High-tech exec with yen for books buys Harvard Book Store

Bookdwarf has the scoop.

The new owners are Jeff Mayersohn and his wife, Linda Seamonson:

Mayersohn, who lives in Wellesley, said, "As a customer of Harvard Book Store for over thirty years, I'm overwhelmed and elated by this opportunity. My wife and I have wanted to own a bookstore for many years--I never imagined that it could be Harvard Book Store."

Mayersohn is a vice president at Sonus Networks, which builds equipment for heavy-duty Voice over IP networks - he's an alumnus of BBN and GTE Internetworking. Sonus has had some issues this year.