Rakuten Kobo CEO Michael Tamblyn commented: "Pieter knows publishing from the inside out, has tremendous respect for authors and the work that they do and has been able to take that insight to innovate in how we engage with and build new businesses that readers find compelling. Before joining the company in 2011, he worked in international publishing, including as publisher at De Bezige Bij in Amsterdam. Swinkels was formerly Rakuten Kobo's executive v-p of publisher relations and content. Additional responsibilities include "expanding the Kobo Writing Life self-publishing platform, expanding the Kobo Plus subscriptions service, and continuing to build out the Kobo Originals program of new and exclusive e-books, audiobooks and podcast content." Pieter Swinkels has been appointed chief content officer of Rakuten Kobo and will be responsible for the growth of Kobo's content catalog and business relationships with publishers, agents and authors. The new space will include "twinkle lights, Toms-Price furniture, handwritten recommendations and homemade baked goods" as well as the cooking demonstrations for which the store-and Koropp-are known.
Koropp told the newspaper: "We were very lucky to get sort of a homelike environment in our first store, and we're going to have to create that in the new space, but it is already the perfect size and very snug and welcoming." made the original store a place where you want to curl up with a book, a blanket and your cat," the Daily Herald wrote. has always appealed because of its great location and size and parking, plus charming layout and look."Īt the new location, Prairie Path Books aims to replicate the feel it had in the former model apartment in the Toms-Price Home Furnishings store. On the store's blog, Sandy Koropp, who owns Prairie Path Books with Jenny Riddle, wrote in part that she was attracted to the space, the former site of the Yankee Candle Company, because "it feels like home to me. The new location is in the outdoor Town Square Mall in Wheaton and the store's first full day of business there will be Valentine's Day, February 14, according to the Daily Herald. Prairie Path Books, Wheaton, Ill., which had an unusual start five years ago in part of a furniture store, is moving to a new location because the store's building has been sold.
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