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 also 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 International.
Acquisitions Editor, J.P. Tarcher, Inc.

Author or co-author of six 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).

"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, Brian Froud and Wendy Froud, Art Wolfe,

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.

In The Heart of Faerie Oracle (Abrams, 2010)
Hidden Napa Valley (Welcome, Rev. 2010)
Relationship Saboteurs (New Harbinger, 2010)
The Last Good War (Welcome, 2010)
Word on the Street (Heyday, 2010)
How to See Faeries (Abrams, 2011)

How to Find the Work You Love,

Raising a Daughter,
Zen and the Art of Making a Living
J. Garcia: Paintings, Drawings and Prints,
Jerry Garcia: The Collected Artwork,
Dressing a Galaxy: The Costumes of Star Wars.
The Reggae Scrapbook.
The Complete Quincy Jones.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
Eastern Body, Western Mind.
Cosmic Trigger: Final Secret of the Illuminati.

Agency Projects:

How To See Faeries, Spring 2011, Abrams,
When Love Stumbles, Spring 2011, New Harbinger,
Dogs Make Us Human, Fall 2011, Bloomsbury.
Trolls, Fall 2012, Abrams.

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

Member, Association of Authors Representatives (AAR)
Member, Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA)
Member, Bay Area Independent Publishers Association (BAIPA)
Member, Northern California Book Publicity and Marketing Association (NCBPA)

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