Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group has acquired North Country Books. Based in Utica, N.Y., North Country has a backlist of about 200 titles, with a focus on regional books about the Adirondacks and Upstate New York.
Jan 13, 2021
Marc and Sarah Galvin, owners of The Bookstore Plus, have established Blue Line Book Exchange, a new wholesale and distribution company in Lake Placid.
(Photo provided) LAKE PLACID Sarah and Marc Galvin, owners of The Bookstore Plus in Lake Placid, have established Blue Line Book Exchange to distribute an outstanding line of Adirondack literature, including guidebooks, local history, art books, fiction and nonfiction, children’s titles from board books through young adult, as well as maps, calendars, posters, note cards and more. The announcement in late October 2020 that North Country Books would close at the end of January 2021 sent dismay through the ranks of authors, publishers and retail accounts who’d come to depend on the Utica-based company to distribute books and related products with an Adirondack focus. The company, founded in 1965, had been a bridge between small specialty publishers and authors, and their markets for Adirondack-themed books, maps