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The elusive Vic Herman founded
Horizon Books in 1961; he is now President of the corporation and is
rarely seen in the store. This photograph was captured in the wild using
a motion-activated lens.
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Lois is our Children's Book Specialist. She works with schools and libraries, and she can help you find that perfect book for your child or grandchild.
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| Terry works hard after hours at Horizon, keeping the entire store clean and in top-notch condition for our customers. |
Kathy works most weeknights in the lower
level. This is her 26th year at Horizon, and she's become "one with the
woodwork," as she puts it.
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Margaret is our resident book sleuth. If
you've got a rare or out-of-print edition you'd like to special order,
she can find it for you.
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Jill is one of our store managers and
events coordinator at Horizon. She is dedicated to bringing in all the
local authors and musicians Traverse City has to offer.
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Amy is the sales manager at Horizon. She
has worked here since 1977, and still finds her job fresh and
challenging every day. She says she'll never feel as if she's read
enough books.
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Bob began working at Horizon Books in
1969, and is our employee of longest tenure. He manages all the
receiving for all three of our bookstore locations |
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Sean began working here in 2010,
and conducts most of the website maintenance for horizonbooks.com.
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Barb works the front desk in the
bookstore and is always ready to help customers find exactly what
they're looking for. She is rumored to hold a dozen other jobs around
town.
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Darrell manages the Shine Cafe in the
lower level. |
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| Erica takes care of the accounting at Horizon. One of Vic Herman's daughters, she has worked at the bookstore all her life. |
Coleman, Erica's son. Formerly known as
the "Horizon Baby" when he was an infant hanging out in his mom's
office. Now, a bit older, he helps out with the Ordering Department's
data entry and any odd jobs throughout the store. |
Mary is in the bookstore nearly seven
days a week. She works for both Horizon Books and our resident
coffeeshop, Cuppa Joe, located in the front of the store. She could be
standing just to the left of the camera in this picture. |
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| Jinhee works in Receiving with Bob. She
also handles all our book returns, works the lower level counter, and
takes care of all the internet orders for the store. |
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Megan works along with Jill booking
musicians for our weekend concerts. She works upstairs at the main desk,
as well as downstairs in the Shine Cafe doing battle with the espresso
machine. |
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| Gary is CEO of Horizon Books. This is
Gary's second career. He retired the first time in 2004 from
engineering/manufacturing and expects to be at Horizon Books for many,
many, many more years. |
Joseph is Vic and Amy's son. He
frequents Horizon Books after school on weeknights and was recently
promoted to Head of Store Security.
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Andi works in pretty much every area of
Horizon - whether staffing the Shine Cafe, handling the back counter, or
helping customers at the front desk. She is most commonly referred to,
however, as Queen of the Magazines. |
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Debbie handles the bookkeeping at Horizon. (A big job in a bookstore!) Here she is raiding the cash drawer in the Shine Cafe.
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Martha works the front desk on the main
floor and is always ready to help customers find exactly what they
need. In this picture, for example, she is happily ordering a pizza for a
customer.
She also works for the Grand Traverse Dyslexia Association.
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Leigh Anne is our resident editor-in-chief. She works each month
to write and compile the Horizon Books newsletter, as well as organizing
and putting out all of our monthly staff picks.
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| Mike is a former coordinator at TCTV2,
community activities director in Uraga, Japan and longtime bookstore
veteran. Check out that dedication! |
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Marla has worked for Horizon Books since 2000, when she walked away from a lucrative career co-hosting alongside Conan O'Brien. Previously known around these parts as a seasonal worker, we are pleased she will now be with us year-round!
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