraries
with over $500,000 book-purchasing budgets:
http://www.laughingbear.com/library.html
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