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Internationals for GLOBALOCAL 2015
Emma House
Director of Publisher Relations, UK Publishers Association, UK
Emma House is the Director of Publisher Relations for the Publishers Association
(PA) and has worked there for 6 years. She is a specialist in the Book and Journal
Publishing arena with over 11 years of experience in Book Publishing and 6 years
in Magazine Publishing. Emma runs the PA's Boards on all aspects of publishingAcademic/STM, Education, Trade/Consumer and International.
Hasri Hasan
Senior Manager, Perbadanan Kota Buku, Malaysia
Kota Buku is a government agency in charge of book trade and capacity
building of the industry. Its operation is under the purview of the Ministry of
Education and is mandated to oversee the interest of agencies, industry players
and public at large related to books.
Irina Prokhorova
Editor-in-Chief, New Literary Observer Publishing House, Russia
Irina Prokhorova, born in Moscow, is a culture historian, literary critic, editor,
publisher, and social activist.
In 1992 she established New Literary Observer publishing house which at present
comprises of 3 scholarly periodicals & over 80 books per year on literary
criticism, philosophy, history, cultural and interdisciplinary studies, & contemporary Russian
prose and poetry.
She hosts 2 live radio and TV programs on the cutting-edge social and political issues.
She has been honoured with many prestigious awards including: the independent
American Liberty Prize for the contribution to Russian-American culture (2003) and the French
Legion of Honour Award (2012).
Judith Habermas
Rights Director, DuMont Buchverlag, Germany
Judith Habermas is the Rights Director at DuMont Buchverlag based in Cologne,
Germany. Trained as a bookseller, she started her career in publishing as a sales
manager at a small independent feminist press after having studied history and
German literature, then worked as foreign rights manager and editorial assistant at Verso Books
based in London, UK before taking her present position at DuMont Buchverlag in 2001.
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Linda Vogt
Editor, AB - Die Andere Bibliothek, Germany
Linda Vogt received her M.A. (Magistra Artium: Book Studies, Political Science,
Law) from Johannes Gutenberg-University (Mainz) in 2009 after studying abroad
at Jagiellonian-University, Krakow. In 2012 Linda decided to develop her editorial
spectrum and joined "Die Andere Bibliothek”.
Manuel Carcassonne
Managing Director, Les Editions Stock (Subsidiary of Hachette Livre), France
Manuel Carcassonne is one of the most famous French publishers. He spent twenty
years in the Editions Grasset, discovering authors such as Frédéric Beigbeder,
Karine Tuil & Virginie Despentes. He has been the managing director of les
Editions Stock since July 2013.
Manuel Quirin
Rights Manager, Suhrkamp, Germany
Since graduating in Political Sciences in 2009, Manuel Quirin has been working
as a Rights Manager at the Rights & Foreign Rights Department of Suhrkamp
Verlag, Berlin. Among other things, he is handling domestic rights as well as
translation rights for Arabic Countries, Asia (Central, South, Southeast & East),
Greece &Turkey.
Michael Healy
Executive Director, Copyright Clearance Center, USA
Michael Healy is the Executive Director (International Relations) at Copyright
Clearance Center and is based in New York City. Prior to joining CCC, Michael
was Executive Director of The Book Rights Registry and previously Executive
Director of the Book Industry Study Group (BISG), a New York-based non-profit
membership organization dedicated to improving the efficiency and the effectiveness of the
U.S. book industry through the development and maintenance of standards, research, education
and information.
Peter Schoppert
Managing Director, NUS Press Pte. Ltd., Singapore
Peter Schoppert is the Managing Director at NUS Press Pte. Ltd. NUS Press is
the scholarly publishing arm of the NUS, and successor to Singapore University
Press. He is the President of Singapore Book Publishers Association. His
specialties lie in high-value strategic communications, public policy discussions in Asia,
business, academic, and art publishing, internet, mobile and trans-media strategies &
developing new publishing business models.
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Renate Reichstein
Rights Director, Verlagsgruppe Oetinger, Germany
Since 1989 Renate Reichstein is Rights Director of Verlagsgruppe
Oetinger, the second largest publishing house of children’s books in
Germany. Verlagsgruppe Oetinger is one of the major vendors of
licenses amongst German publishing houses.
Roberto Bertoli Riboli
International Sales Executive, Eli Publishing, Italy
With 14 years of experience in the publishing world, Roberto Bertoli Riboli is
now the International Sales and Licensing Executive of ELI (European
Language Institute) in charge of Eastern Europe, the Middle East and the
Asian countries.
He spent a big part of each year travelling extensively to book fairs and teachers events to meet
customers and distributors. Before joining ELI (2008), he worked for Black Cat/Cideb, another
publishing house specializing in foreign language readers. He was in charge of the distribution
business in Northern Europe and the USA.
Eli Publishing has been at the forefront of foreign language teaching publications for over 40
years.
Ronald Schild
Managing Director of the MVB Marketing-und Verlagsservice des Buchhandels
GmbH, Germany
Ronald Schild studied business administration in Germany, France and Great
Britain. He began his career as a product manager in the consumer goods
business in London. In 1997, he moved to Frankfurt to head the new e-business
division of the German branch of Lexmark. This led to him taking over as Chairman of the
Board of EMB AG, a firm of management consultants that specializes in e-business, and in
2005 becoming head of Amazon’s partners’ program Merchants. Since 2006, Ronald Schild has
been Managing Director of the MVB Marketing-und Verlagsservice des Buchhandels GmbH,
which is an economic subsidiary of the Börsenverein, the German Publishers and Booksellers
Association in 2006.
Sebastian Posth
Managing Director at Publishing Data Networks GmbH (SPIEGEL-Group),
Germany
Sebastian Posth has been working as a publisher, consultant and entrepreneur in
the publishing industry since 2004 with a strong focus on e-books, digital
distributions, eBook retail marketing and data monitoring. Founder and CEO of
Germany’s first eBook distributor and conversion house, from 2009 to 2011 Posth had worked
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as the Director Digital Content Distribution at Arvato (Bertelsmann). Posth has been consulting
German and European e-book publishers, intermediaries, retailers and bookstores.
Amit Rotbard
General Manager, Babel Publishers, Israel
Amit has studied art at the “Midrasha” Art Teachers’ College & Semiology at Sorbonne
University at Paris. She has been working as an editor at Babel Publishing House since
founding it in 1985, focusing on translations from French to Hebrew. She also teaches editing at
Beil Berl College.
Christina Lim
Executive Director, Armour Publishing, Singapore
Armour Publishing publishes books with a purpose. Based in Singapore, Armour was formed in
1991 and has published over 250 titles for the Christian, General and Children’s markets. For
the general market, they publish non-fiction books, for personal and professional development.
Books for the general market come under the main Armour imprint, under the following
categories: Marriage & Family, Biography, Business & Management, Food & Travel, General
Health & Medical and Living & Wellness. For the children’s market, Armour publishes fiction
and non-fiction books that promote good values, including National Education values. For the
preschool (3 to 6 years old) and primary school market (7 to 12 years old), their books help
children to learn to read and grow their love for reading through compelling stories with good
values. Books for the children’s market come under the Little Knights imprint.
Phil Tatham
Publisher, Monsoon Books, Singapore
Monsoon Books is a Singapore-registered, award-winning independent publisher of Englishlanguage books and eBooks on Asia with its editorial office at Burrough Court in the UK.
Monsoon publishes fiction (literary and commercial) and nonfiction (biography and
autobiography, true crime, food and drink, cookery, travelogues and current affairs) with Asian
themes. It publishes quality books from outstanding writers the world over and has several
regional bestsellers to its name.
Phoon Kok Hwa
Publisher, Candid Creation, Singapore
Founded in 1999, Candid Creation Publishing is an independent English-Chinese bilingual
publishing house based in Singapore. They provide a one-stop publishing service that takes
individuals and organizations from idea to market. The objective of Candid Creation is to lower
the barriers to getting published. Every book published by Candid Creations is curated by
experienced professionals to ensure all titles meet the highest quality standards. They have built
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a reputation of being the publisher of choice for many renowned personalities and esteemed
organizations.
Ng Kah Gay
Director, Ethos Books, Singapore
Giving voice to emerging and exciting writers from diverse backgrounds, Ethos Books helps
foster an environment in which literature and the arts not only survive, but thrive. They believe
that they nurture the growing literary community in Singapore and throughout the region which
is why their authors and their ideas come first. By taking a collaborative approach to publishing,
Ethos Books bring each author’s voice and vision to fruition. Established in 1997, Ethos Books
is an imprint of Page setters Services Pte Ltd, a full-service advertising, design and interactive
agency.
Thamotharan Vijayanand
Publisher, Crimson Earth, Singapore
Crimson Earth, established in 2005, is a publishing firm focusing on content development in the
education and literary sector. It has produced several titles, including the works of Cultural
Medallion winners, through support from the National Arts Council and the Lee Kuam Yew
Fund for Bilingualism.
Shu Chiang Yong
Director, Bubbly Books, Singapore
Bubbly Books Pte. Ltd is a children's book publishing company known for creating entertaining
and fun books with an educational twist. Formed in 2011, Bubbly Books titles are awardnominated, teacher-recommended and featured regularly on Singapore's national bestsellers'
lists. Tapping into the deep cultural traditions of Southeast Asia, all of their titles are set in
Singapore or the region.
Syed Ali Bin Ahmad Semait
Publisher,Pustaka Nasional, Singapore
The principal activities of Pustaka Nasional are in publishing quality books, distributing to retail
outlets in Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei, typesetting services in Arabic, Malay and English
and supplying to corporate partners.
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1. Evelyn Chia
Publisher of Singapore
2. Kenneth Quek
Deputy Director, National Book Development Council of Singapore, Singapore
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3. R Ramachandran
Executive Director, National Book Development Council of Singapore, Singapore
4. Sayed Munawar Sayed Mohd Mustar
CEO, Kotabuku, Malaysia
5. Lei L.K. Lim
International Rights Director, Yusof Gajahlingard Literary Agency, Malaysia
6. Catherine Khoo
Creator, Young Author Scheme
Founder, Young Author Club
Managing Director, Janus Education
Publisher, Experiences & Experiments Books, Singapore
7. David Taylor
Vice President, Content Acquisition International, Ingram Content Group, India
8. Philippa Malicka
Business Development Consultant, Ingram Content Group, India
9. Nancy Brown
India Content Acquisition, Worldreader, Spain
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