Book Program 2009

Columbia Publishing Course

Book Program Faculty

Book Keynote           
Michael Pietsch, executive vice president & publisher, Little, Brown & Co. (Hachette)

Marketing & Trade Paperbacks
John Fagan, VP director of marketing, Penguin Group

My Life as an Editor           
Robert Gottlieb, editor-at-large, Alfred A. Knopf (Random House)

Independent Publishing           
Morgan Entrekin, publisher and president, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

The Author
Elizabeth Strout, author, "Olive Kitteridge"           

The Economics of Publishing
Peter De Giglio, CFO, Bloomsbury

Agents’ Panel           
Scott Moyers, director, Wylie Agency
Ira Silverberg, literary agent, Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc.
Amy Williams, literary agent, McCormick & Williams

Publicity           
Sloane Crosley, publicist, Vintage (Random House); author, "I Was Told There’d Be Cake"

The Making of a Bestseller: "The Magicians"            
Yen Cheong, assistant director of publicity, Viking and Penguin Books
Andrew Duncan, assistant marketing manager, Viking and Penguin Books
Lev Grossman, author, "The Magicians"
Nancy Sheppard, director of marketing, Viking and Penguin Books
Molly Stern, editorial director of fiction & executive editor, Viking and Penguin Books

Children’s Books           
Megan Tingley, vice president & publisher, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (Hachette)

The Future of the Book           
Bob Stein, director, Institute for the Future of the Book

Book Sellers           
Sessalee Hensley, fiction buyer, Barnes & Noble, Inc.

Small Press           
Fiona McCrae, director & publisher, Graywolf Press

Book Ideas/Life as an Editor           
Eric Chinski, editor-in-chief, Farrar, Straus, & Giroux (Macmillan)
Jordan Pavlin, VP & senior editor, Alfred A. Knopf (Random House)

Digital Strategies           
Carolyn Pittis, SVP, global marketing strategy, HarperCollins

Academic Publishing           
Niko Pfund, VP & publisher, Oxford University Press

Book Jackets           
Chip Kidd, associate art director & editor-at-large, Alfred A. Knopf (Random House)

Subsidiary Rights           
Kris Kliemann, VP & director of global rights, John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

Contracts and Agenting           
Ed Victor, director, Ed Victor Ltd.

The Making of "OBAMA: The Historic Journey"           
Nicholas Callaway, president & editor-in-chief, Callaway Editions, Inc.
Vincent Alabiso, The New York Times

A New Plan for Publishing           
Robert Miller, president & publisher, HarperStudio (HarperCollins)

Reader’s Reports
Helen Atsma, senior editor, Henry Holt & Co. (Macmillan)
Alison Callahan, executive editor, Doubleday (Random House)
Sarah Crichton, publisher, Sarah Crichton Books (FSG/Macmillan)
Katie Gilligan, editor, Thomas Dunne Books (Macmillan)
Christopher Jackson, executive editor, Spiegel & Grau (Random House)
Geoffrey Kloske, VP & publisher, Riverhead Books (Penguin)
Amber Qureshi, senior editor, Free Press (Simon & Schuster)
Marysue Rucci, executive editor, Simon & Schuster
Robert Weil, executive editor, W.W. Norton & Co.

Graphic Novel Panel           
Tim Hamilton, adapter and illustrator, "Fahrenheit 451" and "Treasure Island"
Ali Kokmen, Manga marketing manager, Del Rey Manga (Random House)
Miss Lasko-Gross, author, "A Mess of Everything" and "Escape from 'Special'"
Heidi MacDonald, co-editor, PW Comics Week
Calvin Reid, senior news editor, Publishers Weekly

Textbooks           
Sarah Touborg, editor-in-chief, The Arts and Humanities, Pearson Education/Prentice Hall

Launching an Imprint           
William Shinker, president & publisher, Gotham Books, Avery, & Viking Studio (Penguin)

Book Workshop

Workshop Instructors
Lisa Adams, director, The Garamond Agency
Andrew Ayala, founder, AB MarketWorks, LLC
Doe Coover, founder, The Doe Coover Agency
Erin Curler, publishing consultant
Andrea Dunlop, associate publicist, Doubleday (Random House)
Sara Eisenman, freelance jacket and book designer
Susan Ferber, executive editor, Oxford University Press
Christopher Franceschelli, president & publisher, Handprint & SmartInk Books
Christina Harcar, director, editorial business development, Audible.com
Gerry Helferich, publishing consultant
Cathy D. Hemming, literary agent
David Miller, director, The Garamond Agency
Sara Nelson, critic and writer, The Daily Beast
Teresa Nicholas, freelance writer and publishing consultant
Julie Romeis, editor, Chronicle Books
Krystyna Skalski, designer
Paul Von Drasek, publishing sales consultant
Jason Wells, director, publicity and marketing, Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
Rachel Rokicki, publicity manager, Broadway (Random House)

Book Workshop Evaluator           
Jennifer Barth, VP and executive editor, HarperCollins
Robert Bender, VP and senior editor, Simon & Schuster
Lee Boudreaux, editorial director, Ecco (HarperCollins)
Michelle Frey, executive editor, Knopf Books for Young Readers (Random House)
George Gibson, publishing director, Bloomsbury
John Glusman, VP & executive editor, Harmony Books (Random House)
Elizabeth Law, VP and publisher, Egmont
Thomas LeBien, publisher, Hill & Wang (FSG/Macmillan)
Maggie Richards, VP & director, sales & marketing, Henry Holt & Co. (Macmillan)
Brian Tart, president and publisher, Dutton (Penguin)