Vol. 76/No. 48      December 31, 2012

The goal of the effort, which began in September and runs through the end of January, is to win 120 orders. As of Dec. 15, orders stand at 83—33 of which were from bookstores and libraries ordering Pathfinder books for the first time.

“A Puerto Rican-oriented bookstore here in Philadelphia ordered 20 books,” said Mitchel Rosenberg. This included five copies in English and Spanish each of The Cuban Five: Who They Are, Why They Were Framed, Why They Should Be Free and Puerto Rico: Independence Is a Necessity by Rafael Cancel Miranda. (See page 7 for information on the Cuban Five.)

Nick Castle in Los Angeles received three orders for the book on the Cuban Five. This title is already on the shelves of a college library in Florida along with all 23 titles in the series “The Cuban Revolution in World Politics.”

Pathfinder volunteers received their 20th order from a Black-focused store in Long Beach, Calif., which included six copies of Capitalism and the Transformation of Africa.

“I find your publications interesting. I’m reading To See the Dawn and enjoying it so much,” wrote a professor from the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies at the University of Arizona to one of Pathfinder’s sales volunteers. The book contains documents of the First Congress of the Peoples of the East, held in 1920 in Baku, Azerbaijan, organized by the leadership of the Communist International following the Russian Revolution.

Sales volunteers participating in the Salon du livre in Montreal, the world’s second-largest francophone book fair, got new leads to follow up on. “Two enthusiastic high school women bought books and gave us the name of their school librarian and thought it would be ‘cool’ if they could find these books in their library,” reported salesperson Brigitte Grouix.

A special effort was made to publicize Pathfinder’s October 1962: The ‘Missile’ Crisis as Seen from Cuba to take advantage of the 50th anniversary of this important historical event. In Los Angeles several mailings resulted in eight orders for this title.

Meanwhile, Pathfinder books bought online through Amazon.com continue to outpace previous years’ sales. Bestsellers include The Communist Manifesto and titles by Malcolm X, Leon Trotsky and Thomas Sankara. Pathfinder titles will soon be available through Amazon Canada, making revolutionary literature, particularly Pathfinder’s French titles, readily available to youth and working people in that country.  
 
 
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