Litquake http://www.litquake.org San Francisco's Literary Festival Oct. 11-19, 2013 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:17:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Rutherford, Lisa http://www.litquake.org/authors/rutherford-lisa http://www.litquake.org/authors/rutherford-lisa#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:11:16 +0000 Litquake http://www.litquake.org/?p=6839 Rutherford, LisaLisa Rutherford is the co-founder and CEO of digital publisher Coliloquy. Most recently an entrepreneur and venture capitalist, she previously wrote for and ran her own freelance journalism agency. She was named an AlwaysON Top 25 Women to Watch in Tech and has an MBA from Stanford and an MA from the University of Chicago.

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]]> Rutherford, LisaLisa Rutherford is the co-founder and CEO of digital publisher Coliloquy. Most recently an entrepreneur and venture capitalist, she previously wrote for and ran her own freelance journalism agency. She was named an AlwaysON Top 25 Women to Watch in Tech and has an MBA from Stanford and an MA from the University of Chicago.

www.coliloquy.com

]]> http://www.litquake.org/authors/rutherford-lisa/feed 0 Perkins, Lara http://www.litquake.org/authors/perkins-lara http://www.litquake.org/authors/perkins-lara#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:07:06 +0000 Litquake http://www.litquake.org/?p=6837 Perkins. LaraLara Perkins is an Associate Agent and Digital Manager at the Andrea Brown Literary Agency. She has been with the agency for nearly three years. In addition to building her own list, she also jointly represents a number of clients with Senior Agent Laura Rennert.…

]]> Perkins. LaraLara Perkins is an Associate Agent and Digital Manager at the Andrea Brown Literary Agency. She has been with the agency for nearly three years. In addition to building her own list, she also jointly represents a number of clients with Senior Agent Laura Rennert.

]]> http://www.litquake.org/authors/perkins-lara/feed 0 Fink, Mark http://www.litquake.org/authors/fink-mark http://www.litquake.org/authors/fink-mark#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:05:34 +0000 Litquake http://www.litquake.org/?p=6836 Fink, MarkMark Fink has been working in libraries and teaching library, research, and writing courses for more than 15 years. He has taught at the College of San Mateo, Diablo Valley College, and in U.C. Berkeley’s Early Academic Outreach Program. Currently, he is the Community Librarian for the Cupertino Library (www.sccl.org/cupertino), …

]]> Fink, MarkMark Fink has been working in libraries and teaching library, research, and writing courses for more than 15 years. He has taught at the College of San Mateo, Diablo Valley College, and in U.C. Berkeley’s Early Academic Outreach Program. Currently, he is the Community Librarian for the Cupertino Library (www.sccl.org/cupertino), a member of the Santa Clara County Library District, and one of the busiest public libraries in the United States.

]]> http://www.litquake.org/authors/fink-mark/feed 0 Fan, Jerry http://www.litquake.org/authors/fan-jerry http://www.litquake.org/authors/fan-jerry#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:01:42 +0000 Litquake http://www.litquake.org/?p=6834 Fan, Jerry_photo by Albert LawJerry Fan, founder of JukePop, Inc., (www.jukepop.com) is an engineer turned entrepreneur. JukePop is the result of his love for serial fiction and belief in crowd sourcing. He believes that serializing content solves two major problems in the industry: long lead time for writers and risk mitigation …

]]> Fan, Jerry_photo by Albert LawJerry Fan, founder of JukePop, Inc., (www.jukepop.com) is an engineer turned entrepreneur. JukePop is the result of his love for serial fiction and belief in crowd sourcing. He believes that serializing content solves two major problems in the industry: long lead time for writers and risk mitigation for publishers.

]]> http://www.litquake.org/authors/fan-jerry/feed 0 Coker, Mark http://www.litquake.org/authors/coker-mark http://www.litquake.org/authors/coker-mark#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:57:41 +0000 Litquake http://www.litquake.org/?p=6832 Coker, MarkMark Coker is founder of Smashwords, the world’s largest distributor of self-published ebooks, which publishes and distributes over 200,000 ebooks from 60,000 indie authors and publishers around the world. Mark’s three ebooks on ebook publishing best practices – The Smashwords Style Guide, The Smashwords Book Marketing Guide and The Secrets …

]]> Coker, MarkMark Coker is founder of Smashwords, the world’s largest distributor of self-published ebooks, which publishes and distributes over 200,000 ebooks from 60,000 indie authors and publishers around the world. Mark’s three ebooks on ebook publishing best practices – The Smashwords Style Guide, The Smashwords Book Marketing Guide and The Secrets to Ebook Publishing Success – have been downloaded over 400,000 times. Mark blogs at the Smashwords Blog, nS is a contributing blogger to the Huffington Post book section, where he writes about ebooks and the future of publishing. @markcoker

]]> http://www.litquake.org/authors/coker-mark/feed 0 Love, Yael Goldstein http://www.litquake.org/authors/love-yael-goldstein http://www.litquake.org/authors/love-yael-goldstein#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:46:16 +0000 Litquake http://www.litquake.org/?p=6830 Love, Yael GoldsteinYael Goldstein Love is the co-founder and Editorial Director of Plympton/DailyLit, a digital publisher focused on reviving serialized fiction for modern reading. She is the author of the novels Overture (Doubleday, 2007) and The Passion of Tasha Darsky (Broadway Books, 2008), which are actually the same novel.…

]]> Love, Yael GoldsteinYael Goldstein Love is the co-founder and Editorial Director of Plympton/DailyLit, a digital publisher focused on reviving serialized fiction for modern reading. She is the author of the novels Overture (Doubleday, 2007) and The Passion of Tasha Darsky (Broadway Books, 2008), which are actually the same novel.

]]> http://www.litquake.org/authors/love-yael-goldstein/feed 0 Winton, Charlie http://www.litquake.org/authors/winton-charlie http://www.litquake.org/authors/winton-charlie#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:44:07 +0000 Litquake http://www.litquake.org/?p=6829 Winton, CharlieCharlie Winton is the Chairman, CEO and Executive Editor at Large of Counterpoint and Soft Skull Press, which are two of the leading independent publishers in the United States. Previously Mr. Winton was the founder, chairman, and CEO of Publishers Group West as well as Avalon Publishing Group.…

]]> Winton, CharlieCharlie Winton is the Chairman, CEO and Executive Editor at Large of Counterpoint and Soft Skull Press, which are two of the leading independent publishers in the United States. Previously Mr. Winton was the founder, chairman, and CEO of Publishers Group West as well as Avalon Publishing Group.

]]> http://www.litquake.org/authors/winton-charlie/feed 0 Mackey, Mary http://www.litquake.org/authors/mackey-mary http://www.litquake.org/authors/mackey-mary#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:08:12 +0000 Litquake http://www.litquake.org/?p=6828 Mackey, MaryMary Mackey’s 13 novels have made The New York Times and San Francisco Chronicle bestseller lists, been translated into 12 languages, and sold over 1.5 million copies. Nine have recently been re-issued as e-books along with her poetry collection Sugar Zone, winner of the 2012 PEN Oakland Josephine …

]]> Mackey, MaryMary Mackey’s 13 novels have made The New York Times and San Francisco Chronicle bestseller lists, been translated into 12 languages, and sold over 1.5 million copies. Nine have recently been re-issued as e-books along with her poetry collection Sugar Zone, winner of the 2012 PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Award.

www.marymackey.com
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]]> http://www.litquake.org/authors/mackey-mary/feed 0 Devlin, Keith http://www.litquake.org/authors/devlin-keith http://www.litquake.org/authors/devlin-keith#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:59:07 +0000 Litquake http://www.litquake.org/?p=6827 Devlin, Keith_photo by Juan Farías, La TerceraDr. Keith Devlin, mathematician, is co-founder and Executive Director of Stanford’s H-STAR institute and a co-founder of Stanford Media X. Many of his 32 books have won major international awards. He is also a co-founder and President of an educational video games company, InnerTube Games, and is …

]]> Devlin, Keith_photo by Juan Farías, La TerceraDr. Keith Devlin, mathematician, is co-founder and Executive Director of Stanford’s H-STAR institute and a co-founder of Stanford Media X. Many of his 32 books have won major international awards. He is also a co-founder and President of an educational video games company, InnerTube Games, and is “the Math Guy” on NPR.

http://www.stanford.edu/~kdevlin/

]]> http://www.litquake.org/authors/devlin-keith/feed 0 McLean, Laurie http://www.litquake.org/authors/mclean-laurie http://www.litquake.org/authors/mclean-laurie#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:55:48 +0000 Litquake http://www.litquake.org/?p=6826 McLean, LauriePrior to founding Foreword Literary, Laurie McLean spent 20 years as the CEO of a publicity agency and eight years as an agent and senior agent at Larsen Pomada Literary Agents. She specializes in adult genre fiction (romance, fantasy, science fiction, mystery, thrillers, suspense, horror, etc.) plus middle-grade and young …

]]> McLean, LauriePrior to founding Foreword Literary, Laurie McLean spent 20 years as the CEO of a publicity agency and eight years as an agent and senior agent at Larsen Pomada Literary Agents. She specializes in adult genre fiction (romance, fantasy, science fiction, mystery, thrillers, suspense, horror, etc.) plus middle-grade and young adult children’s books. In 2012 Laurie co-founded two ePublishing companies with client partners: JoyrideBooks.com for vintage out-of-print romance books and AmbushBooks.com for out-of-print classic tween and teen books.

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