Louis Cohen papers (MS.2014.009)

Biographical note

Louis Cohen was born September 13, 1942. His papers represent the period from 1971-1973 when he worked as a sales representative for Optimum Book Marketing and from 1973 to December 31, 2002 when he worked as a senior sales representative for St. Martin’s Press/Holtzbrinck Publishers. During his tenure at St. Martin’s Press, Louis Cohen lived in Fresh Meadows, NY and was responsible for the territory comprising: New York City, Long Island, Westchester, Rockland County, Putnam, Dutchess, Sullivan, Northern New Jersey (to Princeton), Ulster, and Western Connecticut. He was also actively involved with the Brotherhood of Book Travelers (later the Association of Book Travelers) as Secretary, President (1980-1982) and Vice President (1983-1984). He was elected president emeritus in 1984. Cohen was the winner of the William Helmuth Award of the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association for "outstanding sales representative" in 2000. When he retired from St. Martin’s Press he moved to New Mexico.