OUP named publisher and distributor of the year at booksellers’ awards

Oxford University Press (OUP) was again named Publisher and Distributor of the Year at a Booksellers Association award ceremony on Wednesday 16 March.

It was the sixth time in seven years that OUP collected the Publisher of the Year award, and the seventh year in a row that it won the Distributor of the Year prize at the Conference for Academic, Professional & Specialist Booksellers Awards Ceremony.

OUP sales representative Stevie Thomson also took home Publisher Sales Rep of Year Award on the night, rounding off a successful ceremony for the publisher.

Bonny Legge, head of UK Sales at Oxford University Press, said: “I’m delighted that OUP has won again. I think it really highlights our success in a diverse range of academic publishing, and that we’re meeting the needs of booksellers who remain a vital part of our work.”

The awards are judged by booksellers and Bookseller Association members working in the UK who score publishers throughout the year. Categories focus specifically on the services being offered to booksellers by publishers such as engagement with bookshops, support from central or head office services, delivery turnaround times, and publishing.

OUP staff were particularly pleased with the Distributor of the Year Award, which came shortly after the relocation of its UK Distribution Centre to new premises in Kettering.

Andrea Wood, Head of Customer Services at Kettering, said : “To win this award is a huge honour, which highlights the success of our move to the new Kettering facility during the year. I know the team at Kettering would like to thank all our customers for their support throughout the relocation. Equally, our staff have every reason to be proud of their achievement.”

Sales Rep of the Year Stevie Thomson added: “Winning this award makes me so very proud and surprisingly speechless. However I am only part of a big team that helps bring us success, so I’d like to thank everyone I work with for helping me to win.”

To find out more about Oxford University Press go to www.oup.co.uk

Notes for Editors

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