Interacting directly with authors and other current and potential partners of Draft2Digital, representing Draft2Digital at conferences and other industry events, and recommending courses of action for Dtaft2Digital to pursue in its efforts to serve its customers.

Founding executive member and board member. Regular host/co-host of WIDE FOR THE WIN live-streamed Q&A, panel, and interview "WIDEstreams."

Leveraging more than a quarter century of bookselling, writing and publishing experience, with a background in online retail, campus bookstore retail, trade publishing, academic publishing, self-publishing, print on demand, ebook and digital publishing solutions.Available for speaking, teaching, 1:1 consulting, digital marketing strategies, author brand-building.http://www.markleslie.ca/Consulting

A writer of fiction (mostly speculative), poetry, drama and humour (mostly dark humour) with stories appearing in various magazines and anthologies.Assistant editor of NORTHWORDS magazine (1992-1994)Co-editor of NORTHERN FUSION magazine (1995-1999)Editor of NORTH OF INFINITY II (Mosaic Press - 2006)Editor of CAMPUS CHILLS (October 2009)Editor of TESSERACTS SIXTEEN (Edge Publishing - 2014)Editor of FICTION RIVER: EDITOR'S CHOICE (WMG Publishing - 2017)Editor of… Show more A writer of fiction (mostly speculative), poetry, drama and humour (mostly dark humour) with stories appearing in various magazines and anthologies.Assistant editor of NORTHWORDS magazine (1992-1994)Co-editor of NORTHERN FUSION magazine (1995-1999)Editor of NORTH OF INFINITY II (Mosaic Press - 2006)Editor of CAMPUS CHILLS (October 2009)Editor of TESSERACTS SIXTEEN (Edge Publishing - 2014)Editor of FICTION RIVER: EDITOR'S CHOICE (WMG Publishing - 2017)Editor of FICTION RIVER: FEEL THE FEAR (WMG Publishing - 2017) Show less

Kobo, a global eRetailer believes consumers should be able to read any book on any device. With a catalog millions of eBooks and audiobooks, and an open platform, Kobo enables retailers, device manufacturers and mobile operators to bring the joy of reading to customers everywhere. The Director of Self-Publishing & Author Relations drives a winning “authors first” strategy encompassing books, shorter-form fiction and non-fiction, scholarly and professional works, and collaborative… Show more Kobo, a global eRetailer believes consumers should be able to read any book on any device. With a catalog millions of eBooks and audiobooks, and an open platform, Kobo enables retailers, device manufacturers and mobile operators to bring the joy of reading to customers everywhere. The Director of Self-Publishing & Author Relations drives a winning “authors first” strategy encompassing books, shorter-form fiction and non-fiction, scholarly and professional works, and collaborative publishing ventures. Responsible for various aspects of content acquisition, publisher and agent relations, and vendor management.Responsible for and the driving force behind Kobo Writing Life (launched at Book Expo America in 2012), a free easy to use author/small-publisher friendly platform designed to publish directly to Kobo's global catalog in 190 countries. By the end of 2016, less than five years after it was launched, Kobo Writing Life established itself as the #1 single source of weekly global unit sales for Kobo and, in primarily English language territories, responsible for 1 in every 4 eBooks sold. Show less

Accountable for the viable financial management and daily operation of all Book departments within the store including: Text, Trade, Custom Publishing and Health Sciences bookshop location. These departments are responsible for sourcing and reselling course materials, reference titles and general books to the McMaster Community.Since November 2008, responsibility has included managing the operations related to the Espresso Book Machine and the various businesses being built around… Show more Accountable for the viable financial management and daily operation of all Book departments within the store including: Text, Trade, Custom Publishing and Health Sciences bookshop location. These departments are responsible for sourcing and reselling course materials, reference titles and general books to the McMaster Community.Since November 2008, responsibility has included managing the operations related to the Espresso Book Machine and the various businesses being built around having POD capabilities at the bookstore level, from publisher negotiations to custom book requests and archive retrieval. Show less

Support Indigo's Master Data team in their use of SAP R/3 system, in house designed SQL database environments, HighJump Warehouse Management System and WebSphere Product Center

Responsible for managing the teams responsible for importing data from various publisher and vendor sources to support the retail business (Chapters, Coles and Indigo) and the online website (www.chapters.indigo.ca) and in store kiosks.

Responsible for managing staff and inventory of a 6 million dollar per annum retail Chapters store (Ancaster, Ontario)