CIPA Board Members 2012-2013

Brian Schwartz, President

Brian is the creator of the award-winning 50 Interviews series and has published more than 25 titles since 2008. Driven out of a need to provide his own authors access to the exploding digital book market, he launched KindleExpert.com in 2010 to provide digital conversion services for other authors and publishers.  His title of 'Authorpreneur' encompasses the roles he fills as CEO, speaker, trainer, publisher, and publishing consultant. He’s been featured in the Coloradoan, Denver Business Journal, NBC, and CBS. He currently writes the What’s Working column for the Northern Colorado Business Report. He’s helped over 100 authors, including Jake Jabs, publish their books to the major online marketplaces to uncover additional streams of revenue for their work. He’s passionate about sharing his knowledge of what’s working in the new era of publishing, drawing from his 10+ years working for technology companies and his experience as a micro-niche publisher since 2008.

Dr. C. Daniel Miller, Immediate Past President

Dr. Miller is a freelance consultant on the business of independent publishing, copyright clearance and protection, management of copyright permissions acquisition projects, project management of independent publishing, marketing and distribution of publications, technical editor, innovative project manager, and writer.

He is the co-founder and co-owner of Integrated Writer Services, LLC that provides freelance editorial services, rights acquisition services, and consultation regarding the publishing business to authors of books, periodical articles, web pages, reports, and proposals. IWS has provided consulting, editorial, and permissions acquisition services that helped turn 65+ writers into authors. Consulting services include recommending practices and procedures needed to create and operate a successful independent publishing business.

He formerly served as producer of Mario the Peddler Productions, marketing and distribution manager for Rockaway Press, and consultant on computer and telecommunications systems to architects. He was the former president of the Center for Educational Technologies, the executive director of NASA's Classroom of the Future, a university professor and academic department chair, an educational researcher and classroom teacher. He also served in the US Air Force as a radar technician.

Rod Collins, Treasurer

Joyce Miller, Secretary 

Joyce conducts copyright workshops, teleseminars, and training sessions for illustrators, web designers, marketing professionals, authors, and artists. This year she has given seminars and presentations on copyright clearance for associations such as the Colorado Independent Publishers Association (CIPA), the Graphic Artist Guild, the Denver Writers’ Meet-up Group, and the 2010 Denver ComicFest.

Joyce offers copyright project management, copyright research, and permissions tracking for items such as prose and poetry quotations, maps, photographs, song lyrics, graphic design works, and works of fine art.

She helps clients ensure their work on websites and blogs, in articles, and in books is safe from infringement and plagiarism.

Dr. Patricia Ross
Program Chair
Hugo House Publishing

Mike Daniels
CIPA ELF President
Four Colour Print Group 

 
Mary Walewski
Marketing Chair
Buy The Book Marketing

 
Joe McDaniel
Co-EVVY Awards Chair
Bookcrafters

Maryann Brown
Co-Marketing Chair
Creative Marketing Cafe

Veronica Yager
Membership Director
YellowStudios Book Design