Book Program 2011
Book Faculty
Book Publishing: A 21st Century Career
David Young, Chairman & CEO, Hachette Book Group
The Digital Future
Madeline McIntosh, President of Sales, Operations & Digital, Random House
My Life as an Editor
Robert Gottlieb, Editor-at-Large, Alfred A. Knopf, Random House
Agents’ Panel
Doug Stewart, Literary Agent, Sterling Lord Literistic
Amy Williams, Literary Agent, McCormick & Williams
Children’s Books
Brenda Bowen, Literary Agent, Sanford J. Greenburger Associates
Young Adult Publishing
Megan Tingley, Senior Vice President & Publisher, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, Hachette
Marketing and E-Marketing
John Fagan, VP Director of Marketing, Penguin
Paul Lamb, Associate Marketing Manager, Penguin
A Digital Vision: The Future from Black Plastic Glasses
Evan Schnittman, Managing Director Group Sales and Marketing, Print and Digital, Bloomsbury Publishing
Textbooks
Sarah Touborg, Editor-in-Chief, The Arts, Pearson Education/ Prentice Hall
Billy Grieco, Acquisitions Editor, Art & Humanities, Pearson Education
Launching an Imprint
William Shinker, President & Publisher, Gotham Books, Avery, & Viking Studio, Penguin
Book Ideas/Life as an Editor
Eric Chinski, Vice President and Editor-in-Chief, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Jordan Pavlin, Vice President and Senior Editor, Alfred A. Knopf, Random House
How Do We Make Money at This?
Peter De Giglio, CFO, Bloomsbury
Digital Strategies
Carolyn Pittis, SVP, Global Author Services, HarperCollins
Reinventing the Reading Experience: From Print to Digital
Nicholas Callaway, CEO & Chairman, Callaway Digital Arts
Academic Publishing
Niko Pfund, Vice President & Publisher, Oxford University Press
Publicity
Kate Lloyd, Publicity Manager, Scribner, Simon & Schuster
Independent Publishing
Morgan Entrekin, Publisher and President, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Subsidiary Rights
Kendra Poster, Rights Director, Workman Publishing
Contracts, Agenting, and Rock ‘n’ Roll
Ed Victor, Director, Ed Victor Ltd.
Book Jackets
Chip Kidd, Associate Art Director & Editor-at-Large, Alfred A. Knopf, Random House
Small Press Publishing
Dan Simon, Publisher, Seven Stories Press
Book Editorial Seminar
Helen Atsma, Senior Editor, Grand Central Publishing, Hachette
Millicent Bennett, Senior Editor, Free Press, Simon & Schuster
Brendan Curry, Senior Editor, W. W. Norton
Kendra Harpster, Senior Editor, Random House
Christopher Jackson, Executive Editor, Spiegel & Grau, Random House
Geoffrey Kloske, Vice President & Publisher, Riverhead, Penguin
Vanessa Mobley, Senior Editor, Crown, Random House
Marysue Rucci, VP & Editorial Director, Putnam, Penguin
The Making of a Bestseller
Noah Eaker, Senior Editor, Dial Press, Random House
Seth Fishman, Literary Agent, The Gernert Co.
Susan Kamil, Publisher, Dial Press & Random House
Jynne Martin, Associate Director of Publicity, Random House
Téa Obreht, Author, The Tiger’s Wife
Book Sellers
Sessalee Hensley, Fiction Buyer, Barnes & Noble, Inc
Digital Publishing Panel
Brendan Cahill, Vice President & Publisher, Open Road Integrated Media
Evan Ratliff, Co-Founder & Editor, Atavist.net
Michael Solomon, Executive Editor, Byliner.com
Book Workshop Instructors
Lisa Adams, Director, The Garamond Agency
Shaye Areheart, Publishing Consultant
Julie Cepler, Associate Marketing Director, Crown & Hogarth, Random House
Doe Coover, Owner, The Doe Coover Agency
Erin Curler, Director of Print-on-Demand and Self-Publishing, McNally Jackson Books
Sara Eisenman, Freelance Book & Jacket Designer
Susan Ferber, Executive Editor, Oxford University Press
Christopher Franceschelli, President & Publisher, Handprint & SmartInk Books
Christina Harcar, Director, Editorial Development, Audible.com
Gerry Helferich, Publishing Consultant
Cathy D. Hemming, Literary Agent, Cathy D. Hemming Literary Agency
Anna Knutson, Freelance Reader & Editor
David Miller, SVP & Publisher, Island Press
Teresa Nicholas, Freelance Writer and Publishing Consultant
Rachel Rokicki, Publicity Manager, Crown, Random House
Julie Romeis, Editor, Chronicle Books
Krystyna Skalski, Freelance Designer
Paul Von Drasek, Trade Sales Manager, Capstone Publishers
Jason Wells, Executive Director of Children’s Publicity and Marketing, Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
Book Workshop Evaluators
Donna Bray, Co-Publisher, Balzer + Bray, HarperCollins
Sarah Crichton, Publisher, Sarah Crichton Books, FSG
Dawn Davis, VP & Publisher (Amistad) & Exec. Editor (Ecco), HarperCollins
Jennifer Hershey, Senior VP & Editor-in-Chief, Ballantine Bantam Dell, Random House
Elizabeth Law, VP & Publisher, Egmont
Bruce Nichols, SVP & Publisher, Adult Trade, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Amber Qureshi, Executive Editor, Viking, Penguin
William Shinker, President & Publisher, Gotham Books, Avery, & Viking Studio, Penguin
Brian Tart, President & Publisher, Dutton, Penguin
Eric Zinner, Assistant Director & Editor-in-Chief, New York University Press
Contacts
Lindy Hess, Director
212-854-1898
lah129@columbia.edu
Susan Caplan, Assistant Director
212-854-9775
sc2719@columbia.edu