Episode 21: Book Buying and Selling

The Watchung Booksellers Podcast

In this episode of the Watchung Booksellers, owner Maddie Ciliotta-Young talks with W. W. Norton sales rep Ashanti White-Wallace about selling books to indies.

Maddie Ciliotta-Young is the owner and operator of Watchung Booksellers in Montclair, NJ. Maddie grew up in Montclair and at the bookstore with her mom, Margot. After college she was a teacher and principal for over a decade at a New York City public high school. As a school administrator, Maddie had a focus on equity for underserved schools and a passion for teaching literacy. She joined the Watchung Booksellers team in 2022 and when she’s not in the store she can be found enjoying Montclair’s restaurants with her husband or on the soccer field cheering on her kids.
Ashanti White-Wallace has been the New York City & tristate area sales rep for W. W. Norton, Inc. since January 2020. Originally from a small mountain town, she graduated with distinction from the University of Colorado at Boulder where she majored in English, studio arts, and art history. She found her passion for slinging books at the Boulder Book Store in 2008. After attending the Columbia Publishing Course in 2014, she managed inventory for WORD in Greenpoint, Brooklyn and Jersey City, NJ, and in 2018 for the Whitney Museum of American Art. Ashanti runs @JCQueerBookClub in Jersey City.
Resources:
Boulder Book Store
WORD
The Lit. Bar
Liz's Book Bar
Book Club

Books:
A full list of the books and authors mentioned in this episode is available here.

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The Watchung Booksellers Podcast is produced by Kathryn Counsell and Marni Jessup and is recorded at Silver Stream Studio in Montclair, NJ.

The show is edited by Kathryn Counsell and Bree Testa. Special thanks to Timmy Kellenyi and Derek Mattheiss.

Original music is composed and performed by Violet Mujica.

Art & design and social media by Evelyn Moulton. Research and show notes by Caroline Shurtleff.

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