biOs SPEAKERS


Dominique Raccah Publisher and CEO, Sourcebooks www.sourcebooks.com


Dominique Raccah founded Sourcebooks in 1987. Now, 22 years later, Sourcebooks publishes #1 titles in parenting and college guides, an important group of novelists (published by Sourcebooks Landmark), a new children’s imprint (Sourcebooks Jabberwocky), a new YA imprint (Sourcebooks Fire), and an ever-expanding ros- ter of business relationships (including U.S. News and World Re-


port, Forbes, The History Channel and Playskool). Sourcebooks has published 14 New York Times bestsellers (so far). Today, Sourcebooks is a leading poetry publisher and publishes a line of groundbreaking multimedia titles (Sourcebooks MediaFusion). The company has over 70 employees and publishes over 300 new titles each year. Dominique currently serves as co-chair of the Book Industry Study Group.


Jack Sallay VP of Marketing, Vook www.vook.com


Jack Sallay, VP of Marketing: Jack Sallay joins Vook after four years with Simon & Schuster, where he helped devise and implement publishing campaigns for many high profile projects including many New York Times bestsellers. He also served on the product marketing team at the leading online video platform, Brightcove. He is a recent graduate of the Harvard Business School.


Lindsey Schuck Consortium Book Sales & Distribution www.cbsd.com


Rudy Shur Publisher, Square One Publishers www.squareonepublishers.com


Rudy Shur began his publishing career working for Charles E. Merrill Publishing Company and later William C. Brown Pub- lishing Company. In 1976, he cofounded Avery Publishing Group, where he was responsible for the acquisition of over 1,000 non- fiction titles, many of which became bestsellers. By 1999, the company had grown into one of the largest alternative health


publishers in the US. In that year, Avery was purchased by Penguin Putnam. The following year, Mr. Shur founded Square One Publishers in Garden City Park, New York, where he currently heads the editorial program. For the last four years, Square One has been selected by Publishers Weekly as one of the fastest growing indepen- dent publishing houses in the US. He is also the author of How To Publish Your Non- fiction Book. Mr. Shur continues to lecture extensively on the topic of publishing at universities, colleges and professional workshops throughout the country.


Carlene Sippola Publisher, Whole Person Associates, Inc. www.wholeperson.com


Carlene is owner and CEO of Whole Person Associates, a publishing company based in Duluth MN that publishes training resources in the areas of stress management, wellness promotion, mental health, and healthy lifestyle. Carlene started her publishing career at Whole Person Associates twenty-seven years ago. She served as marketing director of both Whole Person Associates and its imprint Pfeifer-


Hamilton Publishers. Later she became publisher of Whole Person Associates and eight years ago she purchased the company from its founders. IBPA has played an important role in the development of Carlene’s publishing career. She was proud to serve on the IBPA board for four years and currently serves as Chair of the Board of Directors.


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