Independent book publisher. Titles cover technology, food, and classic literature in large type.

Practical Home Theater is only annually updated work on video and audio technology, leading bestseller in subject area on Amazon.com. The Friendly Audio Guide is a more compact guide for consumers putting together their first audio systems.

My writing has appeared in Bloomberg Personal Finance, Business Week, Cargo, Details, Digital Trends, Entertainment Weekly, Home Theater, HX, The Men's Journal, Musician, Newsday, Penthouse, Popular Science, Premiere (former columnist), The Robb Report, Rolling Stone (chief audio critic for a decade), Sound & Vision, Spin, Stereo Review, Trouser Press, The Trouser Press Collectors' Magazine (former editor), The Ultimate AV Guide, Video Magazine (former senior & contributing editor), The Village Voice (former columnist), The Washington Post, and many other publications.

Formerly known as Home Theater, Sound & Vision is the leading magazine in its subject area. Wrote daily news stories, regular blog, and trade show coverage for website; news column, hardware reviews, software reviews for magazine. Started as contributor in 2001, joined staff full-time 2005.

Etown.com was the world's most widely read consumer electronics publication with more than a million identifiable readers. As founding editor, I assisted four partners in creating a first-class website that was the leader in its category.

Hired as assistant editor in 1980, I rose to the level of senior editor. During that time the magazine's circulation increased from 50,000 to 350,000. Edited all material that went into the book. Wrote new products column. Assigned video software section. Left to follow my dream and become a freelance writer.