Columbia Sales Consortium to represent University of Washington Press 

Seattle, WA - Beginning July 1, 2012, Columbia Sales Consortium will handle sales representation for the University of Washington Press to booksellers in the United States, with the exception of Washington State. Neither international sales representation nor fulfillment services (currently provided by Hopkins Fulfillment Services) will change.

Columbia Sales Consortium is part of Columbia University Press and represents other university presses around the country.

"We are very excited to work with the Columbia Sales Consortium, which has a wonderful reputation and tremendous experience in our community of university presses," said Rachael Levay, sales and publicity manager for the University of Washington Press. "We look forward to a productive and exciting relationship with our new colleagues."

"Columbia University Press is very excited about the University of Washington Press joining the Columbia Sales Consortium. Washington has a great publishing program and books that are well respected among booksellers and readers everywhere. University of Washington Press books fit very well with the other presses in our consortium and it will be a pleasure for our sales reps to present these titles to all our bookselling partners in the United States," said Brad Hebel, director of sales and marketing at Columbia University Press.

Contact information for these reps, as well as Rachael Levay, who will handle sales representation for Washington State, is below.

New York City (including Long Island)

Dominic Scarpelli, 212-459-0600, ext. 7129; ds2476@columbia.edu

East Coast and South

Catherine Hobbs, 804-690-8529, catherinehobbs@earthlink.net

Midwest

Kevin Kurtz, 773-316-1116, kkurtz5@earthlink.net

West (except Washington State)

William Gawronski, 310-488-9059, wgawronski@earthlink.net

Washington State

Rachael Levay, 617-871-0295, remann@uw.edu

The University of Washington Press is the leading publisher of scholarly books and distinguished works of regional nonfiction in the Pacific Northwest. UW Press titles cover a wide variety of academic fields with especially distinguished lists in environmental history, Western history, natural history, architectural history, art, and Asian studies.

Questions? Contact Rachael Levay, Sales & Publicity Manager, (617) 871-0295, remann@uw.edu

http://www.washington.edu/uwpress