Herbert Ingram Bermont, a book retailer, author, publisher and book consultant, died of cancer at his Chicago home on February 12. He was 80.

Bermont began his career in 1957 at Brentano's branch stores in the Washington, D.C., area. In 1967 he left book retailing to become a book consultant. In 1978 he wrote and self-published How to Be a Successful Consultant in Your Own Field for the Consultant's Library, his own publishing house.