MEET OUR TEAM OF BOOK EXPERTS


Nigel J. Yorwerth
Nigel Yorwerth coaches individuals and corporate clients on how to successfully package, market and sell their books and products. Nigel is a publishing, marketing and sales expert with a focus on the increasingly popular Personal Growth, Health and Mind/Body/Spirit arenas. He is also a literary agent and a foreign rights agent for publishers and authors. He has worked as vice president of sales for two leading national book distribution companies, where he sold to bookstore chains, major wholesalers and independents in the book and natural foods markets. He has experience as a director of sales and marketing for a successful publishing house and as an executive for Ted Bates, a major New York advertising agency. He also held positions in sales and marketing in the brandy, wine and vitamin industries. (Full profile for Nigel Yorwerth)

Editorial
Our editorial team is led by Patricia Spadaro, a talented writer and editor who has a special skill for making complex subjects clear, accessible and appealing. She has coauthored several successful books on personal growth, has appeared on national radio and television, and worked for many years in the publishing industry as a senior editor and director of editorial and research as well as in marketing.

Creative Design
Our design team is led by creative director and designer Roger Gefvert, who has designed over 30 books that have been purchased by and continue to sell well with the major national book sales venues. Roger has designed national ads as well as audio, CD and video packaging for music and books on tape. He has designed award-winning packaging for natural foods consumer products. His fine art posters have been featured at major national museums. He also designed the award-winning “Golden Age of Tiffany” calendar.

We also work with other top professionals in book cover design, interior design, and layout whose books have performed exceptionally well in both chain and independent bookstore sales.

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