Peter Oates Email & Phone Number

Cheltenham

Lantern is a publisher in the field of nursing, health and social care, established in collaboration with Scion Publishing. I am responsible for commissioning and developing new titles.

Cheltenham

My role is to introduce UK publishers to PageMajik's editorial, production and archiving platforms to enable publishers to make time and cost savings and to improve their productivity.

We are an independent publishing consultancy, offering research, analysis and advice to (mainly) educational publishing companies in a variety of areas. Recent and past projects include:Investigation of international sales and distribution opportunities for two small UK-based educational publishers.Delivering the finance and participant project modules of the Publishing Training Centre course Book Publishing: An Introduction.Helping Nelson Thornes to divest their nursing… Show more We are an independent publishing consultancy, offering research, analysis and advice to (mainly) educational publishing companies in a variety of areas. Recent and past projects include:Investigation of international sales and distribution opportunities for two small UK-based educational publishers.Delivering the finance and participant project modules of the Publishing Training Centre course Book Publishing: An Introduction.Helping Nelson Thornes to divest their nursing and allied health list: approached potential purchasers, drew up short-list and solicited offers, identified preferred bidder, managed process through to successful sale.Investigation of sales and distribution opportunities in overseas markets for three major international educational and library publishers; projects included travel to selected territories, researching and scoping markets, establishing contact with education authorities, distributors and customers..Review of traded services for Gloucestershire Schools Forum - surveyed primary schools to establish their satisfaction with educational services offered by Gloucestershire County Council; prepared report for Schools Forum assessing value for money against selected alternative providers. Show less

Cheltenham

Third Light Press is an ebook imprint founded by Sam Oates, https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/sam-oates/100/559/162. I provide administrative assistance and advice as required.

Cheltenham

I worked on a consultancy basis to seek opportunities to develop PG Online's international business.

London, United Kingdom

With the integration of Rising Stars international activities into the Hodder Education international team, I took on a freelance role focusing on specific parts of the combined list. The role involved working with the international team and network of agents to find new sales and business development opportunities. During my stewardship, sales of the products on which I focused more than doubled.

London, United Kingdom

I worked on a consultancy basis helping Rising Stars to develop their international business. During the period of my consultancy, international sales more than quadrupled.

Reporting to the Managing Director, I was responsible for developing and implementing publishing strategies for the primary and vocational sectors. I also took the lead in integrating BEAM, a primary maths publishing and CPD company acquired in 2004.

I was responsible for integrating NTDL, a distance learning company acquired in 2002, into the main Nelson Thornes business and for leading the company in its business and educational objectives.

Reporting to the Managing Director, I was responsible for publishing strategy and plans for the vocational and international markets; I assumed marketing responsibility for vocational markets in 2003.