About Us
Excellence is our single focus.
Excellence in service, experience, and value—that's our promise to every organization, individual, and author.
This purpose goes back to 2005 when Tony DiCostanzo first started the company as Centurian Health. Its reputation in bulk book sales grew rapidly among business, education, and other markets. We changed our name to BookPal in 2008 to reflect our expansion with these customers. Today, we are an international business that has sold millions of books, inspiring individuals and organizations to connect, learn, and grow through new ideas.
Highlights of our journey include:
- Accolades for our innovative model by Publishers Weekly in 2010
- Prestigious contract from the Army Corps of Engineers in 2011, where we shipped thousands of books to Afghanistan as part of their humanitarian program
- Debut as #350 on the Inc. 500 list of fastest growing companies in 2013
- Custom journals offered to personalize an organization’s events in 2015
- Launch of The OWL Award program in 2017
- Launch of our AuthorConnect Chat program in 2018
- Accolades for our innovative model by Publishers Weekly in 2010
- Prestigious contract from the Army Corps of Engineers in 2011, where we shipped thousands of books to Afghanistan as part of their humanitarian program
- Debut as #350 on the Inc. 500 list of fastest growing companies in 2013
- Custom journals offered to personalize an organization’s events in 2015
- Launch of The OWL Awards program in 2017
- Launch of our AuthorConnect Chat program in 2018
People always here for you.
Meet our team of book experts—people who are as passionate about the power of books as you are. As avid readers ourselves, we can personally guide your organization on choosing the best books based on our deep knowledge across categories. For authors and publishers, BookPal's Business Services gives you creative and effective ways to connect your books to more organizations and audiences.
Kayla Brown
MANAGER, MARKETING & ECOMMERCE
Joelle Shusterman
MARKETING INTERN
September Phoenix
CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE SPECIALIST
September is our resident concert goer having attended over 40 concerts! When she's not at concerts you can find her taking care of her 3 cats that run her life. She is also left handed!
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How we live and work.
The BookPal team holds itself to the highest level of personal and professional behaviors. These six values inspire and guide our relationships with each other—but most importantly, with our customers:
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Positivity
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Integrity
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Collaboration
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K(C)reativity
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Learning
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Excellence