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Writing, Ghost-writing, Book Doctor, Developmental editing, Proposal writing/ |
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Praise for Janet Goldstein:
Janet provides motivation and a wealth of insights to inspire great ideas, and she drills down to help make them bulletproof." --Keith Yamashita, Stone Yamashita Partners and author of Unstuck "Janet's contributions to my work have been critical. She will remain a key resource on my virtual team." --David Allen, president of The David Allen Company and author of Getting Things Done "Janet discovered, named and published The Dance of Anger. Without her it never would have happened." --Harriet Lerner, Ph.D., on publication of the 20th anniversary edition of The Dance of Anger (over 2 million copies sold) "Janet Goldstein helped the story [of Pigs in Heaven] find its way through the woods." --Barbara Kingsolver |
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* Howard Behar, former President Starbucks, Seattle. His book,
It's Not About the Coffee (Portfolio/Penguin Group 2008); 6 printings; rights sold in 6 countries * Kathy Caprino, executive coach and career transition consultant. Her book, Breakdown, Breakthrough: The Professional Woman's Guide to Claiming a Life of Passion, Power, and Purpose (Berrett-Koehler 2008), CT * Roger Cooper, Publisher of Vanguard Books, for The Michael Jackson Tapes by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach (2009) and iLeadership by Jay Elliot with Bill Simon (forthcoming) * Kathy Cramer, President, The Cramer Institute, originator of asset-based thinking and coauthor of Change the Way You See Everything (Running Press) * Jane Delgado, President of the National Alliance for Hispanic Health and author of The Latina Guide to Health (Newmarket 2010) * Shama Hyder Kabani, president, Marketing Zen Group and author of The Zen of Social Media Marketing (BenBella Books 2010) * Todd Kashdan, Ph.D., professor at George Mason, author of Curious? (William Morrow 2009) * Andrea J. Lee, founder of The Andrea J. Lee Group of Companies, and author of Multiple Streams of Coaching Income * Mary J. Lore, President of Managing Thought, author of Managing Thought (McGraw-Hill 2010) *Elinor Ochs and Tami Kremer-Sadlik of CELF (the UCLA Center on the Everyday Lives of Families), A Sloan Center on Working Families * Carol Roye, EdD, RN, Hunter College, WomensENews commentator, and expert on reproductive health * Bara Sapir, Executive Director, New York Test Prep ("Yoga for your mind" * Michael Bungay Stanier, Principal, Box of Crayons, Canadian Coach of the Year and author of Get Unstuck & Get Going and Do More Great Work (Workman 2010) * Frank Wildman, Director, Feldenkrais Movement Institute, author of Change Your Age |
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It's Not About the Coffee: Leadership Principles from a Life at Starbucks, coauthored with Howard Behar (Porfolio/Penguin Group USA). The book project began with high-level editorial and publishing advisement.www.howardbehar.com
Consulting and literary representation of Susan Scott's Fierce Leadership (Broadway Business 2009); Mary J. Lore's Managing Thought (Mc-Graw-Hill 2010); Shama Kabani's Zen of Social Media Marketing Content strategy for the launch of a technology driven self-help membership site. Creation of the Publishing Reset Home Study Program; Launch of the Book Breakthrough workshops (NYC, Dallas) |
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Notable authors and experts she's personally edited and published include national best-selling:
Getting Things Done by David Allen It's Not About the Coffee by Howard Behar with Janet Goldstein Fierce Conversations and Unstuck by Keith Yamashita Blessing of a Skinned Knee by Wendy Mogel The ADD Answer Book by Dr. Frank Lawlis If the Buddha Dated series by Charlotte Kasl The Diet Cure by Julia Ross Awakening the Buddha Within by Lama Surya Das The Bean Trees, Animal Dreams, and other fiction and nonfiction by Barbara Kingsolver The Dance of Anger series by Harriet Lerner The Courage to Heal series by Ellen Bass and Laura Davis Your Sacred Self and other books by Wayne Dyer Raising Your Spirited Child by Mary Kurcinka |
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| Prior to launching her boutique Publishing & Strategy practice, Janet held increasingly senior editorial and management positions at HarperCollins Publishers, was part of the executive start-up team at Broadway Books, and was an executive editor and director of the Penguin Compass spirituality imprint at Viking Penguin. She was the book director of the NYU Summer Publishing Institute from 2005 through 2008 and she has spoken at University of Michigan, City College of New York City, the Wealthy Though Leader conference, the San Miguel de Allende Writers Conference, the Small Press Center, the ASJA, and many other live and virtual events. | ||||||||||||||||
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* Karen Hatch, office associate
* Lana Abrams of Nine Design for graphic design * Krista Reiner Carnes of Krista & Co. for speaking and business development |
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