Now in its third edition, a classic guide by Brad Bunnin and Peter Beren.

As a publishing consultant, I work with independent publishers, self-publishers and authors to help them make the most of their publishing opportunities.

I represent selected nonfiction projects as a literary agent to help authors obtain publishing contracts.

Check out my online column on publishing:
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Special Areas of Expertise:

Acquisitions, editorial development
marketing,distribution,subsidiary rights,
licensing,contracts,general business review,
publishing strategies,self-publishing.

Positions held:

Publisher,Sierra Club Books,
Licensing Director, Sierra Club,
Marketing Director, Sierra Club Books,
Publisher, VIA Books,
V.P., Publishing, Palace Press Group.
Acquisitions Editor, J.P. Tarcher, Inc.

Author or co-author of seven books:

The Writers Legal Companion ( with Brad Bunnin),
California the Beautiful (with Galen Rowell),
Vintage San Francisco (with Moulin Studio)
Hidden Napa Valley (with Wes Walker)
Yosemite and the Eastern Sierra (with Gary Crabbe),
Moving Into Space(with New Dimensions Foundation),
The Golden Gate (with Morton Beebe).

"Peter is a problem solver. He has an extraordinary depth of experience as well as innate street smarts, a fabulous mind, a great contact network and, above all, creativity and integrity,its a pleasure to work with him."

--Lena Tabori, Publisher of Welcome Books.

"Peter Beren is knowledgeable, honest, generous, helpful and connected (ie he knows a lot of great publishing industry people). I consider him a friend.”

--Lucy Autrey Wilson, Director of Publishing, JAK Films

Selected authors represented include:
Jacques Vallee, Helen Palmer, Laurence Boldt, Don Elium, Anodea Judith, Colin Wilson, Josef Woodman, Robert Gould and Imaginosis, Art Wolfe, Jack Katz, Kevin Kelley, Randi Gunther, Michael Riera.

Selected publisher consulting clients include:
Tarcher/Penguin, Age Wave,The Healthy Travel Company, MILIA: The International New Media and Publishing Market, Island Heritage, NOLO,World Wildlife Fund, Palace Press International, The Book Designers, Future Medicine Publishing, Shambhala Publications, Lynda.com, Encounter for Culture and Education, Island Heritage.

The Golden Gate, Insight Editions, Spring, 2012
Trolls, Fall 2012

How to Find the Work You Love,
California the Beautiful,
Raising a Daughter,
Zen and the Art of Making a Living
J. Garcia: Paintings, Drawings and Prints,
Jerry Garcia: The Collected Artwork,
Anodea Judith, Eastern Body, Western Mind.
Robert Anton Wilson,Cosmic Trigger: Final Secret of the Illuminati.

Art Wolfe, The New Art of Nature Photography, Spring 2013, Amphoto.
Art Wolfe, The Earth is my Witness, Fall 2014, Insight Editions
Art Wolfe, The Art of Composition, Fall 2013 Amphoto.
Jack Katz, The First Kingdom, Fall 2013, Titan Publishing Group
Mathew Tekulsky, Backyard Bird Photography, Spring 2014, Skyhorse.

International Association of Business Communicators (IABC), Merit Award for Excellence in Communication

Member, Association of Authors Representatives (AAR)
Member, Round Table Group, Media Expert Witness
Member, Bay Area Independent Publishers Association (BAIPA)
Member, Northern California Book Publicity and Marketing Association (NCBPA)

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