biOs SPEAKERS
Anthony Pomes Director of Marketing & Publicity/Rights Square One Publishers
www.squareonepublishers.com
Anthony Pomes, who is Director of Marketing and Publicity at Square One Publishers, previously worked as Publicity Manag- er for Penguin Group (USA). He has worked in book publishing for more than a decade in a variety of roles, from editor and typesetter to publicist and sales/rights director. He has also written articles for Newsday and has been interviewed by The New York Times, The Orlando Sentinel, The Arizona Republic
and Publishers Weekly among other publications.
Ron Powers Vice President-Global Sales Lightning Source
www.lightningsource.com
Ron Powers joined Lightning Source in 2006 as Vice President of Sales. Mr. Powers has over 20 years experience as an execu- tive in both book publishing and distribution. Prior to joining Lightning Source, Mr. Powers held key executive positions at Ingram Book Group. Most recently, he served as Vice President of Product Management and Merchandise, where he managed
publishers in the trade, professional, and educational segments of the industry. Earlier in his career, Mr. Powers held the positions of President of Book Publish- ing Group at CRC Press and Editorial Director of the Professional Book Group at McGraw Hill. Ron received his BA from King College in 1975. He is married with one daughter and resides in Nashville.
Tony Proe Vice President of Business Development The BookMasters Group
www.bookmasters.com
Tony Proe is a veteran salesman with broad expertise in bring- ing books to market. With roots in general retail and college stores, he has special strengths with the small and medium publishers. Proe formed the commissioned sales group Proe & Proe Associates in 1991 to cover the traditional trade, but trans- formed his organization into a multichannel sales force bring-
ing the smaller presses onto the same playing field as the larger houses in the non traditional accounts. In addition to the trade, he has expertise in selling special markets, mass merchandisers, grocery, drug store and airport chains. Proe’s true talent is in recognizing the core value in a product and in knowing where that con- nects in the marketplace.
Dan Poynter Publisher, Para Publishing
www.parapublishing.com
Dan Poynter is an author (100+ books), publisher (since 1969), speaker (CSP). His seminars have been featured on CNN, his books have been pictured in The Wall Street Journal and his story has been told in US News & World Report. The media come to Dan because he is the leading authority on book promotion. A professional speaker, he travels more than 6,000 miles each
week to share his book plan. Dan is a past vice-president of the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA, formerly PMA). He lives in Santa Barbara.
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