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s pE A K Er B Io G r A pH I Es industry for 20+ years. As Operations Director for the Boy Scouts of America’s Magazine Division. Wiemers oversees the production of Boys’ Life and Scouting magazines. In his 14 years there, he has worked to reduce the multi-million dollar operating budget by 43 percent. Responsibilities include the purchase of printing, paper, prepress services and management of the production staff. BoB WIEMErS has worked in the publishing publications, joint ventures for new media business opportunities, VOD and acquisitions for new media properties. Prior to joining Hachette, Wöhrle founded Informed Sources, a UK- and US-based strategy consulting firm, in 1994. She sold the company to Mercer Management Consulting in 2002, where she led the firm’s North American media practice. Wöhrle began her publishing career as a reporter and editor, from 1983 to 1994, and was regularly published in The Sunday Times, The Financial Times, The Guardian and The Glasgow Herald. River Publishing Consultants, Katonah, NY, and 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. He is a former member of PMA Board of Directors and the 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). THoMAS D. WIllSHIrE is the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for the Continuum International Publishing Group’s New York office, which oversees the company’s sales efforts in the Americas. Created in 1999 from the merger of the Cassell academic and religious lists, The Continuum Publishing Company in New York is an academic, religious and trade publisher, which produces over 500 books a year and has an active backlist of over 6,000 titles. an independent digital content company created in January 2008. Accord Media launched with TruthInAging.com and TruthInHairCare.com, both in Beta. Until December 31, 2007, Wöhrle was the SVP of Digital Media at Hachette Filipacchi Media. She was responsible for the development of 16 Web sites, four mobile applications, digital editions for all Hachette THoMAS Woll is currently President of Cross MArTA WoHrlE is President of Accord Media, | | http://TruthInAging.com http://TruthInHairCare.com http://www.mobilemactraining.com

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Publishing Business Conference & Expo Daily Highlights Welcome Letter Show Contacts Sponsors Supporting Organizations Conference Floor Plan Conference At-A-Glance Monday Conference Program IDEAlliance’s Virtual Proofing Summit Tuesday Conference Program Digital Magazine Symposium INTERQUEST’s Digital Book Printing Forum Wednesday Conference Program Exhibitor Quick List (Alphabetically) Exhibitor Quick List (By Booth #) Exhibitor Floor Plan Exhibitor Profiles Speakers’ Biographies Save the Date for 2009 Exhibitor Products & Services

2008 Show Guide - Publishing Business Conference & Expo

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