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May 31, 2007

 

AuthorHouse® taps publishing veteran, Terry Dwyer to lead US author services business

 

Bloomington, Ind.—AuthorHouse, a global provider of publishing and marketing services for authors, announced today that Terry Dwyer has joined the company as Vice President, U.S. Author Services.

 

Dwyer previously served in a variety of executive positions with publishing, consumer and technology companies including Chief Operating Officer with Columbia House and Macmillan Publishing. While at MacMillan, Dwyer helped the company grow from $60 to $500 million in just 8 years including a 20% annual growth in international sales.  He was instrumental in the significant expansion of the computer book category including imprints such as Que, The Complete Idiot’s Guide series, and Sams Publishing.

 

“Our self publishing business continues to expand as more and more authors turn to us to help them publish, promote and distribute their books worldwide. Terry brings important publishing experience that will help us better serve authors and take advantage of opportunities for growth,” said Bryan S. Smith, president and CEO of AuthorHouse.

 

Smith added, “Terry has not only demonstrated the ability to generate impressive results in the publishing business he also has had significant experience leading other customer focused organizations.  The combination of these skills is a great asset for the AuthorHouse family of authors. We are pleased to have Terry join our team.”

 

Dwyer will begin his duties immediately and be based in the Bloomington, Indiana office.  “I am excited about the services and support AuthorHouse provides,” Dwyer said, “and I look forward to helping even more authors reach their publishing goals.”

 

About AuthorHouse

Headquartered in Bloomington, Ind., AuthorHouse is the leading provider of publishing and marketing services for authors around the globe, last year publishing one out of every 30 titles in the United States.  Since its founding in 1997, AuthorHouse has served the publishing needs of nearly 30,000 authors and produced nearly 40,000 titles. Through an exclusive ‘AuthorCentric’ Publishing Process, authors control the creative process of crafting their books and take advantage of a full range of pre-publishing, publishing and promotional services to help them reach their publishing goals. AuthorHouse titles are available at more than 25,000 retail outlets worldwide including Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com. For more information, please visit www.AuthorHouse.com


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