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| Susana Martinez |
The issue for local booksellers and publishers is not just that much of the $200,000 worth of books came from distant sources. They also say they're upset because they didn't even get a shot at the business.
"I'm very offended," Barbe Awalt of LPD Press said. "The governor's office is not promoting local businesses, and they should."
For the recent book purchase, Martinez needed 30,000 books for her first-grade reading initiative. Some books she delivered herself taking the time to read to the kids.
Ten thousand books were bought through UNM Press; the rest came from out of state.
"So we're sending tax money from New Mexico to Illinois and Arizona, and I don't see them coming here to buy books," Awalt said. "It makes me wonder if this is what's happening to the book community, is it also happening to other things, that they go outside of New Mexico?" Read full story here: News New Mexico
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