Sentences with phrase «author relations director»

And at Kobo, the first thing that Self - Publishing and Author Relations Director Mark Lefebvre tells Publishing Perspectives is that the curatorial aspect of Reedsy's Marketplace is a key component of the company's interest:

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«For many people, I think their first impulse is to have an event,» says Joan Schneider, president and creative director of Boston public relations and marketing communications firm Schneider Associates, and author of the book «The New Launch Plan: 152 Tips, Tactics, and Trends from the Most Memorable New Products.

«Oil industry companies would do well to be cautious and stop assuming that good relations with PDVSA can last forever due to a common interest in pumping oil,» Raul Gallegos, associate director with the consultancy Control Risks, and author of Crude Nation, a book about how oil ruined the Venezuelan economy, said in an interview with Reuters.

Eric Ries, Entrepreneur & Author, The Lean Startup Justin Rosenstein, Co-Founder, Asana Alec Ross, Author, The Industries of the Future Javier Saade, Venture Capitalist; Former Associate Administrator, SBA Chris Sacca, Founder / Chairman, Lowercase Capital Dave Samuel, Co-Founder, Freestyle Capital Julie Samuels, Executive Director, Tech: NYC Reshma Saujani, Founder, Girls Who Code Chris Schroeder, Venture Investor; Author, Startup Rising Jake Schwartz, Co - Founder / CEO, General Assembly Robert Scoble, Entrepreneur in Residence and Futurist, Upload VR Kim Malone Scott, CEO, Candor, Inc; Former Director, Google Tina Sharkey, Partner, Sherpa Foundry & Sherpa Capital Clara Shih, Co - Founder / CEO, Hearsay Social Shivani Siroya, Founder / CEO, InVenture Steve Smith, Executive Director, Public Policy Institute, Government Relations & Telecommunications Project, Rainbow PUSH Coalition Jonathan Spalter, Chair, Mobile Future DeShuna Spencer, CEO, kweliTV Katie Stanton, CMO, Color Genomics; Former VP of Global Media, Twitter Jenny Stefanotti, Co-Founder, OneProject; Board of Directors, Ushahidi Debby Sterling, Founder / CEO, Goldiblox Seth Sternberg, Co - Founder / CEO, Honor Margaret Stewart, Vice President of Product Design, Facebook Jeremy Stoppelman, CEO, Yelp Michael Stoppelman, SVP, Engineering, Yelp Baratunde Thurston, Former supervising producer, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah; Co-Founder, Cultivated Wit Stephanie Tilenius, Founder / CEO, Vida Health; Board of Directors, Seagate Technology Richard D. Titus, Entrepreneur; SVP, Samsung Anne Toth, VP of Policy & Compliance, Slack Bill Trenchard, Partner, First Round Capital April Underwood, VP of Product, Slack Max Ventilla, Founder / CEO, AltSchool Tabreez Verjee, Co - Founder / Partner Uprising; Board Director Kiva.org Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia Hunter Walk, Partner, Homebrew VC; Former Director of Product Management, Google Tristan Walker, Founder / CEO, Walker & Company Brands, Inc.; Founder / Chairman, Code 2040 Ari Wallach, CEO, Synthesis Corp..

Ms. Bloxham is also the author of the Governance chapter in The Investor Relations Guide (published by Kennedy publications) and the Board chapter in Business Valuation Resource's Guide to Healthcare Valuation and the author / co-author of over 100 articles published by, among others Corporate Board Member, Directors Monthly, Directorship Magazine, International Finance and Treasury, Bank Accounting and Finance, American Banker, National Underwriter, Valuation Issues, Shareholder Value Magazine, CFO Magazine, Corporate Finance Review, the Wharton Leadership Digest, the Journal of Strategic Performance Measurement, Executive Talent, and the Journal of Cost Management.

Eric Ries, Entrepreneur & Author, The Lean Startup Justin Rosenstein, Co-Founder, Asana Alec Ross, Author, The Industries of the Future Javier Saade, Venture Capitalist; Former Associate Administrator, SBA Chris Sacca, Founder / Chairman, Lowercase Capital Dave Samuel, Co-Founder, Freestyle Capital Julie Samuels, Executive Director, Tech: NYC Reshma Saujani, Founder, Girls Who Code Chris Schroeder, Venture Investor; Author, Startup Rising Jake Schwartz, Co - Founder / CEO, General Assembly Robert Scoble, Entrepreneur in Residence and Futurist, Upload VR Kim Malone Scott, CEO, Candor, Inc; Former Director, Google Tina Sharkey, Partner, Sherpa Foundry & Sherpa Capital Clara Shih, Co - Founder / CEO, Hearsay Social Shivani Siroya, Founder / CEO, InVenture Steve Smith, Executive Director, Public Policy Institute, Government Relations & Telecommunications Project, Rainbow PUSH Coalition Jonathan Spalter, Chair, Mobile Future DeShuna Spencer, CEO, kweliTV Katie Stanton, CMO, Color Genomics; Former VP of Global Media, Twitter Jenny Stefanotti, Co-Founder, OneProject; Board of Directors, Ushahidi Debbie Sterling, Founder / CEO, Goldiblox Seth Sternberg, Co - Founder / CEO, Honor Margaret Stewart, Vice President of Product Design, Facebook Jeremy Stoppelman, CEO, Yelp Michael Stoppelman, SVP, Engineering, Yelp Baratunde Thurston, Former supervising producer, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah; Co-Founder, Cultivated Wit Stephanie Tilenius, Founder / CEO, Vida Health; Board of Directors, Seagate Technology Richard D. Titus, Entrepreneur; SVP, Samsung Anne Toth, VP of Policy & Compliance, Slack Bill Trenchard, Partner, First Round Capital April Underwood, VP of Product, Slack Max Ventilla, Founder / CEO, AltSchool Tabreez Verjee, Co - Founder / Partner Uprising; Board Director Kiva.org Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia Hunter Walk, Partner, Homebrew VC; Former Director of Product Management, Google Tristan Walker, Founder / CEO, Walker & Company Brands, Inc.; Founder / Chairman, Code 2040 Ari Wallach, CEO, Synthesis Corp..

Basile has owned his own business for more than a dozen years, is a published author, has taught at Fordham University, and was also managing director of a New York City - based public relations firm.

Diageo corporate relations director Ian Wright, author David Boyle, Leon Brittan and Biteback editor Sam Carter

Joann Ellison Rodgers, science journalist, author, editor, and communications consultant, was executive director of Johns Hopkins Medicine's science communications, media relations and public affairs division, and currently is a part - time faculty scholar and strategic communications adviser at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and other affiliates of Johns Hopkins University.

ENERGY Mary Ann Bauman, MD Medical director for women's health and community relations, Integris Health Inc.; author of Fight Fatigue: Six Simple Steps to Maximize Your Energy.

Author Bio: Blair Mann is Director of Media Relations for the Collaborative for Student Success which works to educate and inform all stakeholders about the needs for and benefits of high standards, high - quality assessments and comparability across states.

Mark Leslie Lefebvre Bio: Mark Leslie Lefebvre is the Director of Self - Publishing and Author Relations at Kobo.

Update, 9/2/17: Dan Wood, director of author relations at D2D, has chimed in on the KBoards thread to say they're «working on» the problem.

Last summer, Kobo's Director of Self - Publishing and Author Relations, Mark Lefebvre, issued a letter to potential users of Kobo's direct - upload platform.

The panel was moderated by Jon Fine, former director of author and publisher relations at Amazon, and included Robin Cutler, director of IngramSpark; Jim Blanton, library director at the Louisville

Mark Lefebvre the Director of Self - Publishing and Author Relations at Kobo told Good e-Reader that, «Cover art isn't just necessary, it's critical.

Mark Lefebvre the Director of Self - Publishing & Author Relations sat down with Good e-Reader to give a status update and to let authors know some of the exciting things that are happening.

In January at Village Books in Bellingham, Washington, Mark Lefebvre, director of self - publishing and author relations at Kobo, talked about Kobo Writing Life's services and was followed by two authors who published their titles through the Village Books publishing program.

Today we chatted with Mark Leslie Lefebvre, a horror author who also happens to be the Director of Self - Publishing & Author Relations at Kobauthor who also happens to be the Director of Self - Publishing & Author Relations at KobAuthor Relations at Kobo.com.

The panel was moderated by Jon Fine, former director of author and publisher relations at Amazon, and included Robin Cutler, director of IngramSpark; Jim Blanton, library director at the Louisville Free Public Library; award - winning author L. Penelope; and Allie McKinney of Bibliolabs and SELF - e.

Mark Lefebvre, the Director Self - Publishing & Author Relations told Good e-Reader, «We wanted to make sure that self - publish and indie authors have the ability to take advantage of pre-order activities, but not force them into it.

«Hachette Book Group offers many of the most beloved authors and series in the world and we're thrilled to be able to offer them to our OverDrive network,» said Erica Lazzaro, director of publisher relations at OverDrive.

Well, I had a short email exchange with Mark Lefebvre, Director of Self Publishing and Author Relations at Kobo, and he mentioned that their Canadian Merchandiser likes to see (and might even give preference to, insofar as showcasing indies goes) books with normal looking prices (i.e. $ 4.99 instead of $ 4.92).

Today, Mark Lefebvre, horror writer and the Director of Self - Publishing and Author Relations at Kobo, joined us for his second time on the show.

Mark Lefebvre, director of self - publishing and author relations for Kobo, and Christine Munroe, Kobo Writing Life's U.S. manager, worked with author Maggie Jaimeson to develop the event for Jan's Paperbacks.

SIBF Director Ahmed Al Ameri has worked closely with the UK's Midas Public Relations to build SIBF's status on the world stage and securing an author like Brown shows just how far the fair has come; last year the SIBF had Jeffrey Archer — another big name, but not in the same league as Brown, who has never attended BEA, or the Frankfurt or London book fairs.

Kobo launched its new self - publishing dashboard at this morning's BookExpo event, and the Director of Self - Publishing Services and Author Relations was on hand for an interview with GoodEReader to talk about what Writing Life offers both traditional publishers and self - published authors in terms of real - time sales... [Read more...]

2017 Guest of Honour speech from writer, bookseller and Director of Self Publishing & Author Relations for Kobo, Mark Leslie.

Jon Fine (Director of Author and Publisher Relations, Amazon), Jonas Lennermo (CCO, Publit), Joanna Penn (Author); moderated by Porter Anderson (Associate Editor, FutureBook), David Taylor (SVP Content Acquisition, Ingram Content Group; Group Managing Director, Lightning Source UK)

The term «self - publishing» may have outlived its usefulness, according to Jon Fine, director of author and publishing relations at Amazon... When asked at a recent past conference what «self - publishing» looked like in ten years, Fine... said that it probably won't be called that anymore.

Jon Fine, the company's Director of Author and Publisher Relations, is particularly well - positioned to speak to this dynamic, working as he does with Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) and CreateSpace writers and with the publishing houses associated with Amazon's far - reaching operations.

Book publishers might not appreciate the power libraries and librarians have to help avid readers find new authors they may not otherwise pick up, said Denise Raleigh, marketing and public relations director at the Gail Borden Public Library District.

* Fine spent more than ten years with Amazon, six of them as its Director of Author and Publisher Relations

The panel will be moderated by Jon Fine who spent many years as the director of author & publisher relations at Amazon.

Pubmatch.com «$ Authorship in the Digital Age» panel moderated by Jon Fine (14:24 - 21:13), former Director of Author and Publishing Relations at Amazon «At -LSB-...]

If Jon Fine, Amazon's Director of Author and Publisher Relations, uses that line — with his vaudeville - caliber timing — in Frankfurt when he appears in the CONTEC town - hall session on «Self - Publishing and Its Implications for the Industry,» it just may get a bigger laugh than it did at Writer's Digest West.

Jon Fine, Director of Author & Publisher Relations for Amazon.com, was one of the speakers with a talk entitled «Advance Your Career with DIY Publishing.»

Tomorrow's International Self - Publishing and Author Programme at FBF will focus on a range of services and approaches for the internationally - minded writer, with guests including Scott Waxman and Mary Cummings, c.e.o. and vice-president respectively of digital publisher Diversion Books; e-book distributor PublishDrive's c.e.o. and co-founder Kinga Jentetics; Cameron Drew, vice-president of «soundtrack for books» company BookTrack; Jim Bryant and Scott Beatty, co-founders of publishing networking firm Trajectory; Kobo director of self - publishing and author relations Mark Lefebvre; and Dai Qin, co-founder of reading / publishing app DoubanAuthor Programme at FBF will focus on a range of services and approaches for the internationally - minded writer, with guests including Scott Waxman and Mary Cummings, c.e.o. and vice-president respectively of digital publisher Diversion Books; e-book distributor PublishDrive's c.e.o. and co-founder Kinga Jentetics; Cameron Drew, vice-president of «soundtrack for books» company BookTrack; Jim Bryant and Scott Beatty, co-founders of publishing networking firm Trajectory; Kobo director of self - publishing and author relations Mark Lefebvre; and Dai Qin, co-founder of reading / publishing app Doubanauthor relations Mark Lefebvre; and Dai Qin, co-founder of reading / publishing app Douban Read.

And as we've learned from Amazon's Jon Fine, director of author and publisher relations, a key concept for Seattle is to recognize authors who work with Amazon as a kind of customer, a cohort deserving of service.

With a wicked sense of humor, an affinity for the supernatural realm, a preternatural interest in books, and a proclivity for storytelling that began in his youth, Mark Lefebvre has capitalized on his talents as an author, and, more recently, as the Director of Self Publishing and Author Relations atauthor, and, more recently, as the Director of Self Publishing and Author Relations atAuthor Relations at Kobo.

Today, Mark Lefebvre, Director of Self - Publishing and Author Relations for Kobo stops by to discuss their new interface for Indies.

Per Kobo's Mark Lefebvre, the move away from $ 1.99 is clear Publisher's Weekly ran an article about Kobo Writing Life (KWL) that included a great sound bite about ebook pricing trends from Mark Lefebvre, Director of Self - Publishing and Author Relations.

Mark Lefebvre, Director, Self Publishing & Author Relations, Kobo Writing Life.

Following our interview last week with Jon Fine, former Amazon Director of Author and Publisher Relations, the founding Director of the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi), Orna Ross, helped bring our attention to a moment in the development of international self - publishing that she's dubbing «Self - Publishing 2.0.»

-- Mark Lefebvre, Director Self - Publishing & Author Relations, Kobo Inc..

I also spent six years as the Director of Self - Publishing and Author Relations at Kobo, where I created and launched their hugely successful Kobo Writing Life self - publishing platform and team.

Amazon's former Director of Author and Publishing Relations Interview starts at 0:22 and ends at 44:20 «I do think that there is an incredible level of smart, energetic, ambitious people at Amazon working in books.

Between 2011 and 2017, Mark worked at the Director of Self - Publishing and Author Relations for Kobo where he was the driving force behind the creation of Kobo Writing Life, a free and easy to use author / small - publisher friendly platform designed to publish directly to Kobo's global catalog in 190 counAuthor Relations for Kobo where he was the driving force behind the creation of Kobo Writing Life, a free and easy to use author / small - publisher friendly platform designed to publish directly to Kobo's global catalog in 190 counauthor / small - publisher friendly platform designed to publish directly to Kobo's global catalog in 190 countries.

Mark Lefebvre, director of self - publishing and author relations at Kobo, stresses the importance of genre - specific writing that appeals to your particular audience.

As Michael Healey, Executive Director of Author and Publisher Relations from the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) stated at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2012, «In the digital world, all sales transactions are basically licensing agreements.»