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Meet the Experts
With authors and publishers in focus, IPA BookCAMP will provide practical, actionable information and connect them with other publishing professionals that can make a bottom line difference in their book publishing programs and book sales.
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Join us at BookCAMP 2025 to immerse yourself in practical insights and connections with other publishing professionals that can elevate your book publishing programs and boost your book sales.
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AMY RIVERS
AUTHOR
SOCIAL MEDIA MAVEN
Award-winning author & social media expert
Amy Rivers is an award-winning novelist, as well as the Director of Writing Heights Writers Association. Her psychological suspense novels incorporate important social issues with a focus on the complexities of human behavior. Amy has 90,000+ Instagram followers.
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ARYN VAN DYKE
BOOKSTAR MARKETING
I help authors rock their book marketing strategy.
Book marketing consultant and author coach. I spent half a decade at HarperCollins helping authors promote their books and build their brand. I've worked on hundreds of book launches, including multiple New York Times bestsellers, spanning across multiple nonfiction and fiction genres.
I understand the complexities of the publishing industry and thrive in creating unique strategies for authors to promote their books.
Zoltan Istvan, Past (and future?) Presidential Candidate
KEYNOTE Speaker,
Artificial Intelligence Strategies Unleashed
With his popular 2016 US presidential run as a science candidate, bestselling book "The Transhumanist Wager," and speeches at institutions like the World Bank, BMW World, and the United Kingdom’s Parliament, Zoltan Istvan has spearheaded the effort to transform transhumanism into a thriving worldwide phenomenon. He is often cited as one of the leaders of the radical science movement.
BRIAN FEINBLUM
PUBLICITY GURU
BookMarketing Buzz
Brian has worked in book publishing, public relations, and marketing for three decades, having helped thousands of authors, from first-time, self-published writers to New York Times best-selling authors, including Dr. Ruth, Stephen Covey, Ken Blanchard, Mark Victor Hansen, and Comedian George Wallace, and is a published author and an award-winning blogger.
TED OLCZAK
PUBLISHER
BookCAMP magazine
Olczak is the publisher of BookCAMP magazine, which addresses authors and publishers' challenges of book publishing. He also manages the marketing for the Independent Press Award and the NYC Big Book Award, he is the magazine publisher of the awards.
Olczak is a career-long publishing professional, Master's Degree in Marketing Management in Book and Magazine Publishing from New York University. His experience includes Independent Book Publishers Association, Independent Press Award, NYC Big Book Award; Publishers Weekly; National Business/Lifestyle Magazines (FORTUNE, Money, Delta, United, and 14 others); helped New York Magazine create its sister visitor publication IN-New York Magazine.
KENICHI SUGURHA
Roku TV platform/ SelectBooks
Making programming for Roku TV
Platform program on Roku TV for access on multiple streaming services, an Independent Press Publisher with national distribution; provides expert authors with a hybrid / partner publisher model.
BECKY PARKER GEIST
CEO, Pro Audio Voices Inc
Audiobooks
Becky Parker Geist is the Founder and CEO of Pro Audio Voices, a Portland-based company. They work with rights-holders who may feel challenged in navigating audiobook & podcast production, distribution and marketing, helping them create an exceptional audio experience, get it out there and reach more people, all while staying in control.
In 2023, Pro Audio Voices launched AMPlify Audiobooks—The Equitable Audiobook Platform—a game-changer in the industry. AMPlify Audiobooks provides authors with the high royalties and control they deserve but that other platforms fail to deliver. It also gives audiobook listeners a way to significantly increase their impact with their purchasing dollars and to connect with the creators.
Becky has been serving as the President of Bay Area Independent Publishers Association for about ten years. She hosts the podcast Audiobook Connection – Behind the Scenes with the Creative Teams . She’s also authored 5 published books.
SHAHID MAHMUD
BookBale
BookBale
Shahid Mahmud built a strong foundation in finance and publishing. As Senior Investment Officer for the City of San Diego, Shahid managed a $4 billion portfolio. In 2006, he shifted his focus to his passion for books, founding Arc Manor, a respected science fiction and fantasy publisher that has worked with esteemed authors like Nancy Kress, Katherine Kerr, Harry Turtledove, and Robert A. Heinlein. His entrepreneurial spirit led him to create Book Bale, a community-driven eBook platform offering affordable access to books and connecting readers with authors through exclusive events while guaranteeing at least 60% of membership fees are distributed to member authors and publishers.
GABBY OLCZAK
GAB TALKS PODCAST
INDEPENDENT PRESS AWARD
NYC Big Book Award
Awards Sponsor, Host of
Sponsor of the Independent Press Award as well as the NYC Big Book Award for the past nine years, and journalist. Host of the www.theGABTALKS.com podcast show, which can be found on the YouTube channel
https://www.youtube.com/Independentpressawardspringnycbigbookawardfall as well as dozens of streaming services including, Spotify, iHeartRadio, Apple, Google, Amazon, Pandora, etc.
DAVID NUDO
FRM. MANAGING DIRECTOR, THE NEW YORK TIMES
Book Publishing Expert and Former Publisher.
​Returned to The NY Times Media Group to manage the book category of advertising in all Times properties (Book Review, the Daily, Magazine, e-newsletters, podcasts, etc.) Recipient of the Chairman's Sales Excellence Award 2013 Co-Chair of multiple Employee Resource group working on diversity and inclusion since 2012
BRIAN JUD
PREMIUM BOOK COMPANY
Nontraditional Book Placement & Sales
Brian Jud is an author, book-marketing consultant, speaker, seminar leader, television host and president of Premium Book Company that sells books to non-bookstore buyers on a non-returnable, commission basis. Brian is the author of How to Make Real Money Selling Books (Without Worrying About Returns) This is the ultimate do-it-yourself guide to selling your books to non-bookstore buyers in large quantities, with no returns.
MEG SOUZA
TOTAL PRINTING SYSTEMS
Marketing Manager/Account Representative
Meg has been part of the book manufacturing industry for 27 years. During that time, she has worn many hats including roles in marketing/sales, production management, prepress, print production, advertising, creative direction, and book cover design.
Meg enjoys guiding authors and publishers of all sizes through the intricacies of the printing process to produce a beautifully printed finished product.
