Nicki Leone
Communications / SysAdmin
Professional Bio
Nicki Leone has been working in the book industry since 1985, when she ditched a college waitressing job to be a cashier and stock person in a bookstore in Chestnut Hill, MA, for the employee discount. She remembers the printed editions of Books in Print, STOP orders, when HarperCollins was Harper & Row, how to check Ingram stock levels on a microfiche machine, and that year's Danielle Steele bestselling novel, (Secrets).
In her career in the book industry, she has worked as a buyer and manager for both independent and chain bookstores, and in editing, graphic design, and book design for bookstores and small presses. In the early 1990s, she moved to Wilmington, NC, and eventually became a buyer and then manager at Bristol Books until it closed in 2005. She began working for SIBA later that same year as a newsletter editor and production manager, and eventually managed the organization's website and member database. She now serves as SIBA's Communications Coordinator and Systems Administrator.
In her career in the book industry, she has worked as a buyer and manager for both independent and chain bookstores, and in editing, graphic design, and book design for bookstores and small presses. In the early 1990s, she moved to Wilmington, NC, and eventually became a buyer and then manager at Bristol Books until it closed in 2005. She began working for SIBA later that same year as a newsletter editor and production manager, and eventually managed the organization's website and member database. She now serves as SIBA's Communications Coordinator and Systems Administrator.