Speakers…
Taught by working professionals, Publishing University speakers and class organizers are all volunteers who echo IBPA’s motto of “helping each other to achieve and succeed.”
Speakers and class organizers are listed alphabetically by their last name
| Guy Achtzehn President, Marketing & Sales Group Premium Book Company 1320 Toronita Street, York, PA 17402 Phone: 717.846.4045 E: guy@msgpromo.com |
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| Daniel R. Albohn Sony Electronics, Inc. Digital Reading Business Division 1 Sony Drive, Park Ridge, NJ 07656 Phone: 201-476-8585 E: daniel.albohn@am.sony.com www.sony.com/reader, www.ebookstore.sony.com |
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Daniel Albohn joined Sony in 2001 and conducted the initial assessment of the opportunity in the US market for "e-books" and "e-reading,” prospects for a dedicated reading device, and identification of content appropriate for the first generation of electronic ink displays. Dan forged Sony's relationships with thought leaders in the publishing community, established business terms with major trade book publishers, and worked with conversion service providers to optimize content enabling Sony to launch the Reader and e-Bookstore in September 2006. His current charge is to work with the library community whose digital initiatives are complemented by the Reader, with Academic and Professional publishers who have expressed interest in Sony’s initiative, and to identify new uses and collections of content for Reader. Dan earned his AB in Economics from Columbia and MBA in Marketing from The University of Michigan Graduate School of Business. |
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| Dana Asher Writer/Editor 7 Old Orchard Rd., New Rochelle, NY 10804 Phone: 914.637.0405, Fax: 914.637.6162 E: danaasher1@aol.com |
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| For more than 20 years, Dana Asher has served as an editor at a variety of print and online publications, including Executive Female (published by Working Woman Media), Cosmopolitan and Modern Bride magazines. She has contributed features and content to a variety of media, including magazines such as Redbook, Glamour, Mademoiselle, Self, Psychology Today, and Woman's Day Special Interest Publications, among other, as well as provided content for websites such as foodnetwork.com, consumerreports.org and clubmom.com. In her most recent role as executive editor of Westchester Home magazine, a home-design and lifestyle publication, she covers areas such as architecture and design, personalities, travel, food and wine, entertaining and luxury products. | |
| Donna Babylon Writer/Publisher Windsor Oak Publishing PO Box 1603, Westminster, MD 21158 Phone: 410-876-3121, Fax: 410-848-3293 E: dbabylon@aol.com www.MoreSplashThanCash.com |
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| Donna specializes in the how-to home decorating and sewing genres, marketing books and products under her brand, More Splash Than Cash®. She has sold over 275,000 books without spending a penny on advertising. Donna has focused her marketing efforts on national speaking engagements, appearances on over 250 local, national, and cable television shows, and getting editorial coverage. Donna has declared April as National Decorating Month in which she is the national spokesperson. She has developed a line of sewing patterns, RoomMates™, that supports her book sales and increases her brand recognition. Her latest book, More Splash Than Cash Sew—Lutions is being introduced at BEA. | |
| Bob Baker Owner/Author/Publisher Spotlight Publications P.O. Box 43058, St. Louis, MO 63143 Phone: 314-963-5296 E: bob@thebuzzfactor.com www.Bob-Baker.com; www.FullTimeAuthor.com |
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| Bob Baker is a full-time author and independent publisher who has developed a successful niche writing and speaking about music marketing and self-promotion for songwriters, musicians and bands. He served three terms as president of the St. Louis Publishers Association and is an advocate for the self-publishing movement. He is also an active speaker, blogger, and podcaster who is passionate about showing creative people how to make the most of their talents using the Internet and low-cost guerrilla marketing tactics. | |
| Kate Siegel Bandos Founder and President KSB Promotions 55 Honey Creek NE Ada, MI 49301-9768 Phone: 616-676-0758 E: kate@ksbpromotions.com www.ksbpromotions.com & www.ksblinks.com |
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| Kate Bandos has worked with hundreds of publishers and authors, and dealt with a wide array of media people during her nearly 40 years in publishing. Since the formation of KSB Promotions in 1988, she has primarily helped independent publishers garner media exposure. Prior to the formation of KSB Promotions, Kate was publicity director for M. Evans & Company (NYC), Globe Pequot Press (CT) and Pelican Publishing (LA). Handling national, regional, and local and carefully targeted campaigns, Kate and her husband/partner Doug work with non-fiction titles only, specializing in travel guides, parenting, gardening, cookbooks, home how-to, consumer health, select children's books and other general lifestyle books. | |
| Robin Bartlett Senior Account Executive American Heart Association 63 Burlington Street, Norwood, NJ 07648 Phone: 201-315-5400, Fax: 201-767-1986 E: rbbartlett@aol.com www.robinbartlett.com |
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| Robin Bartlett is a Senior Account Executive in the Corporate Relations Department of the American Heart Association working with leading pharmaceutical companies to support AHA’s cause marketing strategy. Robin has spent his entire career in sales and marketing, selling print and electronic products in the school, college, professional, reference, trade, medical, and non-profit markets. He is a past member of the Board of Directors of the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) and continues to serve as Education Chair. He served on the Board of Directors for the Health Marketing and Communications Council (HMCC) and is the Past President of the American Medical Publishers Association (AMPA). Robin is the author and producer of The Trail, a DVD that reveals the human conditions, emotions and terror experienced by soldiers who walked point in Vietnam. Robin is also an avid photographer, hunter and fisherman. | |
| Jamila Bey Freelance Journalist 1311 Delaware Ave SW Suite S-226, Washington, DC 20024 Phone: 202-536-7397, Fax: 202-488-2974 E: jamilabey1@verizon.net |
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| Jamila Bey has been a journalist for 15 years and it's not a good day if she hasn't made a pitch. She was an editor at National Public Radio's Morning Edition on the front lines of pitch fielding for four years before becoming a full-time freelance journalist. Jamila is the creator and chair of the National Press Club's Freelance Committee and is dedicated to eradicating the scourge that is fear of pitching among journalists and PR folks alike. | |
| Marianne Bohr Senior Vice President National Book Network 4501 Forbes Blvd., Suite 200, Lanham, MD 20706 Phone: 301-731-9512 E: mbohr@nbnbooks.com www.nbnbooks.com |
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| Marianne Bohr is known for her business savvy and operational abilities. She is the day-to-day driving force behind our high-impact marketing programs designed to gain significant market advantage for publishers. With over 25 years in the industry, including experience as marketing director for the American Institute of Architects Press and Academy Editions (United Kingdom), Marianne works closely with the sales force and her marketing team to develop programs for NBN publishers, including catalogs, trade shows, advertising, and client communications. | |
| Davida Breier Marketing Director National Book Network 4501 Forbes Blvd., Suite 200, Lanham, MD 20706 Phone: 301-731-9512, Fax: 301-429-5745 E: dbreier@nbnbooks.com www.nbnbooks.com |
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| Davida Breier is the Marketing Director for National Book Network (NBN), where she oversees various marketing programs and acts as Account Manager for several publishers. Davida started with Biblio Distribution (NBN’s former sister company) in 2003 as its Sales and Marketing Director and is a published author (Vegan & Vegetarian FAQ, 2001). | |
| Jonnie A. Bryant Executive Director of Marketing & Sales McNaughton & Gunn, Inc. 960 Woodland Drive, Saline, MI 48176 Phone: 734-429-8713 E: jonnieb@mcnaughton-gunn.com www.mcnaughton-gunn.com |
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| For over 25 years Jonnie Bryant has been a leader at McNaughton & Gunn, Inc., a book manufacturer, located in Saline, Michigan. As one of the Senior Leadership Team Members, she has held the position of Executive Director of Marketing & Sales since 2004. Jonnie provides direction and support to her sales team at the headquarters in Saline and at offices in Chicago, New York and California. Her areas of management responsibility include Sales, Marketing, Customer Service, Preflight, Estimating and Planning. Prior to her current position Jonnie served as Sales Manager, Customer Service Manager and Account Representative. Under Jonnie's leadership, McNaughton & Gunn has grown to be a major book manufacturer within the publishing community nationwide. | |
| Cevin Bryerman Publishers Weekly/Reed Business Information 360 Park Ave. S., New York, NY 10010-1710 Phone: 646-746-6654, Fax: 646-746-6620 E: cbryerman@reedbusiness.com www.reedbusiness.com |
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| Cevin Bryerman is Associate Publisher of Publishers Weekly, the leading international trade magazine for book publishing. He is a member of the advisory board for Netgalley, Books for a Better Life, Center for Small Independent Presses, and Green Press Initiative. He has been a guest speaker at Northwestern University and Columbia University on book and magazine publishing. Cevin is treasurer of IBPA and has served as a board member for the past two and half years. | |
| Elise Cannon V.P. Sales-Field, PGW/Perseus 1700 4th Street, Berkeley, CA 94710 Phone: 510-809-3730 E: elise.cannon@pgw.com, www.pgw.com |
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| Elise Cannon is vice president, director of field sales at Publishers Group West, the most successful exclusive distributor of independent publishers in North America. She has worked at PGW for 16 years, representing over 125 exceptional presses, including best-selling publishers Grove/Atlantic Monthly, New World Library, Counterpoint, Soft Skull Press, McSweeney's, MacAdam/Cage, Shelter Publications, Ulysses Press and Gallup Press. She also oversees independent bookstore sales for the Perseus Books Group. A former PMA/IBPA board member, she believes that up-to-date marketplace knowledge is one of the cornerstones of success for independent publishers. | |
| Sharon Castlen Integrated Book Marketing PO Box 321, Kings Park, NY 11754 Phone: 631-979-5990 E: ibmarket@optonline.net |
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| Sharon Castlen, Book Marketer, works with small presses and independent publisher clients across the country to develop the unique marketing strategy for each book. She then puts it into action for cost and time effective results. With thirty years experience in marketing and media, she focuses on promotion and distribution for the niche markets at the national, regional, and local levels. She believes strongly that integrating your marketing effort with excellent distribution and strong promotion generates greater success and increased sales. Her work focuses on non-fiction and includes health, parenting, children’s, Christian, and business titles. | |
| Andrew Chapman Founder AskThePublishingPro.com P.O. Box 3412, Idyllwild, CA 92549 Phone: 760-845-1560 E: andrew@achapman.com www.achapman.com |
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| Andrew Chapman has worked in nearly every aspect of independent publishing for over 20 years. He is an award-winning writer, author of seven books and three audio books, President of IBPA-affiliate Publishers & Writers of San Diego, founder of four companies, and a professional speaker with nearly 300 engagements to his credit throughout the U.S. and four other countries. Andrew lives in the rustic, peaceful, artist-colony town of Idyllwild, a mile high in the mountains of Southern California. | |
| Kassahun Checole Publisher Africa World Press, Inc. & The Red Sea Press, Inc. 541 W. Ingham Avenue, Trenton, NJ 08638 Phone: 609-638-5784 E: awprsp@verizon.net www.africaworldpressbooks.com |
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| Kassahun Checole is the founding publisher of Africa World Press, Inc. and The Red Sea Press, Inc., two of the major publishing and distribution houses for books on and about Africa and African American issues. Before launching the presses almost 25 years ago, Checole was a professor of Sociology and political economy at Rutgers University and at El Colegio de Mexico, in Mexico City. | |
| Neelan Choksi Lexcycle 1412 SE 41st Avenue, Portland, OR 97214 Phone: 503-396-4209 • Fax: 425-944-0045 E: neelan@lexcycle.com www.lexcycle.com |
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| Neelan Choksi is the COO of Lexcycle, the company behind Stanza. With over 1.6 million users in over 60 countries and over 7 million e-books downloaded, Stanza is the most popular e-book reader for the iPhone and IPod Touch. Prior to joining Lexcycle, Neelan was the COO at SpringSource, the company behind the popular open source Spring Framework. Neelan served as the co-founder and President at SolarMetric, a leading object relational mapping provider, which was acquired by BEA Systems in 2005. Neelan also worked for TechTrader, Andersen Consulting Strategic Services and Exxon Research & Engineering. Neelan currently serves on the boards of SpringSource and Tasktop Technologies. Neelan is a graduate of MIT (and was part of the often-publicized MIT Blackjack team), Stevens Institute of Technology, and the University of Chicago Booth Graduate School of Business. | |
| Ken Coburn President Global Interprint 589 Mendocino Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA 95401 Phone: 707-545-1220 • Fax: 707- 545-1210 E: ken@globalinterprint.com www.globalinterprint.com |
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| Coburn watched the end of price fixing in the printing industry in 1959; watched large-scale letterpresses being smashed by sledgehammers in the 60s; watched the giants of the printing industry wither and die as they were faced with competition; crossed picket lines as the Typographical Union tried to humble the industry; scrambled to keep up with the change from old-style printing to lithography to digital; bowed to the infusion of ink in my veins by owning three printing companies; worked with printers in Sri Lanka, Thailand and the Philippines for the United Nations; succumbed to the lure of international competition as a broker for the past 30 years. | |
| Meredith Applebaum Coburn Television Producer and Life Coach Life and Style Weekly 171 East 84th Street, New York, NY 10028 Phone: 646-418-3090 E: meredith@gotomeredith.com |
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| Meredith Applebaum Coburn has been a television producer and reporter for the past nine years. Most recently she was the Talent Producer for The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch on CNBC. Before that she was the LifeStyle Reporter for WNBC's Weekend Today in NY. She produced for Rainbow Media's Metro TV where she also was a Entertainment Reporter. Meredith produced for Comedy Central and also at Kingworld for Inside Edition and Curtis Court. Currently, Meredith owns her own Life Makeover Business where she sees clients for Life Coaching, Image Consulting, and Intuitive Counseling. She resides in New York City with her husband Jason Coburn. | |
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| Mark Coker Founder and CEO Smashwords 15951 Los Gatos Blvd., Ste 16, Los Gatos, CA 95032 Phone: 408.358.1824 E: info@smashwords.com http://www.smashwords.com |
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| Mark Coker is founder and CEO of Smashwords, an ebook publishing
platform and online bookstore for publishers, authors and readers.
Smashwords helps publishers publish, promote and sell their books as multi-format, DRM-free ebooks. Mark is an outspoken advocate for independent publishing. He frequently writes and speaks about how ebooks will transform publishing and open up new worldwide markets for authors and publishers. Mark is also the co-author, with his wife, of Boob Tube, a novel that explores the dark side of Hollywood celebrity. He resides in Silicon Valley, blogs at http://blog.smashwords.com and can be found on Twitter at www.twitter.com/markcoker |
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| Peter Costanzo Director of Online Marketing The Perseus Books Group 387 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016 Phone: 212-340-8123 E: peter.costanzo@perseusbooks.com www.perseusbooksgroup.com |
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| Peter Costanzo started his online career by selling autographed books via the World Wide Web in 1996. In 1998, he was the Online Retail Marketing Manager for HarperCollins Online Sales department. In 2000, he worked at Random House as the Online Marketing Manager for the Audio Books division and in 2001, became Director of Online Merchandising for Contentville.com. From 2001 until 2004, Peter was a freelance online marketing consultant for the publishing industry servicing clients such as Walker & Co., FSG, Basic Books, and others. In 2004, he began as Director of Online Marketing for The Perseus Books Group and presently holds that position. | |
| Dottie DeHart DeHart & Company The Piedmont Center, 1375 Lenoir Rhyne Blvd. SE, Suite 109, Hickory, NC 28602 Phone: 828-325-4966, Fax: 828-325-4968 E: Dottie@dehartandcompany.com www.dehartandcompany.com |
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| Dottie DeHart is the president of DeHart & Company Public Relations, a full-service book publicity firm. During the past decade and a half, its team of professionals has publicized more than 800 books of all shapes, sizes and types, from business and personal finance to health care management to self-help. The company even helped launch an entire genre of books, the now famous …For Dummies® series, which has sold 130 million copies. | |
| Jacqueline Deval VP, Publisher Hearst Books Hearst Magazines 300 West 57th Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10019-3741 Phone: 212-649-4115 • Fax: 646-280-4115 E: jdeval@hearst.com www.publicizeyourbook.com |
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| Jacqueline Deval is VP, Publisher of Hearst Books, and publishes lifestyle books in association with Hearst Magazines such as Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, and O, The Oprah Magazine. She is the author of two books: a novel called Reckless Appetites (Ecco Press, 1993) and Publicize Your Book: An Insider’s Guide to Getting Your Book the Publicity It Deserves (Perigee, 2003 and 2008). She has held associate publisher, marketing and publicity director positions at William Morrow, Villard Books/Random House, and Doubleday. | |
| Tamara Dever Owner TLC Graphics Austin, Texas Phone: 512-292-8798 E: Tamara@tlcgraphics.com www.TLCGraphics.com |
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| Tamara Dever is the owner and founder of TLC Graphics, a book design firm providing full service support to small publishers and their clients. Begun in 1997, the business has grown from design studio to a complete publishing development firm, winning numerous national and regional awards including two ForeWord Magazine's Top Ten Book of the Year awards. When not running the business, Ms. Dever enjoys riding her horse, spending time with her family and dogs, and volunteering for church. She has a BFA in Graphic Communications from UW Oshkosh and began her career designing magazines and books for several publishing companies. | |
| Tom Doherty President Cardinal Publishers Group 2402 N. Shadeland Ave., Suite A, Indianapolis, IN 46219 Phone: 800-296-0481 E: tdoherty@cardinalpub.com www.cardinalpub.com |
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| Tom Doherty has worked in publishing for more than 25 years. Sixteen of those years involved in distribution with Time-Warner, The Hearst Corporation and for the past eight years as president of Cardinal Publishers Group; a full service national book distributor serving independent publishers of adult non-fiction books. Tom is also the publisher of Blue River Press, which publishes New York Times bestselling authors James Alexander Thom and Jack D. Hunter as well as category non-fiction and regional series books. | |
| Terry Draughon VP National Account Sales STL Distribution 1636 Rachel Way, Old Hickory, TN 37138 Phone: 615-847-0461 E: terry.draughon@stl-distribution.com www.stl-distribution.com |
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| Terry Draughon is a veteran in the Christian Book Industry with 33 years experience serving this market. During this time he has played multiple roles and has a background in both domestic and international sales, publishing, licensing, and distribution. His most recent endeavors have involved service with the multi-national STL- Distribution company following 27 years with Thomas Nelson and their many divisional publishing entities. | |
| Elizabeth H. Dufffy Baker & Taylor 1120 US Highway 22 East PO Box 6885 Bridgewater, NJ 08807 (908) 616-8175 E: hutchie@btol.com |
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| Elizabeth H. Duffy earned her MLIS from the University of Pittsburgh, School of Library and Information Science, 2006. Liz has over five years experience at Baker & Taylor, most recently as a Children’s and Teen Librarian in the Collection Development group (2003-2008). Currently, Liz holds the position as the Coordinator of Children and Teen Sales, Eastern Region. | |
| Eric Elfman Eric Elfman Coaching 11121 Queensland St. #H43, Los Angeles CA 90034 Phone: 310-477-3308 E: EricE100@aol.com www.ericelfmancoaching.com |
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| Eric Elfman is the author of many children's books and Young Adult novels, including Almanac of the Gross, Disgusting & Totally Repulsive; The Very Scary Almanac; and Almanac of Alien Encounters. He also wrote three X-FILES novels and two books of short stories, Three Minute Thrillers and More Three Minute Thrillers. Eric has also written a screenplay, Class Act, which is in development, starring Halle Berry. He lives in Los Angeles where he also works as a writing coach for children's book authors. | |
| Paulette Ensign The Booklet Queen Tips Products International 13146 Kellam Court, Suite 133, San Diego, CA 92130 Phone: 858-481-0890 E: paulette@tipsbooklets.com www.tipsbooklets.com |
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| Paulette Ensign has made a career of showing people how much life their books and information really have. By helping her clients produce tips booklets, she demonstrates the marketing and promotion power that a little imagination and work can have. Paulette has personally sold well over a million copies of her booklet without a penny on advertising. She has shared with numerous independent publisher audiences her tricks for getting free publicity and orders for large quantities of booklets to single buyers. She is an engaging speaker, blending humor, moxie, and solid information into entertaining and informative presentations. Paulette is a board member of the Publishers and Writers of San Diego. | |
| Marika Flatt Owner PR by the Book PO Box 6226, Round Rock, TX 78683 Phone: 512-560-6787, Fax: 512-532-6170 E: marika@prbythebook.com www.prbythebook.com |
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| Marika Flatt, owner of PR by the Book, LLC, has been in book publicity for 12 years after her time in the media. Flatt was awarded a 2004 Gold Bulldog Award for a publicity campaign that generated exposure in over 700 media outlets. Flatt, a past-president of the Association for Women in Communications www.awicaustin.org , is the recipient of the 2005 Austin Public Relations Society of America Outstanding Mentor Award, the 2002 Anne D. Robinson Creative Initiative Award and is a 3-time nominee for the “Profiles in Power” award. She lives Austin, Texas with her husband (co-owner) and 3 kids. | |
| Sondra Forsyth Contributing Editor; Featured Blogger LHJ.com; DancerUniverse.com 160 West 71st Street, 18A, New York, NY 10023 Phone: 212-600-0018, Fax: 212-600-0018 E: sondra@sondraforsyth.com www.sondraforsyth.com |
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| Sondra Forsyth writes regularly for major women's magazines, in particular Family Circle and Ladies' Home Journal. She is a Contributing Editor at LHJ.com and a Featured Blogger at DancerUniverse.com. Sondra is the author or co-author of eleven books, most recently Ask Dr. Marie with Marie Savard, M.D., the medical correspondent for ABC's Good Morning, America. A National Magazine Award winner, Sondra has held the posts of Executive Editor at LHJ, Features Editor at Cosmopolitan, and Articles Editor at Bride's. As an author and a reporter who has experience on both sides of the desk, she brings a full range of insiders' knowledge to the topic of successful media placement. | |
| Cynthia Frank President Cypress House 155 Cypress Street, Fort Bragg, CA 95437 Phone: 707-964-9520 E: cynthia@cypresshouse.com www.cypresshouse.com |
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| Cynthia Frank, president of Cypress House, has 20 years experience in writing, publishing, editing, and teaching. She is on the education committee for the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association, and has presented workshops for the IBPA Publishing University, the University of Denver Publishing Institute, the Mendocino Coast Writers Conference, American Society of Journalists and Authors, the National Association of Science Writers, California Poets in the Schools, and the Bay Area Independent Publishers Association. She received an “IPPY Award” as one of Ten Outstanding Women of Independent Publishing. In her “spare” time she conducts the Mendocino Women's Choir. | |
| Rick Frishman Publisher Morgan James Publishing and Founder of Planned TV Arts 1225 Franklin Ave, #325, Garden City, NY 11530 Phone: 212 593 5845 E: rick@rickfrishman.com www.plannedtvarts.com & www.morganjamespublishing.com |
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| Rick Frishman, the founder of Planned Television Arts has been one of the leading book publicists in America for over 30 years. Working with many of the top book editors, literary agents and publishers in America, including Simon and Schuster, Random House, Wiley, Harper Collins, Pocket Books, Penguin Putnam, and Hyperion Books, he has worked with best-selling authors including Mitch Albom, Bill Moyers, Stephen King, Caroline Kennedy, Howard Stern, President Jimmy Carter, Mark Victor Hansen, Nelson DeMille, John Grisham, Hugh Downs, Henry Kissinger, Jack Canfield, Alan Deshowitz, Arnold Palmer, and Harvey Mackay. | |
| Kathleen Gage Turning Point, Inc. PO Box 551, Pleasant Hill, OR 97455 Phone: 541-654-0426 E: Kathleen@kathleengage.com www.kathleengage.com & www.themarketingmindsetl.com |
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| Kathleen Gage, CEO and founder of Turning Point, Inc. and Maxwell Publishing is a bestselling author, keynote speaker, and an internationally recognized Internet marketing and publicity expert for speakers, trainers and authors. She works with professionals who are ready to turn their information into money-making products and services. She does this by teaching them eProduct development, Internet marketing, multimedia program development, self-publishing skills, online book promotions, teleseminar development, and developing mentoring courses that they can offer their clients. Kathleen is the author of several books and eBased information products. She resides in a small rural community outside of Eugene, Oregon. | |
| Lee German Sylvan Dell Publishing 976 Houston Northcutt Blvd., Suite 3, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 Phone: 843-971-6722 E: LeeGerman@SylvanDellPublishing.com www.sylvandellpublishing.com |
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| Lee German, and editor wife, Donna, publish illustrated children's books with science, nature, and math themes and a unique, 3-5 page educational section in the back of each book. Sylvan Dell is a newcomer to publishing with a niche in the children's market. In 2-1/2 years, they have published 25 books and brought 45 authors and illustrators under contract. Lee is a retired US Navy Commander. Between deployments, he received his MBA (Finance), taught math at the Naval Academy, and was director of advanced concept wargaming at the Naval War College. His presentation analyzes the complex education market in terms of what customers within each segment expect. | |
| Sal Glynn Sal Glynn Editorial Services 1539 Greenwich Street, #9, San Francisco, CA 94123 Phone: 415-921-4842 E: salglynn@aol.com www.dogwalkeddownthestreet.blogspot.com |
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| Sal has edited and otherwise produced over 300 books for publishers on both coasts. He is the author of The Dog Walked Down the Street: An Outspoken Guide for Writers Who Want to Publish (Fort Bragg, CA: Cypress House, 2006) and works as a freelance writer and editor in San Francisco. | |
| Janet Goldstein Publishing & Strategy Consultant Janet Goldstein Enterprises 15 Stuyvesant Oval #11F, New York, NY 10009 Phone: 212-995-2218 E: goldstein.janet@gmail.com www.janetgoldstein.com |
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| Janet Goldstein is a NYC-based publishing and strategy consultant. She and her team at Janet Goldstein Enterprises provide editorial, publishing, platform, and business development services for entrepreneurs, experts, high-potential fiction and nonfiction authors, and nonprofits. Janet's passion has been to discover, develop, and launch authors, books, and ideas that can make a difference to the widest possible audiences in such fields as business, psychology, women's issues, parenting, health, spirituality, and fiction. For four years she co-directed the NYU Summer Publishing Institute. The coauthor of Howard Behar’s It's Not About the Coffee, she has worked with such best-selling authors as Barbara Kingsolver, David Allen, Susan Scott, Wayne Dyer, Harrier Lerner, Joseph Marshall, and many others. | |
| Bob Goodman Owner and publisher Silvercat 3738 Carmel View Road, San Diego, CA 92130 Phone: 858-794-1597 E: rg@silvercat.com www.silvercat.com |
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| Robert Goodman started Silvercat in 1988. Originally a publisher, he added book packaging to the Silvercat mix in 1995. He has published a number of critically praised and award-winning books. In 2002, he also founded Silver Threads to develop and publish memoirs and books about writing memoirs over the last 20 years. He is the founder and past president of Publishers & Writers of San Diego, a founding faculty member of the La Jolla Writers Conference, co-host of Writers Roundtable on sdradio.com, and a frequent participant at IBPA Publishing University. | |
| Frank Gromling Publisher Ocean Publishing P.O. Box 1080, Flagler Beach, FL 32136-1080 Phone: 386-517-1600 E: publisher@ocean-publishing.com www.ocean-publishing.com |
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| Frank Gromling brings 30 years of business executive experience to Ocean Publishing, which has produced 18 titles since its start in 2003. He is on the board of directors of IBPA, the Independent Book Publishers Association (formerly PMA), and is the immediate past-president of the Florida Publishers Association. Frank is a frequent speaker and keynoter at conferences and seminars. Ocean Publishing specializes in nonfiction books on nature, marine life, environment and conservation. | |
| Marion Gropen President Gropen Associates, Inc. 455 1/2 Henry Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231 Phone: 888-347-6736 E: marion.gropen@gropenassoc.com |
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| Marion Gropen helps publishers turn problems into profits with her By-The-Question consulting practice, classes on-line and in-person, and inexpensive software. You can also find her on the email communities for publishers, or ask her questions on her blog. Her expertise is the result of 5 years as a consultant and her 13 years of experience in modest-sized publishers, as well as in her MBA (Finance, NYU). Her advice is rooted in the idea that good information makes it easier to make larger profits. | |
| Paige Stover Hague President/Owner Acanthus Publishing / Paige Wright Books 343 Commercial St., Unit 214, Union Wharf, Boston, MA 02109 Phone: 617-230-2167, Fax: 215-243-7495 E: paige@acanthuspublishing.com www.AcanthusPublishing.com & www.PaigeWrightBooks.com |
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| Paige Stover Hague is the president of a group of Boston-based communications companies including Acanthus Publishing, a small independent press. Following a career as a practicing lawyer, Paige spent 15 years in professional publishing where she developed and marketed print and electronic products for the law, tax, and financial markets. Acanthus Publishing produces titles in the business, personal development, and self-help space and helps writers prepare content for publication in a variety of media. Paige is the publisher of a 2006 IPPY bronze medal winner, and publisher and co-author of a 2007 Axiom silver medal winner. Paige is a graduate of Duke University and Nova Southeastern University Law School and a member of the Florida and Massachusetts bars. | |
| Tanya Hall Special Projects Manager Greenleaf Book Group 4425 S. Mo Pac Expressway, Suite 600, Austin, TX 78735 Phone: 512-891-6100 E: tanya@greenleafbookgroup.com www.greenleafbookgroup.com |
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| Tanya Hall is Special Projects Manager at Greenleaf Book Group, a publisher and distributor dedicated to independent authors and small presses. She divides her time between seeking out and working with authors to develop their publishing programs and handling a range of initiatives that don't fall neatly into other departments, including Greenleaf Book Group's foreign rights program. Prior to her current role, she led Greenleaf’s distribution department. Before joining the publishing industry, Tanya worked as a television producer for various television shows and networks including Extra! and E! Cable Networks. | |
| Paul Hanson President/Manager Pacific NW Booksellers Association, Eagle Harbor Book Co. 157 Winslow Way East, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 E: paulh@eagleharborbooks.com www.eagleharborbooks.com |
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| Paul Hanson has been a professional, independent bookseller since 1989 and is currently the general manager of Eagle Harbor Book Co., on Bainbridge Island, WA. EHBC has a full schedule of author events including many local authors. He is President of PNBA, a regional association of independent booksellers, that has programs that help connect authors with booksellers across the pacific northwest. Paul has self-published two short story collections: Off the Ecliptic and Obliquity: Speculative Fiction of the Pacific Northwest and is actively involved with local writers groups. | |
| Nettie Hartsock Principal Hartsock Communications 828 Lazy Lane, San Marcos, TX 78666 Phone: 512-396-1067 E: nettie@nettiehartsock.com www.nettiehartsock.com |
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| Nettie Hartsock is principal of Hartsock Communications. She helps authors and publishers focus on creating their messages and conveying and connecting them to the world and develops actionable how-to programs that establish a powerful base for attracting both bloggers' and journalists' attention. She handles both nonfiction and fiction books and has extensive online experience from her 15 years as an e-journalist and publicist. She is an active blogger and has been listed in The W Magical List of top 150 women marketing bloggers. Her blog outreach insight was featured in MarketingSherpa's Marketing Wisdom for 2007. | |
| Deltina Hay Principal Dalton Publishing and Social Media Power 6301 Manchaca Rd., Suite F, Austin, TX 78745 Phone: 512-567-4955, Fax: 512-879-6814 E: deltina@socialmediapower.com www.daltonpublishing.com & www.socialmediapower.com |
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| Deltina Hay is the principal of Dalton Publishing, and Social Media Power. A veteran Web developer, Ms. Hay is a pioneer of social media and Web 2.0, especially as it applies to the publishing industry. She has presented for IBPA's Publishing University, at the Publisher's Association of the South's Conclave, for the Writer's League of Texas' Editors and Agents Conference, at the Pacific Northwest Bookseller's Association, on AuthorSmart.com, and is a regular contributor to IBPA's Independent and many online news sites. Ms. Hay's second book, A Survival Guide to Social Media and Web 2.0 Optimization, will be available in March 2009. | |
| Janet Ruth Heller Professor Western Michigan University 2719 Pfitzer Ave., Portage, MI 49024 Phone: 269-387-2514, Fax: 269-387-2562 E: janet.heller@wmich.edu |
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| Janet Heller teaches English and Women’s Studies courses at Western Michigan University. Her fiction picture book for children, How the Moon Regained Her Shape (Sylvan Dell, 2006) won a Book Sense Pick in 2006, a Children’s Choices for 2007 award, and a Gold Medal in the 2007 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards. Themes of the book are friendship, self-esteem, and recovery from bullying. Janet is a founding mother of Primavera, a prize-winning literary journal. Janet has published 150 poems in journals and anthologies. She is currently President of the Michigan College English Association. She frequently gives readings and creative writing workshops. | |
| Sam Henrie President Wheatmark Inc. 610 E. Delano Street, Suite 104, Tucson, AZ 85705 Phone: 520-798-0888 x105, Fax: 520-798-3394 E: shenrie@wheatmark.com www.wheatmark.com |
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| Prior to founding Wheatmark in 1999, Sam Henrie worked in a variety of management roles in the personal computer networking industry in Tucson and Amsterdam. Sam is a graduate, with departmental honors, of Haverford College, Haverford, PA. A frequent speaker on the subjects of book marketing, book publicity, and self-publishing, Sam's expertise includes new directions in production, distribution, publicity, and marketing in the world of book publishing. Sam is past president of the Arizona Book Publishing Association. | |
| Ted Hill President, THA Consulting 30 Sterling Place, Brooklyn, NY 11217 Phone: 718.230.5102 E: ted.hill@thaconsulting.com www.thaconsulting.com |
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| With over 25 years experience, Ted has held business development positions at leading companies including Pearson, Random House, Simon & Schuster, Vista (now Publishing Technology), and About.com and launched dozens of new businesses and business initiatives. As a business development consultant with deep knowledge of the publishing and information industries, recent client engagements range from raw startups to America’s largest companies including NetGalley, codeMantra, Harcourt, and Microsoft Corporation. In addition to speaking at industry events on the subject of publishing technology, Ted also sits on the board of directors for the Book Industry Study Group. | |
| Brad Hooper Adult Books Editor Booklist Magazine 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611 Phone: 800-545-2433 Ext. 5757 E: bhooper@ala.org www.ala.org/booklist |
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| Brad Hooper has been the Adult Books Editor for Booklist magazine for eight years. Holder of the MSLS degree, Brad was reference librarian in the History Department at Cleveland Public Library before coming to Booklist. He is the author of four books: The Short Story Readers' Advisory (ALA Editions, 2000), The Fiction of Ellen Gilchrist (Praeger, 2005), Read On... Historical Fiction (Libraries Unlimited, 2006), and The Fiction of Alice Munro (Praeger, 2008). | |
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| Lloyd Jassin Law Offices of Lloyd J. Jassin 1560 Broadway, Ste. 400 New York, NY 10036 Phone: 212-354-4442, Fax: 212-840-1124 E: copylaw@aol.com www.copylaw.com |
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| Lloyd Jassin is a publishing attorney and helps bring to market literary works and entertainment projects; counsels agents, authors and publishers on copyright, libel, right of publicity and trademark issues; evaluates, negotiates and prepares author-publisher, literary agency, collaboration, film/TV option, and subsidiary rights agreements. General Counsel to PMA, Vice Chair of the Small Press Center, and formerly an attorney for Viacom, Lloyd was also the Director of Publicity of the Simon & Schuster Reference Group and Prentice Hall Press. His publishing and entertainment law background enables him to counsel clients on business as well as legal issues. Lloyd is coauthor of The Copyright Permission and Libel Handbook (John Wiley & Sons). | |
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| Brian is an author, book-marketing consultant and television host. He created The Promotional Bookstore special-sales catalog and is the author of How to Make Real Money Selling Books and Beyond the Bookstore (a Publishers Weekly title). Brian is the editor of an ezine on special-sales topics. With Oracle Corporation he developed the Special-Sales Profit Center, the web-based, targeted-marketing system. Brian is the host of the television series The Book Authority. He wrote and published seven titles on career transition that are distributed internationally. He is co-founder of the Publishing At Sea˙ seminars held on cruise ships around the world. | |
| Eric Kampmann President Midpoint Trade Books 27 West 20th Street, Suite 1102, New York, NY 10011 Phone: 212-727-0190 E: ekampmann@aol.com www.midpointtrade.com |
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| Eric M. Kampmann has worked with independent publishers since 1981, first as the president of Kampmann & Company, then as one of the architects that engineered National Book Network's growth in the early 1990's. Mr. Kampmann has worked at Viking Press, St. Martin's Press, and Simon & Schuster where he held the position as vice president, director of sales. Eric is president of Midpoint Trade Books, a leading sales and distribution company for independent publishers. He the author of The Book Publishers Handbook: The 7 Keys to Publishing Success published by Beaufort Books, Inc in May 2007. | |
| Christopher Kenneally Director, Author Relations Copyright Clearance Center 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923 Phone: 978-646-2705 E: ckenneally@copyright.com www.beyondthebook.com |
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| At Copyright Clearance Center, Christopher Kenneally is responsible for organizing and hosting programs that address the business needs of authors of all backgrounds, from academics to freelancers. Among other activities, he is host and moderator for an ongoing series of writing conferences called, “Beyond the Book” (www.beyondthebook.com). The programs are frequently broadcast nationally on C-SPAN's Book-TV and in Canada on BookTelevision; the series is also now a podcast, available from iTunes.com. In addition, Kenneally's articles on such topics as blogging, search engines, and the impact of technology on writers have appeared in the Boston Business Journal, Washington Business Journal, and BookTech Magazine, among other publications. An award-winning journalist and author of Massachusetts 101, a history of the state “from Redcoats to Red Sox” (www.mass101.com ), Christopher Kenneally has reported on education, business, travel, culture and technology for the New York Times, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, The Independent of London, and many other leading publications. He also has reported for WBUR-FM (Boston), National Public Radio and WGBH-TV (Boston). | |
| Florrie Binford Kichler Publisher Patria Press, Inc. PO Box 752, Carmel, IN 46082 Phone: 317-577-1321, Fax: 413-215-8030 E: fkichler@patriapress.com www.patriapress.com |
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| In 2000, Florrie Binford Kichler founded her own company, Patria Press, specifically to restore to print a classic children’s book series first published 70 years ago. The company’s Young Patriots Series has since won 10 national awards for excellence. Florrie is president of the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA, formerly PMA). She is a member of the Children’s Book Council, and serves on the boards of the Indiana University Women’s MBA Advisory Board and the ACLU of Indiana. Florrie earned BA and MBA degrees from Indiana University, and is an alumna of the Stanford Professional Publishing Course. She lives in Indianapolis, Indiana. | |
| Jonathan Kirsch Author and Publishing Attorney Law Offices of Jonathan Kirsch 1880 Century Park East, Suite 515, Los Angeles, CA 90067 Phone: 310-785-1200, Fax: 310-286-9573 E: jk@jonathankirsch.com www.jonathankirsch.com |
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| Jonathan Kirsch is a publishing and intellectual property attorney based in Los Angeles, an expert witness on publishing industry matters, an Adjunct Professor on the Faculty of New York University’s Professional Publishing Institute, a book reviewer for the Los Angeles Times, and the author of twelve books, including two books on publishing law and seven books on the Bible as literature and the history of religion. His most recent book is The Grand Inquisitor’s Manual: A History of Terror in the Name of God (HarperOne). | |
| Jeanne T. Kramer Vice President, Marketing National Book Network 120 East Central Avenue, Suite L, Pearl River, NY 10965 Phone: 845-920-8010 E: jkramer@nbnbooks.com www.nbnbooks.com |
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| Widely recognized as a savvy book marketer, Jeanne Kramer, vice president of marketing, heads up National Book Network's Account Management department. Jeanne began her career in the publicity department at Prentice-Hall. With over 25 years of book sales, marketing and publishing experience in a variety of executive positions with Random House, Simon & Schuster and Prentice-Hall, Jeanne provides marketing and publicity consultation to NBN's client publishers. Jeanne has served as an adjunct instructor of “Marketing for Publishing” at the NYU School of Professional Studies. | |
| Antoinette Kuritz President Strategies Literary PR PO Box 178122, San Diego, CA 92177 Phone: 858-467-1978 E: akuritz@san.rr.com www.strategiespr.com & www.lajollawritersconference.com & www.writersroundtable.com |
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| Antoinette Kuritz is the founder of the La Jolla Writers Conference, host of Writer's Roundtable Radio Show, a published author, and President of Strategies Literary PR, a multi-media literary management and promotions firm. A speaker at conferences nationwide, Antoinette shepherds writers from their project's infancy to the NY Times list. Her radio show features people of note in the publishing industry, providing information and an ongoing workshop for authors throughout the country. Strategies and The Kuritz Group, Inc. is committed to serving the writing community and to helping aspiring authors learn the art, craft, and business of writing. | |
| Rocky Lang BooksToFilm.TV; Harbor Lights Productions, Inc. 8634 Oak Park Avenue, Northridge, CA 91325 Phone: 818-993-5255 E: rocky@bookstofilm.tv www.bookstofilm.tv |
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| Rocky Lang has been involved in the motion picture and television business all his life and recently Executive Produced, Racing For Time for Lifetime Television starring Charles Dutton. Growing up as the son of veteran producer and Universal Studios executive, Jennings Lang (Earthquake, Play Misty For Me, among others), Rocky knew early on that he wanted to write/produce and direct. Lang has produced and directed five documentary films including the award-winning The Making of Tootsie, assignments directing the long-running hit show Remington Steele and then on to direct three features, Nervous Ticks, (Columbia Tri-Star) Race For Glory, (New Century Vista) and All's Fair, (Moviestore). He produced White Squall for Disney/Hollywood Pictures starring Jeff Bridges, directed by Ridley Scott, and produced the Emmy-Award winning Titanic, a 4-hour mini-series for CBS. A screenwriter as well, including The Low Post, Crossing Memphis (optioned by Quincy Jones and Columbia Pictures and his most recent script, The Babe That Struck out Ruth sold last year to 'bel Films and will star Erika Christensen. He is the author of a series of empowering books aimed at children with diabetes. Lara Takes Charge is in the hands of over 15,000 children, hospitals, and libraries. On May 29th, 2008, the American Diabetes Association honored Mr. Lang as Father Of The Year at The Beverly Hills Hotel for his advocacy for children living with diabetes. |
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| Roland Lange Strategic Partner Development Google, Inc. 76 Ninth Avenue, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10011 Phone: 212.565.8928 E: roland@google.com www.books.google.com |
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Roland Lange is a Strategic Partner Development Manager, responsible for creating Book Search Partnerships with publishers in North America, India and South Africa. With over ten years of trade book publishing experience, he started with Google in September 2005 having left a sales position with Farrar, Straus & Giroux. He got his full-time start in book publishing with Penguin USA and has also worked for Perseus and Harcourt Trade. He has been a speaker for Google at numerous book fairs, including the BEA, and the Frankfurt, Delhi and Cape Town Book Fairs, and many industry panels, including the IDPF, AAR and IBPA. Mr. Lange holds a B.S. from Cornell University. |
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| Maggie Lichtenberg Publisher Open Heart Publishing 4 Cosmos Court, Santa Fe, NM 87508 Phone: 505-986-8807 E: maggie@maggielichtenberg.com www.openheartcoach.com & www.maggielichtenberg.com |
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| Maggie Lichtenberg is a business and publishing coach whose specialty is book publishing. A former marketing and sales publishing company executive for 20 years in New York and Boston (Simon & Schuster, Bantam, Grove Press, Beacon Press). From Santa Fe, New Mexico, Maggie works with aspiring and seasoned independent publishers to successfully publish, market, and distribute their books through a customized program of ongoing telephone appointments. In addition, as a result of unexpected open-heart surgery, Maggie has launched Open Heart Publishing which specializes in a series of patient and caregiver education books and other products to ease home recovery from open-heart surgery and other major surgeries quickly, and with less stress. | |
| Victor Loos Publisher Bayou Publishing 2524 Nottingham, Houston, TX 77005 Phone: 713-526-4558, Fax: 713-526-4342 E: vloos@bayoupublishing.com www.bayoupublishing.com |
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| Bayou Publishing has produced 15 books in its 11 years of existence, aiming for three new titles a year. Sales channels include conferences and workshops, counselor/educator catalogs, Internet sales, and an active trade book store presence. Bayou Publishing has an enthusiastic following in the education and mental health fields. “Helping families stay connected in the 21st Century is what we do best,” says psychologist-turned-publisher Victor Loos. He looks forward to sharing tips—some delightfully simple, some learned the hard way—about how to maximize publicity efforts at every step of the publishing timeline. | |
| Dave Marx Publisher PassPorter Travel Press PO Box 3880, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 Phone: 734-332-7801, Fax: 734-332-7806 E: dave@passporter.com www.passporter.com |
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| Dave Marx is the Publisher at PassPorter Travel Press, and co-author of several of the company's guidebooks. PassPorter guidebooks have received over a dozen awards, including IBPA's Bill Fisher Award and several more Benjamin Franklin Awards, ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year awards, and an ABA BookSense Pick. PassPorter's Walt Disney World guidebook consistently ranks among BookScan's top 50 travel titles. He's spent 35 years in the media—print, broadcast, music, and online. Dave also serves on the IBPA Board of Directors. He lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan with his wife and partner-in-PassPorter, Jennifer, and their four year-old son Alexander. | |
| David Mathison CEO Be the Media 1110 Jericho Turnpike, Second Floor, New Hyde Park, NY 11040 Phone: 516-488-1143 E: david@bethemedia.com www.bethemedia.com |
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| David Mathison is a media consultant, speaker, entrepreneur, and publisher of Be the Media (03/09). From 1998-2002 he was founder and CEO of the Kinecta Corporation, a syndication services provider for publishers including Reuters, the Financial Times, the Economist, Fidelity Investments, and Yahoo. As CEO, Mathison raised $30 million in venture and strategic funding in less than 2 years. Kinecta is now part of Oracle. From 1994-1999, Mathison was Vice President with Reuters, the world's largest news agency, where he pioneered standards-based online syndication. Mathison received a Masters degree in International Affairs from Columbia University in 1995. | |
| Joanne McCall McCall Public Relations 17675 SW Farmington Road, Suite 510, Aloha, OR 97007 E: Joanne@joannemccall.com www.joannemccall.com |
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| Joanne McCall is president of McCall Public Relations, specializing in generating national and major market publicity. Clients include best-selling author and international business consultant Brian Tracy, New York Times best-selling author Melody Beattie, Dave Ramsey, author of The Total Money Makeover and Dr. David Simon, co-founder of the Chopra Center for Well Being. | |
| Sabrina McCarthy Vice President, Client Services Perseus Distribution 387 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016 Phone: 212-340-8131 E: sabrina.mccarthy@perseusbooks.com, www.perseusdistribution.com |
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| Sabrina McCarthy has been the vice president of Client Services for Perseus Distribution since 2006 and has been with the Perseus Books Group for 10 years. Prior to taking on this role, she was the director of sales operations for the Perseus Books Group, and before that she was the director of business development for public affairs. She spent 6 years in the sales department, first as a sales rep, and later as sales director for the Independent Distributors. While working in sales, she earned her MBA from NYU's part-time program. | |
| Tim McCormick Senior Buyer Books Are Fun/Imagine Nation Books 3628 W Chicago Street, Chandler, AZ 85226 Phone: 480-838-4309 • Fax: 480-820-1011 E: tmccormick@imaginenation.us |
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| Janet McDonald Ingram Publisher Services 14 Ingram Blvd., One Ingram Blvd, LaVergne, TN 37086 Phone: 615-213-5129 E: janet.mcdonald@ingrambook.com www.ingrambook.com; www.ingrampublisherservices.com |
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| Janet McDonald was named Vice President of Business Development for Ingram Publisher Services in February of 2007. Ms. McDonald most recently served as Vice President and General Manager of Spring Arbor Distributors Inc., joining Spring Arbor in 1999 in this capacity. In February of 2005, she added the role of Vice President of Sales for Ingram Book Group ABA Independent stores. Prior to Ingram, Ms. McDonald held several executive positions including Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer with Athlon Sports Communications Inc. Ms. McDonald received her bachelor of science degree in Marketing from the University of Tennessee and her master of business administration from Belmont University. | |
| Stephen B. Mettee Quill Driver Books/Word Dancer Press 1254 Commerce Ave., Sanger, CA 93657 Phone: 559-876-2170, Fax: 559-876-2180 E: Mettee@QuillDriverBooks.com www.quilldriverbooks.com |
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| Stephen Blake Mettee, is founder and publisher of Quill Driver Books and is the author of The Fast-Track Course on How to Write a Nonfiction Book Proposal. Quill Driver Books publishes nonfiction books on writing and publishing, business, health, and other genres. QDB has had Book-of-the-Month Club selections and a NY Times best-seller. QDB’s authors include, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, veterinarian Michael W. Fox, and America’s most popular medical columnist Peter H. Gott, M.D., as well as first-time authors. QDB is recognized by industry periodical Book Marketing Update as one of the “Top 101 Independent Book Publishers” in the United States and by Writer’s Digest as one the 100 most new-writer friendly book publishers in the U.S. Mettee is always in the market for exceptional nonfiction books. | |
| Bobbye Middendorf Synergy-Builder; Creator, Copywriter, Consultant Write Synergies Copywriting 1718 W. Julian Street, Chicago, IL 60622 Phone: 773-227-4280 E: jasbjm@earthlink.net www.BlackGateWorks.com |
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| Bobbye Middendorf serves her clients as freelance marketing partner and synergy-builder—creating marketing results greater than the sum of the parts. Award-winning writing, based on 27 years of publishing and marketing know-how, builds the “Write Synergies,” communications that connect to the perfect audience. Clients include Banco Popular, ALA Editions, Thomson, Hound Press, Patron Saint PR, and others. She collaborates with publishers, nonprofits, and entrepreneurs in creating clear, compelling marketing that gets results. Her articles and reviews have appeared in IBPA's Independent, ForeWord, Conscious Choice, Hope, LOHAS Journal, SIRS, and 2006's LACP top 50 award-winning newsletter, Popular People. | |
| Jeanne Muchnick Senior Editor, Magazine Division, The Journal News; former Editor of Baby Magazine; and now an active freelancer and blogger The Journal News 24 Orchard Road, Larchmont, NY 10538 Phone: 914-630-4760 E: Jeanmuch@aol.com |
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| Jeanne Muchnick describes herself as your average “crazed” multi-tasking working mom.…one minute writing/editing/researching against a tight deadline... the next driving carpools and defrosting frozen meals. She presently works as a Senior Editor in the magazine division of The Journal News covering travel, parenting, decorating, food and lifestyle issues. Prior to life in a small cubicle, she was the Editor in Chief at Baby Magazine, as well as an active freelancer. Her work has appeared in a variety of national and local publications including The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Daily News, Parents, Parenting, Shape, Fit Pregnancy, Women's Health & Fitness, Woman's Day, Woman's World, Westchester Magazine, Endless Vacation and more. | |
| Pamela Bauer Mueller Publisher Piñata Publishing 626 Old Plantation Road, Jekyll Island, GA 31527 Phone: 912-635-9402, Fax: 912-635-9402 E: pam@kiskalore.com www.pinatapub.com |
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| Pamela Bauer Mueller is an award-winning children’s/YA author and elementary/secondary school speaker. Through her Visiting Author Program she shares her multi-cultural stories and educational messages with thousands of children in the classroom and beyond. Pamela spends months of extensive research before writing all of her titles. Her seven children’s and YA titles have all reached the Renaissance Accelerated Reading List for schools. Ms. Mueller has also received Gold Mom's Choice Award for An Angry Drum Echoed and has been named 2006/2008 Georgia Author of the Year. | |
| Mitch Muncy Institute for American Values 1841 Broadway, Suite 211, New York, NY 10023 Phone: 212-246-3942, Fax: 212-541-6665 E: muncy@americanvalues.org www.americanvalues.org |
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| Mitchell Muncy is Chief Operating Officer of the Institute for American Values in New York. From 1996 to 2008, he was executive vice president and editor in chief of Spence Publishing Company, as well as founder and director of its communications division, Spence Media. He is in his second term on the IBPA board of directors and also serves on the board of trustees of Sophia Institute Press. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey, with his wife and six children. | |
| Sally Neher Director, Publisher Relations Baker & Taylor 1120 US Highway 22 East, Bridgewater, NJ 08807 Phone: 908-541-7460 E: nehers@btol.com www.btol.com |
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| Sally Neher, Director of Merchandising for Baker & Taylor Books, has more than 20 years experience in the book industry. In her current role, Sally is responsible for Baker & Taylor’s Fashion Division, with buyers responsible for bestsellers, fiction, and high velocity, media driven nonfiction books. Sally is a former member of the IBPA Board of Directors.. | |
| Sara Nelson Former Editor-in-Chief Publishers Weekly 360 Park Ave South, New York, NY 10010 Phone: 646-746-6751 www.publishersweekly.com/saranelson |
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| Sara Nelson became editor-in-chief of Publishers Weekly in January 2005, straight from a stint as the Book Beat columnist for the New York Post. A journalist for 25 years, Nelson had previously written a publishing column for the New York Observer and reviewed for publications from Glamour magazine to the Chicago Tribune. She was one of the founding editors of Inside.com. Her freelance pieces have appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and many national magazines. | |
| Steve O'Keefe Executive Director Patron Saint Productions, Inc. Adjunct Professor, Internet Public Relations, Tulane University 741 St. Philip Street #241, New Orleans, LA 70116 Phone: 504-342-4806 E: steve.okeefe@patronsaintpr.com www.patronsaintpr.com |
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| Steve O'Keefe is a serial entrepreneur, writer, professor, and Internet pioneer. He wrote the bestselling book, Publicity on the Internet, in 1996. He teaches Internet PR at Tulane University and is co-founder of the International Association of Online Communicators. Steve ran the AuthorViews Project (2004-2008) producing hundreds of author videos free of charge. He is Executive Director of Patron Saint Productions, a consulting firm specializing in online marketing campaigns, strategy, and training. Since 1994, Steve has launched online campaigns for over 1,000 books and several of the largest publishing brands, including Dr. Seuss, ...For Dummies, RealAge, and Wiley InterScience. | |
| Karla Olson Founder and President BookStudio P.O. Box 230295, Encinitas, CA 92023 Phone: 760-753-2279 E: karla@bookstudiobooks.com www.bookstudiobooks.com |
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| Karla Olson has been in the publishing industry for over 20 years. Before founding BookStudio, she was the Creative Director of Tehabi Books; founder of Via Press, an editorial and publishing consultant; Editorial Director of The Michael Friedman Publishing Group in New York City; and assistant editor at Putnam Publishing. During that time, Olson has been involved in the creation of hundreds of books representing traditional and custom publishing and packaging. Olson is on the Board of Directors of IBPA-affiliate Publishers & Writers of San Diego. | |
| Lisa Pelto President Concierge Marketing, Inc. 13518 L Street, Omaha, NE 68137 Phone: 402-884-5995 • Fax: 413-669-8870 E: lisa@conciergemarketing.com www.conciergemarketing.com |
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| Lisa has coached hundreds of authors of all levels at all stages of their book development. She began her career in publishing with a corporation, then moved to an agency as print production manager. Her keen eye for cost savings and efficiency in printing caught the eye of Boys Town Press, where she fell in love with the passion of writers and the spirit of the independent publisher. She moved on to freelancing for a select few indies while working at an upstart dot.com, and a fledgling artisan jeweler. She missed working with authors, and in 2004 decided to make micro-publishing and book coaching the focus of her company. | |
| Tom Peric President Galileo Communications, Inc. 2040 Fairfax Avenue, Cherry Hill, NJ 08003 Phone: 856-874-0049, Fax: 856-874-0052 E: tom@thegalileo.com www.thegalileo.com |
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| Tom Peric, an award-winning reporter, started his own PR firm in 1998. He also serves as the editor of two national trade magazines and authored Wacky Days (www.wackydays.com), which deals heavily with how to influence editors and news directors. He has taught writers how to crack the editor's guard since 1977 and his media experience — as an insider and outsider — has resulted in millions of dollars in free publicity for clients. As a teacher and author, his goal is to provide simple, effective, real-world techniques that writers can implement immediately so they get more media coverage. | |
| Craig Pollock Ingram Book Company One Ingram Blvd., La Vergne, TN 37086 Phone: 615-213-5529 E: craig.pollock@ingrambook.com www.ingrambook.com |
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| Craig joined Ingram Book Company in 1992 and serves as the senior manager of supplier services, supporting Ingram Book Company's purchasing department. He manages the new vendor program, including Ingram's relationship with Lightning Source Inc. Craig also manages Ingram's Publisher ipage functions, the International Sales Plan program, and the tracking of Ingram's wholesale coop related activities. He has worked as an independent bookstore manager, served multiple terms on the BEA board, is a founding member of the Miami Book Fair International, and chairs several committees for the Southern Festival of Books. | |
| Anthony Pomes Director of Marketing & Publicity/Rights Square One Publishers 115 Herricks Road, Garden City Park, NY 11040 Phone: 516-535-2010, Fax: 516-535-2014 E: sq1marketing@aol.com www.squareonepublishers.com |
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| Anthony Pomes, who is Director of Marketing and Publicity at Square One Publishers, previously worked as Publicity Manager for Penguin Group (USA). He has worked in book publishing for more than a decade in a variety of roles, from editor and typesetter to publicist and sales/rights director. He has also written articles for Newsday and has been interviewed by The New York Times, The Orlando Sentinel, The Arizona Republic and Publishers Weekly among other publications. | |
| Sandra Posner-Phillips Broadcaster, Author, Columnist Travelsmart Publishing P.O. Box 43527 CSP Roxboro, Dollard des Ormeaux, QC, Canada H8Y 3P4 Phone: 514-684-6938 • Fax: 514-684-6938 E: sandra@drivei95.com www.drivei95.com |
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| Sandra Phillips' first book, Smart Shopping Montreal, has been a best seller for 23 years. Following this success, she was offered a column (Montreal's Gazette). She has also become a regular on TV news, talk radio and is a popular lecturer. She has written in and has been written about in hundreds of media outlets. With her husband she authored the best-selling book Drive I-95: Exit by Exit Info, Maps, History and Trivia. From their travel adventures, they report for radio, e-zines, print, YouTube, blogs and podcasts. Discussions began with NBC to turn their adventures into a TV show and they are now soliciting sponsors for the project. | |
| Stan Posner President Travelsmart Publishing P.O. Box 43527 CSP Roxboro, DDO, Quebec, Canada H8Y 3P4 Phone: 514-574-6717 • Fax: 514-684-6938 E: stan@travelsmart.to www.drivei95.com |
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| Stan Posner is actually an actuary who with wife Sandra Phillips authored the best-selling book Drive I-95: Exit by Exit Info, Maps, History and Trivia. From their travel adventures, they report for radio, e-zines, print media, YouTube, blogs and podcasts. Discussions began with NBC to turn their adventures into a TV show and they are now soliciting sponsors for the project. Stan has owned a computer consulting business since 1984, and has done work with such companies as Raytheon, Honda, Bombardier and Atomic Energy of Canada, He has taught University actuarial math. Stan is the GPS and computer guru for their Travelsmart publishing company. | |
| Dan Poynter Publisher Para Publishing PO Box 8206, Santa Barbara, CA 93118 Phone: 805-968-7277, Fax: 805-968-1379 E: DanPoynter@ParaPublishing.com ParaPublishing.com |
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| Dan Poynter is an author (100+ books), publisher (since 1969), speaker (CSP). His seminars have been featured on CNN, his books have been pictured in The Wall Street Journal and his story has been told in US News & World Report. The media come to Dan because he is the leading authority on book promotion. A professional speaker, he travels more than 6,000 miles each week to share his book plan. Dan is a past vice-president of the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA, formerly PMA). He lives in Santa Barbara. | |
| David Prentice Account Executive Lightning Source 1246 Heil Quaker Blvd., LaVergne, TN 37086 Phone: 615-213-4573, Fax: 615-213-4425 E: david.prentice@lightningsource.com www.lightningsource.com |
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| David Prentice is a publishing professional with over sixteen years experience in the print industry. In 2003, David joined Lightning Source and has his office in LaVergne, Tennessee. With a strong background in all aspects of book manufacturing David brings unique talents and experience to the world of digital printing and distribution. Mr. Prentice is an avid sportsman, just ask him about his latest fishing catch. He lives with his wife and son (and bird dog Gracie) in Tennessee. | |
| Michelle Price CEO A Third Mind New Media 743 Alvin Street, San Diego, CA 92114 Phone: 619-582-1221 E: michellep@athirdmind.com www.AThirdMind.com |
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| Five years ago, upon escape from Cubicle Nation, Michelle Price used online social networks to put her first author on the map. Within 9 months, his book landed on the NY Times & Wall Street Journal best seller lists. Mega-entrepreneur John Assaraf leveraged success – now he's a featured Teacher in the hit movie The Secret, has a multiple book deal with Simon & Schuster, and launched small business coaching franchise, OneCoach. Today, Price is a thought leader on turning social connectivity into currency. Her company propels visionary experts into online thought leaders using cutting-edge Web 2.0 social media marketing strategies. | |
| Dominique Raccah Publisher and CEO Sourcebooks 1935 Brookdale Road, Suite 139, Naperville, IL 60563 Phone: 630-961-3900 x224 E: Dominique.Raccah@sourcebooks.com www.sourcebooks.com |
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| Dominique Raccah founded Sourcebooks in 1987. Now, 20 years later, Sourcebooks publishes #1 titles in parenting and college guides, an important group of novelists (published by Sourcebooks Landmark), a new children's imprint (Sourcebooks Jabberwocky) and an ever-expanding roster of business relationships (including U.S. News and World Report, Forbes, The History Channel and Playskool). Sourcebooks has published eight New York Times bestsellers (so far). Today, Sourcebooks is a leading poetry publisher and publishes a line of groundbreaking multimedia titles (Sourcebooks MediaFusion). The company has over 70 employees and publishes over 300 new titles each year. Dominique currently serves as co-chair of the Book Industry Study Group. | |
| Keith Reisinger Executive Vice President 360 Digital Books 8089 Stadium Drive, Suite C, Kalamazoo, MI 49009 Phone: 866-379-8767, Fax: 734-956-9984 E: kreisinger@360inc.com www.360digitalbooks.com |
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| I have spent my entire career working in the book manufacturing industry and I absolutely love it. I spent the first 19 years of my career working for an offset book printer and the last 8 working for a short run digital book printer. I love sharing what I know with authors and/or publishers as it helps them make informed decisions about how to get their books printed. | |
| Fern Reiss CEO Expertizing.com / PublishingGame.com PO Box 590239, Newton, MA 02459 Phone: 617-630-0945 E: FernReiss@PublishingGame.com www.PublishingGame.com |
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| Fern is CEO of PublishingGame.com/Expertizing.com, and author of the popular “Publishing Game” book series on how to find a literary agent, how to self-publish, and how to successfully promote your book. Her forthcoming book, Expertizing was acquired by a big publishing house and will be appearing next year. Fern's been quoted in over 100 publications in the past six months, from the New York Times to USA Today. | |
| Lloyd Rich Publishing Attorney Lloyd L. Rich, P.C. 1163 Vine Street, Denver, CO 80206 Phone: 303-388-0291, Fax: 303-388-0477 E: rich@publishingattorney.com www.publaw.com |
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| Lloyd L. Rich is a Denver attorney specializing in publishing, intellectual property, and Internet law. He has 30 years of publishing experience as a publisher and attorney and represents print, electronic and multimedia publishing companies on matters including copyright, trademarks, contract preparation and negotiations, product development, mergers and acquisitions, licensing of rights, and distribution. He is admitted to the Colorado Bar and District of Columbia Bar. | |
| Chris Roerden Senior Editor Edit It 3683 Waterwheel Court, Greensboro, NC, 27409 Phone: 336-323-1032 E: croerden@aol.com www.MarketSavvyBookEditing.com |
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| Chris Roerden leads workshops on revision, voice, and craft coast to coast. Since 1952 she's held every editorial role with 5 independent publishers, and in 1983 began helping her own clients win more than 20 awards. Books she's edited, on MarketSavvyBookEditing.com, are published by St. Martin's, Berkley Prime Crime, Midnight Ink, Walker & Co., Viking, Intrigue, Interweave, Rodale, and numerous small presses. Of her own books on revision, Don't Murder Your Mystery won the 2006 Agatha Award for Best Nonfiction Book and Don't Sabotage Your Submission is a ForeWord Magazine and Benjamin Franklin award nominee. | |
| Andrea Rosen Senior Vice President, Special Markets HarperCollins Publishers 10 East 53rd Street, New York, NY 10022 Phone: 212-207-7258, Fax: 212 207-7222 E: andrea.rosen@harpercollins.com www.harpercollins.com |
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| Andrea Rosen is Senior Vice President, Special Markets of HarperCollins Publishers. She is responsible for leading the sales efforts for the Special Markets department for both the General Books and the Children's Book divisions. She was appointed to this position in April 2007. Rosen joined HarperCollins in 2003 as Senior Director, Special Markets for Children's Books and expanded her role to include the General Books division. Prior to joining HarperCollins Rosen was the Imprint Director, Special Markets at Random House Inc., where she focused on finding new business areas for non-traditional retailers. | |
| Tricia Roth Chief Executive Officer & Member of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee ReadHowYouWant 277 White Street, Buchanan, NY 10511 Phone: 917-434-6144, Fax: 646-726-4116 E: tricia@readhowyouwant.com www.readhowyouwant.com |
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Tricia began her work with ReadHowYouWant in January 2008 and in just under 11 months she has been promoted from Director of Global Sales and Marketing to CEO. ReadHowYouWant's technology provides an efficient means of converting texts into large print formats, braille, DAISY, and e-book formats. Tricia brings over 20 years of experience in consulting, marketing, operational solutions and publishing to ReadHowYouWant. She believes that all content should be made accessible at the time of publication and that readers should be able to pick the format that suits them best. ReadHowYouWant is committed to working with publishers to accomplish this objective. Tricia has been reading the following titles selected from ReadHowYouWant's 30+ publishing partners: 100 Ways to Motivate Yourself on her iPod, Why Am I So Tired on her Victor Reader Stream, Meditation in A New York Minute on her Kindle, and The Hamster Revolution in an EasyRead 16 paper back edition. |
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| Penny Sansevieri CEO, Author Marketing Experts, Inc. P.O. Box 421156, San Diego, CA 92142 Phone: 858-560-0121 E: penny@amarketingexpert.com www.amarketingexpert.com |
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| Penny C. Sansevieri, CEO and founder of Author Marketing Experts, Inc., is a best-selling author and internationally recognized book marketing and media relations expert. Her company is one of the leaders in the publishing industry and has developed some of the most cutting-edge book marketing campaigns. She is the author of five books, including Book to Bestseller which has been called the “road map to publishing success.” AME is the first marketing and publicity firm to use internet promotion to its full impact through The Virtual Author TourT, which strategically works with message boards, blogs, ezines, and relevant sites to push an authors message into the virtual community and connect with sites related to the book's topic, positioning the author in his or her market. | |
| Linda Settles Edict House Publishing Group, LLC 400 Court Street, Lynchburg, VA 24503 Phone: 434-821-4005, Fax: 434-821-5327 E: edicthouse@yahoo.com |
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| Linda Settles holds a MA in Christian Counseling and is a member of American Associate of Christian Counselors. She is active in ministry and publishing, along with her husband of twenty-two years. Her abusive background has had a significant influence on her writing and the message she brings to women and men today. With four books to her credit, she has learned what does and doesn’t work and the need to be a part of the process from conception to finished product and beyond in the marketing phase. Linda delivers a powerful message to women through her speaking and writing…encouraging them to rise above all obstacles. | |
| Rick Shalayda Director of Merchandising Baker & Taylor, Inc 1120 US Highway 22 East Bridgewater, NJ 08807 T: 908-541-7456 E: rick.shalayda@btol.com www.btol.com |
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| Rick Shalayda is Director of Merchandising at Baker & Taylor, Inc., a global information and entertainment services company that offers books, DVDs, music, games and services to libraries, educational institutions, and retailers. In his 14 years at B&T, Rick has held various positions in the Buying Department, from Small Press Buyer to Adult Trade and Bestseller Buyer. In his current role, he is responsible for the Children’s and Independent Press Buying Teams, along with the Publisher Relations Department, which oversees the process of adding new publisher accounts. Rick works in B&T’s Bridgewater, NJ facility.. | |
| Lindsay Shuck Consortium Book Sales & Distribution The Keg House, 34 Thirteenth Avenue NE, Suite 101, Minneapolis, MN 55413 Phone: 612-746-2534 E: lshuck@cbsd.com, www.cbsd.com |
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| Rudy Shur Publisher Square One Publishers 115 Herricks Road, Garden City Park, NY 11040 Phone: 516-535-2010, Fax: 516-535-2014 E: sq1info@aol.com www.squareonepublishers.com |
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| Rudy Shur began his publishing career working for Charles E. Merrill Publishing Company and later William C. Brown Publishing Company. In 1976, he cofounded Avery Publishing Group, where he was responsible for the acquisition of over 1,000 nonfiction titles, many of which became bestsellers. By 1999, the company had grown into one of the largest alternative health publishers in the US. In that year, Avery was purchased by Penguin Putnam. The following year, Mr. Shur founded Square One Publishers in Garden City Park, New York, where he currently heads the editorial program. For the last four years, Square One has been selected by Publishers Weekly as one of the fastest growing independent publishing houses in the US. He is also the author of How To Publish Your Nonfiction Book. Mr. Shur continues to lecture extensively on the topic of publishing at universities, colleges and professional workshops throughout the country. | |
| Carlene Sippola Publisher Whole Person Associates, Inc. 210 West Michigan Street, Duluth, MN 55802-1908 Phone: 218-727-0500, Fax: 218-727-0505 E: carlene@wholeperson.com www.wholeperson.com |
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| Owner and CEO of Whole Person Associates, a publishing company based in Duluth MN, that publishes training resources in the areas of stress management, wellness promotion, mental health, and healthy lifestyle. Carlene started her publishing career at Whole Person Associates twenty-five years ago. She served as marketing director of both Whole Person Associates and its imprint Pfeifer-Hamilton Publishers. Later she became publisher of Whole Person Associates and purchased the company six years ago. IBPA has played an important role in the development of Carlene's publishing career. She was proud to serve on the IBPA board for four years. | |
| Marcella Smith Barnes & Noble, Inc. 122 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011 Phone: 212-633-3300 E: msmithx@bn.com www.barnesandnobleinc.com |
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| Marcella is the director of small press and vendor relations for Barnes & Noble, Inc. She got into the business over 30 years ago in Washington, DC, where she began working in an independent bookshop. Since then she has worked in and managed two other bookstores, been a sales rep for St. Martin's Press and a marketing manager at Simon & Schuster. She is a former member of the board of directors for Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA, formerly PMA), and sits on the Small Press Center's Advisory Council. | |
| Danny O. Snow Unlimited Publishing, LLC P.O. Box 3007, Bloomington, IN 47402 Phone: 800-218-8877; 415-632-3538 E: dan@unlimitedpublishing.com www.unlimitedpublishing.com |
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| Harvard graduate Danny O. Snow is a senior fellow of The Society for New Communications Research (SNCR.org), a Palo Alto based nonprofit global think tank dedicated to the advanced study of new and emerging media. He has managed Unlimited Publishing LLC, “The Professional POD Book Publisher™,” since 2000. Snow also works as a consultant to fellow authors and publishers, as a public speaker, and as a journalist who has been widely quoted by major news media about new publishing and communication technologies. In 2009, he signed with Wiley & Sons as a contributor to its upcoming book titled Print on Demand Book Publishing for Dummies. | |
| Janet Spurr Author Falmouth Heights Books 52 Rowland Street, Marblehead, MA 01945 Phone: 781-639-1008 E: spurr1@msn.com www.beachchairdiaries.com |
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| Janet Spurr has been visiting the beach all her life. Between the sand and waves, she has found paradise and much more, which she brings to you in the pages of Beach Chair Diaries. When not at the beach she works as a sales rep for women's accessory lines, which she sells to boutiques, gift shops, museum shops, catalogs and bookstores in the six New England states and Hawaii. She is a member of the IBPA, New England Independent Booksellers Association, National Writers Union, Dolphin Yacht Club, Colby-Sawyer College Class correspondent, and Trinity Church in Boston. | |
| Erin Stark Typesetting and Interior Design Specialist TLC Graphics Austin, Texas Phone: 512-292-8798 E: Erin@tlcgraphics.com www.TLCGraphics.com |
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| Award-winning interior design specialist Erin Stark has 15 years of experience in the graphic design and publishing industries. While her special expertise is in book design, she has also designed newsletters, direct mail campaigns and other marketing materials for corporations and publishers. In 1998, she joined her the staff of TLC Graphics. In her free time, Ms. Stark sings in her church choir and enjoys traveling with her family to all places warm and sunny. Ms. Stark has a B.S. in Art from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. | |
| Dayna Steele Motivational speaker & author Steele Media Services 121 Cedar Lane, Seabrook, TX 77586 Phone: 281-685-8587 E: dayna@daynasteele.com www.daynasteele.com |
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| Dayna Steele is a speaker, consultant and author of Rock To The Top: What I Learned about Success from the World’s Greatest Rock Stars. As a successful radio personality, Dayna built a large fan base and reigned for years as Houston's “First Lady of Radio.” She was nominated Local Radio Personality of the Year by Billboard Magazine and was in Talkers Magazine's 100 Most Important Radio Talk Show Hosts. Dayna became a successful businesswoman, creating The Space Store, Smart Girls Rock and Operation National Anthem. Reader’s Digest named Dayna one of the “35 People Who Inspire Us.” | |
| Jennifer Storm Director, Victim/Witness Assistance Program Author/ Hazelden 3202 Meadow Lane, Harrisburg, PA 17109 Phone: 717-780-7078 E: jenniferstorm119@gmail.com www.jenniferstorm.com |
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| Jennifer Storm is the Executive Director of the Victim/Witness Assistance Program in Harrisburg, PA. She is the ultimate survivor turned thriver having recently chronicled her own story of victimization and recovery in her new memoir Blackout Girl: Growing up and Drying out in America published by Hazelden. She is a dynamic, inspiring public speaker, available to speak about her first-hand experience with addiction and rape, her journey through discovering her own sexuality, drug and alcohol recovery, and her current work championing victim’s rights. She is heard frequently on college campuses and national conferences on this broad range of subjects. | |
| Mark Suchomel President Independent Publishers Group 814 N. Franklin Street, Chicago, IL 60610 Phone: 312-337-0747 ext. 209 E: suchomel@ipgbook.com www.ipgbook.com |
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| Mark Suchomel is the president of Independent Publishers Group (IPG). Previously he was the vice president of sales and marketing at IPG. Based in Chicago, IPG represents more than 50 general trade publishers and more than 300 niche independent presses, selling their titles to the book trade as well as teacher supply stores, museum shops, mass merchandisers, gift shops, and other specialty wholesale and retail accounts. In 2000, Mr. Suchomel was named by Publishers Weekly as one of the “Eleven for the Millennium,” those who will most likely have impact on change in the publishing industry in the next millennium. | |
| Sue Sylvia Publisher/Designer Staircase Press P.O. Box 83, Troy, IL 62294 Phone: 618-558-9504 E: design@staircasepress.com www.staircasepress.com |
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| Sue partners as a designer with her husband/author Edward as the creative team of Staircase Press, in Troy, Illinois. They publish books that explore the spiritual connections within everyday topics as diverse as gardening, quantum physics, and original children's fables. Sue also designs books and marketing programs for other small publishers. She has been an active leader of IBPA's affiliate group in St. Louis since 2001, owing much to IBPA's collective wisdom. Sue is an award-winning, 30-year ad agency veteran and is currently the Copyediting Supervisor at Momentum, a global marketing agency, whose clients include Microsoft, Coca-Cola, Revlon, and more. | |
| Jon R. Tandler Corporate and Publishing Attorney Isaacson Rosenbaum, P.C. 633 17th Street, Suite 2200, Denver, CO 80202 Phone:303-292-5656, Fax: 303-292-3152 E: jtandler@ir-law.com www.ir-law.com |
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| Jon is a Shareholder of Isaacson Rosenbaum P.C., a business and litigation Denver law firm. Jon specializes in corporate, publishing, and copyright law and serves as legal counsel to companies and individuals located throughout the United States. He has worked in his field for over 20 years, and represents publishers on business, transactional and intellectual property matters, prepares agreements and licenses for specific content acquisition and editorial models, and generally provides services to support clients' publishing and packaging programs in traditional and new media. Jon also practices software and information technology law, representing developers and institutions on licensing and support projects. Jon regularly teaches about publishing, serves on the faculty of the University of Denver Publishing Institute, and has lectured on the legal and financial aspects of book publishing in India and in the Caribbean for the World Intellectual Property Organization. | |
| Jeniffer Thompson President Monkey C Media 1731 31st Street, San Diego, CA 92102 Phone: 619-955-8286, Fax: 619-923-9230 E: j@monkeycmedia.com www.monkeycmedia.com |
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| Jeniffer Thompson is an Internet Marketing specialist and Web site strategist. Having begun her publishing career as the Marketing Director of a San Diego publishing house more than 12 years ago, she discovered the power of the Internet. She has since taken her marketing prowess and passion for publishing and has helped hundreds of authors establish their presence on the Net. Mrs. Thompson is also a freelance lifestyle writer, author, and speaker. | |
| Cissy Tiernan VP, Business Development Blu Sky Media Group 2670 Memorial Blvd, Suite D1, Murfreesboro, TN 37129 Phone: 615-995-7072, Fax: 615-260-8752 E: cissy.tiernana@bluskymediagroup.com www.bluskymediagroup.com |
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| Blu Sky Media Group is a premier independent distributor offering sales, advertising/marketing, customer service, warehousing, and order fulfillment services to independent book and media/sidelines publishers. | |
| Miriam Tuliao Assistant Director, Central Collection Development New York Public Library 455 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10016 (212) 340-0911 phone (212) 340-0988 fax E: miriam_tuliao@nypl.org |
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| As the Assistant Director of Central Collection Development at The New York Public Library, Miriam Tuliao is responsible for the system-wide development, management and coordination of the Library's general collections. Past chair of the Notable Books Council, Ms. Tuliao serves on the Collection Development Education Committee of the American Library Association's Reference and User Services Division. She is an active member of the New York Library Association. | |
| Nicole Vines Director, Premium & Corporate Sales HarperCollins 10 E. 53rd Street, New York, NY 10022 Phone: 212-207-7888, Fax: 212-702-2512 E: nicole.vines@harpercollins.com www.harpercollins.com |
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| Nicole Vines is the Director of Premium & Corporate Sales at HarperCollins Publishers. She has spent more than twelve years in book publishing, solely in special markets. She began her career in the specialty retail and wholesale channel at Time Warner Trade Publishing and transitioned to premium and corporate sales at McGraw-Hill. She continued in this channel at Macmillan (Holtzbrinck) and also handled proprietary sales to the wholesale club market, Barnes & Noble, and Borders. She has extensive experience in custom publishing for both adult and children's titles and works with children's literacy customers such as Reach Out & Read, First Book, and Kohl's Cares for Kids. | |
| Megan Weireter Account and Custom Sales Director The Harvard Common Press 535 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118 Phone: 617-423-5803, x13 E: mweireter@harvardcommonpress.com www.helpmewithmybook.com & www.hci-online.com |
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| Kim Weiss Director of Communications, HCI Books Proprietor, Kim Weiss Publishing Services 3201 SW 15 Street, Deerfield Beach, FL 33442 Phone: 954-360-0909 ext. 212, Fax: 800-424-7652 E: kimw@hcibooks.com or kimmerie@mac.com www.harvardcommonpress.com |
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| Kim Weiss has been in publishing since 1994. Prior to her position as Director of Communications for HCI Books, she ran her own PR firm. At HCI, she’s worked on the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, A Child Called “It’, What the Bleep Do We Know? and recently, Staging Your Comeback: A Complete Beauty Revival for Women Over 45. Kim also managed the imprint, Simcha Press. Kim has been published in: Chicken Soup for the Shopper’s Soul, Chicken Soup for the Soul Celebrates Cats, and Hot Chocolate for the Mystical Soul and soon in Recovery Living magazine She’s also running a consulting/coaching service, Kim Weiss Publishing Services, for both aspiring and accomplished authors. Kim offers “an insider’s look at publishing your book.” She’s also feverishly blogging at: helpmewithmybook.com/blog. When she’s not working with authors, Kim is studying opera with her vocal coach, lying on the beach somewhere, or being entertained by her cat and birds. | |
| Carol White President RLI Press 32391 SW Lake Dr., Wilsonville, OR 97070 Phone: 503 784-4749, Fax: 503-715-4993 E: carol@roadtripdream.com www.roadtripdream.com |
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| Carol White is an author, speaker, and book marketing coach. In addition to co-authoring the best selling, award-winning book, Live Your Road Trip Dream, Carol is a frequent guest speaker at conventions such as the national AARP Life @ 50+ and The Great North American RV Rally. She and her husband Phil are national spokespeople for the RV Industry's association that produces the “Go RVing” campaign. She is also a published writer for magazines and websites and has spoken to publishing groups including IBPA's Publishing University, PNBA's annual book show, and locally to the Northwest Association of Book Publishers. | |
| Richard T. Williams Small Press United – IPG 814 N. Franklin Street, Chicago, IL 60610 Phone: 312-337-0747 E: richard@ipgbook.com |
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| Claudine Wolk New Buck Press 3949 Charter Club Drive, Doylestown, PA 18902 Phone: 215/345-1992, Fax: 215/345-1992 E: wjcwolk@verizon.net |
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| Claudine Wolk, a columnist, CPA, and mother of three writes humorous yet informative books, blogs, articles, and columns on all subjects regarding motherhood in the 21st century. She also presents fun, informative workshops on the subjects of “new motherhood” and “mothers returning to the workforce.” Her goal is to make motherhood a little easier through humor and practical strategy. She lives in Bucks County, PA, with her husband Joe. | |
| Thomas Woll President Cross River Publishing Consultants, Inc. 3 Holly Hill Lane, Katonah, NY 10536 Phone: 914-232-6708 E: twoll@pubconsultants.com www.pubconsultants.com |
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| Currently President of Cross River Publishing Consultants, Katonah, NY, Woll has over 25 years of senior-level publishing management experience including: VP & General Manager, John Wiley & Sons, Professional & Trade Division; VP & Publisher, Rodale Press; Publisher, Storey Communications; VP & Publisher, Beaufort Books; VP & General Manager, Vanguard Press. Former member of Independent Book Publishers Association's (IBPA, formerly PMA) Board of Directors; Chairman of AAP’s Smaller Publisher’s Group. Woll is also an Adjunct Professor of Publishing at NYU’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies and on the Advisory Board of the Small Press Center in NYC. Author of Publishing for Profit: Successful Bottom Line Management for Book Publishers (Chicago Review Press, 3rd edition 2006) and Selling Subsidiary Rights: An Insider's Guide (CRPC). Columnist, Book Business Magazine. | |