Nancy Traversy is the CEO of Barefoot Books, which has landed a deal to open a boutique in FAO Schwarz in New York.
(Globe Photo/Travis Dove)
A new chapter for children's publisher Barefoot Books
Nancy Traversy is the CEO of Barefoot Books, which has landed a deal to open a boutique in FAO Schwarz in New York.
(Globe Photo/Travis Dove)
Addressing a Barefoot Books sales conference this month, CEO Nancy Traversy reeled off a litany of disaster stories about the children's publishing company she cofounded in 1993: Early on, a load of books split her dining room table in two. Later thousands of books were locked in a warehouse weeks before Christmas when a distributor went bankrupt. Just ... (Full article: 709 words)
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