The Association of Logos Bookstores has honored the publisher through which the independent retailers group was formed.

The 20-strong group has named InterVarsity Press (IVP) its 2010 Vendor of the Year in its annual awards, for "exceptional staff, service and products."

The publisher-which in the 1960s started several Christian bookstores on college campuses, which later were spun off as the Logos association-also saw the Author of the Year award go to longtime IVP author John Stott, for The Radical Disciple. He was recognized as someone "whose works embody the power of books to change lives."

In addition, IVP's The Good & The Beautiful by James Bryan Smith was named Book of the Year in the Christian Living category. Noble Marketing representatives Jerry Gortmaker and David Terry--whose clients include IVP--won the Logos Christian Service Award.

"Our friends in the Association of Logos Bookstores are book-loving people who care deeply about ideas expressed carefully," said Jeff Crosby, associate publisher and director of sales and marketing at IVP. "We were delighted that our authors and employees were recognized by booksellers with whom we share a common mission-to impact lives through books."

• Prev
• Next