About me

- Have established and run all aspects of a number of publishing companies dealing with everything from office management to financing and am extremely self reliant and capable of working either as full-time staff member or as a trusted external resource.

- Can produce/manage all stages of book publication from concept through to high street.

- Can create a highly productive and cost effective internal publishing capability in all areas of print production thus removing the need for costly external agencies.

- Given that publishing, especially in the area of Belles Lettre, has become increasingly unsustainable, I would prefer to be constructive and effective within a more secure framework.

- Although an American, I have lived in the UK for 30 years and this is now my home.

Specific Supporting Skills

- Publishing experience distributed across the following areas:

Editorial (Non-fiction, Children's books, Fiction, Gift Market Product);

Sales (UK, Export, International Co-editions - Frankfurt, Bologna, ABA); Production (UK, European and Far Eastern sourced);

Design (QuarkXpress , Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign);

Administration (Contracts, Royalties, Accounts [Word, Excel])