FAMOUS BOOKSTORE CHANGES HANDS

Wellesley couple buy Harvard Book Store
By David Mehegan
Globe Staff / October 2, 2008

Harvard Book Store, which had been for sale since last spring, was sold yesterday to a married couple from Wellesley who say they intend to change very little about the place.

Frank Kramer, whose family owned the store for 76 years, sold the Harvard Square landmark to Jeff Mayersohn and Linda Seamonson. The price was not disclosed. Kramer, 66, put the store up for sale last May, saying that after 46 years in the business he wanted to move on to other things and put more effort into Cambridge Local First, an initiative he founded to encourage support for local stores.

Kramer called Mayersohn and Seamonson "the perfect buyers" for the popular local institution. "Jeff loves books, he's studied the business, and knows the store well," Kramer said, adding that he will act as a consultant to the new owners for a while.

Mayersohn, 57, who will take the title of president, said the staff will remain in place, including general manager Carole Horne, who joined the store in 1974. Seamonson will be involved in the store, but Mayersohn said details haven't been worked out. "The store has been my dream," he said, "but she is very excited, too."

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