Speakers

The Marketing + Publishing Services Conference & Expo speakers are experts in digital, interactive and social media marketing. They know how to engage customers in a digital age. In just one information-packed day they will provide you with strategies and solutions so that you can do the same.  You will leave this event with a guide to ramping up your marketing outreach and contacts and solutions that address your unique needs.

0Ash Bagdy [More Info]
VP - Outsourcing Services (ePublishing)
Cameo Corporate Services Ltd

Ash heads the Healthcare Division of the company while leading the business development efforts of the ePublishing Division.  He has over 20 years of experience including 15 years in the Outsourcing arena.  He is based out of the US and manages the affairs of the Healthcare & ePublishing Division from there.

Cameo has been building on its two decades of experience managing content for financial institutions and healthcare companies, by helping Publishers create, manage and distribute content.  Cameo recently made the Inc. 500 list and was ranked 47 among the 500 fastest growing mid-size Indian companies, and the 5th fastest growing IT & ITeS (IT Enabled Services / BPO) company in India for the year 2012.

With over 100 offices worldwide, including U.S. and India, Cameo is headquartered in Tampa, Florida and Chennai, India.  Over 400 companies globally rely on Cameo to meet their needs, including in the Print & Digital Publishing arena.  We offer a comprehensive range of services for both book and STM journal publishers, with a strong focus on XML workflows.

 

 
David Boyle [More Info]
SVP of Consumer Insight
HarperCollins Publishers
David Boyle is SVP Consumer Insight at HarperCollins where he is working globally to incorporate consumer insight into the company’s main practices - from acquisition to sales. By providing the business with a better and deeper understanding of consumer behavior and attitudes towards books, authors, book discovery and purchase, he is supporting and guiding product and business development activities, as well as informing our direct-to-consumer and marketing capabilities.

He joined HarperCollins from EMI Music, where he was built the consumer insight capability that delivered insight to all parts of the business in more than 25 countries. His work contributed to decision making at all levels of the company, from artist signing to product development and marketing plans for EMI's biggest artists like The Beatles and Pink Floyd.

Before that he worked in London for New Philanthropy Capital on analysis of charity effectiveness, for L.E.K. Consulting in London and Boston on corporate strategy, for Tesco helping their international businesses use data and for DSG International. Additionally, he worked in politics for the Labour Party in London and with Democrats in the US where he helped build data and analysis infrastructure that powered the 2008 election of President Obama.

 
Ken Brooks [More Info]
Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain Management
McGraw Hill
Ken Brooks is the new senior vice president of global supply chain management at McGraw-Hill. Prior to Treadwell he was senior vice president, global production and manufacturing services at Cengage Learning where his responsibilities included the development, production, and manufacturing of textbooks and reference content in print and digital formats.

Before that, Ken was president and founder of Publishing Dimensions, a digital content services company focused in the eBook and digital strategy space. Over the course of his career, Ken has founded a Philippines-based text conversion company; a public domain publishing imprint; and a distribution-center based print-on-demand operation and has worked in trade, professional, higher education and K-12 publishing sectors. He has held several senior management positions in publishing, including vice president of digital content at Barnes & Noble, vice president of operations, production, and strategic planning at Bantam Doubleday Dell, and vice president of customer operations at Simon & Schuster. Prior to his entry into publishing, Ken was a senior manager in Andersen Consulting's logistics strategy practice.
 
Rachel Chou [More Info]
Chief Marketing Officer
Open Road Integrated Media
Rachel Chou is the Chief Marketing Officer for Open Road Integrated Media. In this role she bridges the traditional world of book marketing with the dynamic, fast-paced world of digital media. Chou is guiding the development of the company's web marketing platform, which fuels Open Road's content syndication and publishing presence on the web and on mobile devices.

Chou has more than 20 years of experience in online content and product development. Over the course of her career, she has led teams in the areas of search, content management, creation and syndication.

Prior to Open Road, Chou was Vice President, Online Product Development for HarperCollins Publishers. She worked across divisions on digital strategy and on the creation of new digital publishing businesses. Under Chou's direction, HarperCollins launched AuthorAssistant, a proprietary digital toolset that enables authors to deliver multimedia content to corporate and partner websites, designed the first book marketing campaigns to make use of 2D barcode technology, and led its direct-to-consumer ecommerce efforts.
Chou's past positions include Executive Producer at R/GA where she conceived and produced online tools and games for educational organizations and websites and Director of Shared Services for Scholastic.com where she helped lead the strategic planning of various online initiatives.

Chou has a B.S. from the University of Maryland and an M.S. from Bank Street College of Education.
 
0Brenda Copeland [More Info]
Executive Editor
St. Martin's Press
 
Erica Curtis [More Info]
Director, Marketing Analytics
Penguin Random House
Erica Curtis is Director of Marketing Analytics in the Digital Marketplace Development group at Penguin Random House. She oversees tools and processes that enable marketers within the company to better plan, optimize and measure the effectiveness of consumer outreach efforts using data.
 
Laura Dail [More Info]
Founder/Literary Agent
Laura Dail Literary Agency
Laura Dail graduated from Duke University and received her Master’s degree in Spanish from Middlebury College. She has served on the board of the Association of Authors Representatives (AAR) and currently chairs the AAR Royalties Committee.

Over the last 16 years, the agency has represented just about every kind of book. Laura’s now especially interested in historical and high-concept fiction, funny children's fiction, and serious and  passionate non-fiction -- both narrative and practical. She’s interested in totally escapist entertainment or important books about the things from which we’re trying to escape. She's worked with just about every publisher -- from what we now call the Big 5 to the mid-size and smaller, independent houses, university presses, and including no publisher at all -- in other words, self-publishing.

 
Allison Devlin [More Info]
Vice President, Director of Marketing
Running Press Book Publishers
Allison Devlin has been on the marketing and publicity side of publishing for over 20 years having started at DK when they first opened shop as a publisher in the US in 1991.  From there she has ventured on to Harper Collins Children’s Books, Little Brown Books for Young Readers, Watson-Guptill (which became an imprint of Crown Publishers) and is now happily at Running Press.  A passionate paddle tennis player, she also currently sits on the board of the Bronxville Public Library and sings alto in her church choir.

 
Jeff Dodes [More Info]
Executive Vice President, Marketing & Digital Media Strategy
St. Martin's Press
Jeff Dodes is Executive Vice President, Marketing & Digital Media Strategy at St. Martin’s Press/Macmillan where he oversees marketing, publicity, digital and creative and their evolution as the industry transitions to digital.
Coming off of a 20 year career in the music industry where he presided over a major label’s transition from a traditional recorded music company to a music based digital media company,  Jeff joined SMP in 2011 and is implementing a new organizational structure in conjunction with an emphasis on targeted, integrated digital and in-market campaigns for SMP’s authors with a focus on audience development, content development and product development.
 
0Mary Dolan [More Info]
Director of Sales
Harvard Business Review Press
 
0Robert Edington [More Info]
VP, Content Design + Operations
HarperCollins Christian Publishing
At HarperCollins Christian Publishing, Bob leads a team responsible for the design and operations of over 1000 titles each year for the Thomas Nelson and Zondervan imprints.  In addition to designing the content for display in print and digital formats, the team manages the digital distribution of assets and metadata and is responsible for research and development related to content structure, presentation, reuse, and quality assurance.

Prior to his current assignment, Bob managed Thomas Nelson’s eBook account sales as well as its software business and its online presence.

Before joining Thomas Nelson, Bob worked for Borders Group where he was responsible for its online presence and in-store technologies and LEXISNEXIS, a division of Reed-Elsevier, where he held a number of positions in product development and marketing.

 
Rodney Elder [More Info]
Vice President of Commercial Operations
Virtusales
Rodney Elder is VP of Commercial Operations at Virtusales, and in this role he is responsible for the consulting, project management, customer service and sales & marketing operations for North America.

Over the past 12 years, Rodney has worked extensively internationally in North America, Europe and Australasia with publishing companies including Pearson, Harvard University Press, Macmillan and Elsevier. His main focus in working with these publishers involved orchestrating and managing projects to support the adoption of new software technologies and improved business processes.

 
Kristin Fassler [More Info]
Director of Marketing
Penguin Random House
Kristin Fassler is Director of Marketing at the Random House division of Penguin Random House. In her role at Ballantine Bantam Dell, she oversees the creation and implementation of the consumer marketing and branding strategies for over 200 fiction and nonfiction titles annually, including campaigns for bestselling authors such as Diana Gabaldon, Debbie Macomber, George R.R. Martin, Lee Child, and Tess Gerritsen.
 
Andrea Fleck-Nisbet [More Info]
Executive Director, Digital Publishing
Workman Publishing
Andrea is the Executive Director of Digital Publishing at Workman Publishing. She oversees digital product and online business development.
 
Michael Gaudet [More Info]
Digital Production/Sr. Digital Production Manager
Hachette Book Group
Michael Gaudet is the Senior Digital Production Manager at Hachette Book Group. Michael oversees composition, digital printing, and ebook production services for Hachette's US based publishers, Little, Brown and Company, Orbit, and Grand Central Publishing. He has helped develop Hachette's expert processes for print, ebook conversion, and digital original content, including the implementation of specialized digital platforms for authoring and file review. Michael leads the team of in-house designers responsible for converting Hachette's XML-first content into a wide gamut of best-selling print and digital products.

 
0Jim Hanas [More Info]
Director of Audience Development
HarperCollins Publishers
Jim Hanas joined HarperCollins as the company’s first director of audience development in February. He previously served as social media editor at The New York Observer, director of social media at New York City’s tourism office, and as a strategic consultant to publishers and authors.  A longtime journalist and writer, he has written about media and marketing for Advertising Age, Fast Company, and Communication Arts.

 
Matt Harris [More Info]
Director of Business Development
LibreDigital
Matt Harris, Director of Business Development at LibreDigital, part of the RR Donnelley Digital Solutions Group, brings over 12 years of experience in digital publishing.  His portfolio includes product innovation and execution, as well as business intelligence solutions, spanning multiple channels from D2C to enterprise level services. His unique insight and experience is helping to bring the next generation of solutions to all segments of digital publishing.
 
Becky Hemperly [More Info]
VP, Contracts, Rights & Royalties
Candlewick Press
Becky Hemperly heads the Contracts, Rights, and Royalties team at Candlewick Press and serves as the Director of Royalties and Business Information Systems for the Walker Group (Walker Books Ltd, Candlewick Press, and Walker Books Australia).  During her more than 20 years working in contracts and rights for Little, Brown and Company, for a literary agent, for an electronic medical publisher, and for the past 13 years at Candlewick Press, she has seen this area of the industry evolve. Becky has led efforts to implement information systems to centralize bibliographic, marketing, production, rights, and royalties data to increase internal efficiency, improve the dissemination of information to customers and publishing partners, and leverage rights granted to the publisher.  Becky graduated from Wheaton College in Norton, MA and holds a Master’s degree in Writing, Literature, and Publishing from Emerson College in Boston, MA.
 
James Hill [More Info]
VP Sales and Marketing
Firstsource Solutions, Inc.
 James Hill has more than 25 years experience in publishing in editorial, sales, and marketing both domestic and international, with an especially strong focus on publishing outsourcing in many verticals.  Firstsource Solutions has recently teamed with DigiRights for an innovative and patented approach to automate and optimize the rights and permissions process which has recently been adopted with major publishers around the world.  

 
Ted Hill (Moderator) [More Info]
President
THA Consulting
With over 25 years experience in the publishing industry, Ted has launched dozens of new businesses and business initiatives. He has held business development positions at leading companies including Pearson, Random House, Simon & Schuster, Vista (now Publishing Technology), and About.com. As a business development consultant with deep knowledge of the publishing and information industries, client engagements range from raw startups to America’s largest companies including NetGalley, codeMantra, Above the Treeline, Bowker, Ingram, R.R. Donnelley, and Microsoft Corporation. In addition to frequently speaking at industry events on the subject of how new technologies impact the business of publishing, Ted is a long-standing member of the Board of Directors for the Book Industry Study Group.
 
Murray Izenwasser [More Info]
Co-Managing Partner/Strategy Practice Lead
Biztegra
With more than 20 years experience, Murray Izenwasser has planned and executed online marketing strategies on behalf of some of the world’s largest and most recognized organizations and brands.

Murray is a creative thinker who understands the opportunities presented by the ever-changing Internet marketing landscape. His vast expertise across all interactive disciplines allows him to cut through the clutter of the current ‘hype’ and deliver marketing programs that drive business.

Currently recognized as a top Interactive Social Media strategist, Murray has been invited to be a featured speaker at a variety of events and industry forums. His entertaining yet thoughtful presentation style distills esoteric ideas into actionable insights. In 2011, he was named as one of the five Social Media Masters by Social Media Club International.

Murray’s pragmatic approach not only comes through in his presentations but also in his work as Strategy Practice Lead for Biztegra, an interactive and social media strategy agency. His focus is on helping Biztegra’s clients drive their businesses by designing appropriate interactive and integrated marketing strategies and tactics to fully engage their customers. His current client list comprises numerous publishers of all sizes across many genres, such as Time, Inc., CRC Press / Taylor and Francis Group, Felony & Mayhem, and Dreamspinner Press. Non-publishing clients include Pepperidge Farm, SeaWorld, Wilson Sporting Goods, Tupperware, ADT, Burger King, Volvo CE, BlueCross BlueShield, Regent Seven Seas Cruises, among many, many others.

His previous positions include Global Director of Marketing for Sapient, as well as Director of Client Strategy for Razorfish, two the world’s premier interactive agencies. He began his career as a business/management/technology consultant for Andersen Consulting (Accenture). He graduated (with honors) from the University of Florida, with dual majors in Computer Science and Finance.


 
 
Rick Joyce [More Info]
Chief Marketing Officer
The Perseus Books Group
Rick is the Chief Marketing Officer for the Perseus Books Group, and has been involved since 2004 in the growth and digital strategies for the company. Rick is one of the co-creators of Constellation, the one-stop digital solution for independent publishers, and serves on its Leadership Team. He was the force behind the BEA 2009 experiment known as Book:The Sequel crashing a book in all formats from the show floor, and the pioneering NY Times Bestseller and transmedia sensation Cathy’s Book: If Found, Call 650-266-8233. Rick has also been the producer of enhanced books and apps like JFK:50 Days and Roots: The Enhanced Edition.

Prior to Perseus, Rick was a strategy partner at Accenture, working in publishing, music, magazines and newspapers for clients like Simon & Schuster, Viacom, Harper Collins, Houghton Mifflin, Tribune Corp, the AAP, Primedia, and Disney. Rick was VP of Strategy and Marketing at ASCAP, and a consultant at Booz Allen & Hamilton in their Media practice. Rick has a B.A. from Dartmouth College, and MBA from Columbia and an MFA from the New School.
 
Jean Kaplansky [More Info]
Solutions Architect
Aptara
Jean Kaplansky is a Solutions Architect at Aptara, which provides digital publishing solutions to content providers for capitalizing on new digital and mobile mediums. Jean is an avid reader and early adopter of eBooks and eBook-related technology, going back to 1996. Her publishing production past includes work as an XML Architect for Cengage Learning, a Systems Analyst for Pfizer Global Research and Development, and an XML Consultant at Arbortext. Jean’s introduction to typography and publishing production involved a calculator, some printed galleys, and a pica stick back in 1992. Follow her occasional tweets at @JeanKaplansky.
 
Steve Kasdin [More Info]
Director of Digital Strategy
Curtis Brown
Steve Kasdin joined Curtis Brown in 2012 as Director of Digital Strategy. He supervises Curtis Brown’s eBook program, consulting with Curtis Brown’s agents in developing custom digital opportunities for their clients with eBook publishers and digital retailers. Previously on the Kindle team at Amazon.com, Steve has been in the publishing business for over 20 years. He has served as Marketing Director at St. Martin’s Press, Scholastic and Harcourt, as an agent at the Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency, and as a buyer for Barnes & Noble.

 
Bill Kasdorf (Moderator) [More Info]
Vice President, Content Solutions
Apex CoVantage
Bill Kasdorf, General Editor of The Columbia Guide to Digital Publishing, is Vice President and principal consultant of Apex Content Solutions, a leading supplier of data conversion, editorial, production, and content enhancement services to publishers and other organizations worldwide. Active in many standards initiatives, Bill serves on the IDPF Working Group developing the EPUB 3 standard (he was coordinator of its Metadata Subgroup and is now active in the Indexing Working Group); the IDEAlliance working group developing the nextPub PSV source format for magazines and other design- and feature-rich publications (chairing its Packaging PSV as EPUB Committee); he is Chair of the BISG Content Structure Committee; and he is a member of the Publishing Business STM/Scholarly Advisory Board and the NISO eBook SIG. Past President of the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) and recipient of SSP’s Distinguished Service Award and the IDEAlliance/DEER Luminaire Award, Bill has led seminars, written articles, and spoken widely for publishing industry organizations such as SSP, O’Reilly TOC, NISO, BISG, IDPF, DBW, AAP, AAUP, ALPSP, STM, Seybold Seminars, and the Library of Congress. Most recently, he is the author of the chapter on EPUB metadata and packaging for O’Reilly’s EPUB 3 Best Practices. In his consulting practice, Bill has served clients globally, including large international publishers such as Pearson, Cengage, Wolters Kluwer, and Sage; scholarly presses and societies such as Harvard, MIT, Toronto, ASME, and IEEE; aggregators such as CourseSmart and netLibrary; and global publishing organizations such as the World Bank, the British Library, and the European Union.

 
Matt Litts [More Info]
Director of Marketing
Smithsonian Books
Matt Litts has worked in the publishing industry for over 15 years working as a buyer, a sales rep,   publicist, and now as Director of Marketing for Smithsonian Books.   At Smithsonian Books he oversees marketing, sales, publicity, inventory management, and product development.  Prior to his work in publishing, Matt worked in the music industry as a tour manager for rock bands.  He lives with his wife and two daughters in the Washington DC area.
 
Ashley Mabbitt (Moderator) [More Info]
Assistant Director, Global Rights
John Wiley and Sons
With 14 years of experience in publishing, Ashley has licensed rights to a wide variety of products.  She has held Rights positions at Simon & Schuster, Oxford University Press and Wiley, and she is a member of the Frankfurt Book Fair Rights Directors Advisor Group and the Book Industry Study Group. 
Ashley understands new and traditional deal models, and the challenge now facing rights managers and directors to raise current levels of traditional licensing income, while also developing new revenue opportunities.     
 
Peter McCarthy [More Info]
Founder
McCarthy Digital
Peter McCarthy is a multi-channel marketer with 15 years experience in publishing, working in roles from Editorial to IT, from Design to Marketing. A former executive with Penguin and Random House with a focus is emerging digital businesses and marketing innovation, he recently founded the consultancy McCarthy Digital.
 
0Michael McGinnis [More Info]
SVP of Digital Technology Services
HarperCollins Publishers
 
0Leslie Norris Hendrickson [More Info]
Account Manager
Copyright Clearance Center
 
Miriam Parker [More Info]
Online Marketing Director
Little, Brown and Company
Miriam Parker is the Online Marketing Director at Little, Brown and Company. She has spent the past fifteen years building websites, brands, creating online communities and trailblazing in social media for such brands as MTV, ABC, Warner Books, Little, Brown and Grand Central Publishing and such authors as J.K. Rowling, Malcolm Gladwell, David Sedaris, James Patterson, Michael Connelly, Sidney Sheldon, David Baldacci, George Pelecanos, Nelson DeMille, Brad Meltzer and many more.
 
Brad Parsons [More Info]
Director of Culinary Marketing
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Brad Thomas Parsons is the author of Bitters: A Spirited History of a Classic Cure-All, which was the winner of the James Beard and IACP Cookbook Awards, and a finalist for the Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards. Parsons received an MFA in writing from Columbia University, and his work has appeared in Bon Appétit, Food & Wine, and Imbibe, among others. Parsons is a member of the James Beard Foundation, the International Association of Culinary Professionals, and the Southern Foodways Alliance.

A former bookseller, Parsons was a longtime senior books editor at Amazon.com where he managed the Cooking, Food & Wine category, and has worked at Grand Central Publishing and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, where he is currently the Director of Culinary Marketing.

He lives in Brooklyn, New York. Visit www.btparsons.com

 
0Jack Perry [More Info]
Owner
38enso Inc.
Jack W Perry is owner of 38enso Inc, a consulting firm helping publishing transition to digital. Over the past five years, Perry has consulted with over 20 different companies including Fortune 500 corporations, publishers of all sizes, literary agencies and numerous start-ups. Prior to being independent, Perry was a Sales and Marketing executive at Random House, Scholastic and Sourcebooks. He has an MBA from University of Connecticut and degrees in Finance and History from the University of Missouri. He also blogs for DBW. Twitter @38enso.

 
Valerie Pierce [More Info]
Marketing Manager
Sourcebooks
As the marketing manager at Sourcebooks, Valerie Pierce is responsible for all of the marketing campaigns that are geared towards traditional retail and library markets, as well as several consumer oriented marketing programs.

Before working with Sourcebooks, Valerie earned  a bachelor’s degree in English from Indiana University, and a masters in publishing studies from Stirling University.

 
Rob Reynolds [More Info]
Director
MBS Direct Digital
Rob Reynolds began his career as a university faculty member teaching languages and literature. He has served in university administration, as a textbook publishing executive, and as a co-founder of a successful educational technology startup. He also has experience as a textbook author and has been an active researcher and blogger in the learning content space since 2003. He is the author of The Future of Learning Content (NextIsNow.com), and currently serves as Director of MBS Direct Digital, a turnkey, white-label e-book publishing and distribution solution built using MarkLogic technology.
 
John Rodzvilla [More Info]
Senior-Electronic-Publisher in Residence
Emerson College
John Rodzvilla is the Senior Electronic-Publisher-in- Residence at Emerson College. He has helped to design a curriculum for the digital publications concentration for the graduate degree in publishing. He teaches courses on HTML, e-books, subsidiary rights, web development and digital apps. He worked in a variety of positions in publishing and currently sits on the board for the Book Builders of Boston. He holds an Master of Library and Information Science from Simmons College.
 
Penny C. Sansevieri [More Info]
Founder and CEO
Author Marketing Experts, Inc.
Penny C. Sansevieri, Founder and CEO Author Marketing Experts, Inc., is a best-selling author and internationally recognized book marketing and media relations expert. She is an Adjunct Professor teaching Self-Publishing for NYU. 

Her company is one of the leaders in the publishing industry and has developed some of the most innovative Social Media/Internet book marketing campaigns. She is the author of twelve books, including How to Sell Your Books by the Truckload on Amazon and Red Hot Internet Publicity, which has been called the "leading guide to everything Internet."  

AME was the first book marketing and publicity firm to use Internet promotion to its full impact through The Virtual Author Tour™, which strategically harnesses social networking sites, Twitter, blogs, book videos, and relevant sites in order to push an author’s message into the online community. AME has had eleven recent books top bestseller lists, including those of the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal. 

To learn more about Penny’s books or her promotional services, you can visit her web site at www.amarketingexpert.com.  
 
Mike Shatzkin [More Info]
Founder & CEO
The Idea Logical Company
Mike Shatzkin is the Founder & CEO of The Idea Logical Company and a widely-acknowledged thought leader about digital change in the book publishing industry.  In his nearly 50 years in publishing, he has played almost all the roles: bookseller, author, agent, production director, sales and marketing director, and, for the past 30 years, consultant. His insights about how the industry functions and how it accommodates digital change form the basis of all of the company’s consulting efforts.
 
Suzie Sisoler [More Info]
Senior Director of Consumer Engagement
Penguin Group (USA), A division of Penguin Random House
Suzie Sisoler is the Senior Director of Consumer Engagement for Penguin Group (USA) where she is responsible for creating and sustaining a direct relationship with readers. In this role, Suzie develops and implements results-based marketing strategies to identify and communicate with consumers across all digital channels.
Suzie has over 15 years experience creating online promotions for nationally best-selling publishing properties and direct-to-consumer initiatives that target a diverse, wide-reaching audience in both the trade and children's markets.
 
Bill Smith [More Info]
Director, Domestic Rights / Director, Digital Partner Development
The Perseus Books Group / Constellation Digital Services
Bill Smith currently plays dual roles with the Perseus Books Group (www.perseusbooks.com). As director of the subsidiary rights group, Bill handles the domestic rights side of the business for the group’s dozen imprints including Basic Books, PublicAffairs and Running Press. As director of digital partner development, he is the business development lead for Perseus’s expanding distribution business, Constellation Digital Services. In that capacity he’s initiated all of Constellation’s digital content relationships since its start in 2007: from Amazon Kindle to Zola Books and throughout Constellation’s growth to include the 400+ publishers of Perseus Distribution, PGW, Consortium Book Sales & Distribution and Faber Factory. Past experience includes work with Oxford University Press as Rights Operations Manager and as the Senior Manager New Titles Service for Blackwell’s. Before publishing life, he began his career in that noblest of professions: retail bookselling. He has an MA in English.
 
Julie Trelstad [More Info]
Director, Digital Rights
Writers House
Julie Trelstad is the Director of Digital Rights at Writers House, a literary agency in New York City. Prior to joining Writers House, Julie was an editor for various publishing houses including Wiley, Sterling, Reader’s Digest, and the Taunton Press. In 2006, Julie founded the Plain White Press, which she later sold to Fox Chapel, and had been working as a freelance consultant for self-publishing authors.
 
David Wilk [More Info]
Booktrix
David Wilk has worked successfully in almost every aspect of publishing and book distribution in both print and digital environments.

He is currently Publisher of digital children’s book startup Frederator Books, and provides strategic and practical publishing services to authors, publishers, media companies and nonprofits through Booktrix.

Websites include booktrix.com (blog is there), livewriters.com (author and book videos), writerscast.com (podcasts), armorynewmedia.com (digital publishing), and tumblr.com/blog/selfpublishingnews.

 
Marcus Woodburn [More Info]
Vice President, Digital Products
Ingram Content Group
Marcus is responsible for Ingram’s CoreSource family of digital products that serve publishers and retailers to ensure that eBooks are available to as wide a market as possible. CoreSource is now the largest digital distribution system in the industry.

He spent 12 years working as an archaeologist and photographer in the Middle East and South America before he began his career in the information world by microfilming historical documents for UMI/ProQuest.  He went on to hold several positions at ProQuest, including Product Manager for K-12 and Director of Publisher Relations.

After ten year with ProQuest he moved to Ingram Digital in 2007 as Vice President of Publisher Relations, and in 2010 took on the role heading up digital content development for Ingram Content Group.

Marcus brings a broad knowledge of digital publishing, sales and distribution for journals, newspapers and eBooks.  His experience working with customers that employ a variety of strategies in reaching the fast-evolving digital market provides him with a broad perspective of the industry.