On 26 August Van Schaik Bookstore won the Sefika Academic Bookseller of the Year Award for the third consecutive year. This is also the first time for a bookseller to be presented with this award three consecutive times since the inception of the awards 14 years ago. The announcement was made during the awards dinner of the annual South African Booksellers Association conference held at Coastlands Umhlanga Hotel and Convention Centre in Durban.
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“This is a great honour for us. We would like to extend great thanks to our customers, suppliers and publishers for supporting us,” says Van Schaik Bookstore MD, Stephan Erasmus.
The Sefika Academic Bookseller Award is an award voted for by publishers. It honors and recognizes the overall contribution of academic booksellers to the industry.
Congratulations to the rest of the winners:
Publishers Awarded:
Trade Publisher of the Year 2014: Penguin Books (SA)
Academic Publisher of the Year 2014: Oxford University Press Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd
Education Publisher of the Year 2014 (Large): Pearson Education SA
Education Publisher of the Year 2014 (Small): Berlut Books cc
Booksellers Awarded:
Education Bookseller of the Year 2014: Boeke 24/7
Trade Bookseller of the Year 2014 (Chain Stores): Bargain Books
Trade Booksellers of the Year 2014 (Independent Stores): Book Lounge
Library Supplier of the Year 2014: Hargraves Library Services
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Stephan Erasmus, Van Schaik Bookstore MD receives the 2014 Sefika Academic Bookseller of the Year Award from Mandla Balisa, MD of Macmillan and Chairperson of the Publishers Association of South Africa.