Google’s Jim Gerber to Keynote Publishing Executive Conference and Expo

PHILADELPHIA—1/17/07—Publishing Executive magazine proudly announces Google’s Jim Gerber as keynote speaker for the upcoming 2007 Publishing Executive Conference and Expo, scheduled for March 5-7, 2007, at the New York Marriott Marquis, Times Square.

Gerber, director of content partnerships at Google, will present the Keynote Address on Tuesday, March 6, 2007 at 9:15 a.m. The Keynote Address is open to all registered attendees.

“We are thrilled to have Jim give the keynote address at the Publishing Executive Conference and Expo. There are few companies that have as profound an influence on publishing today as Google, so it’s a major boon for our audience of publishing executives to be able to hear Jim speak in person,” says Noelle Skodzinski, Publishing Executive Conference director and editor in chief of Publishing Executive magazine. “I don’t know any publishing executives who will want to miss this.”

Gerber is in charge of partner recruitment and management for Google’s content acquisition initiatives for published content, including books, journals, magazines and newspapers. This corresponds to Google products such as Google Book Search, Google Scholar and Google News Archive Search, among others. His team is responsible for the many hundreds of partners participating in these initiatives. Gerber has over 18 years of sales, business development and product marketing experience in technology related businesses.

ABOUT PUBLISHING EXECUTIVE CONFERENCE & EXPO 2007

The Publishing Executive Conference & Expo is produced by North American Publishing Company (NAPCO), publisher of Publishing Executive, Book Business, Target Marketing, Catalog Success, In-Plant Graphics, Printing Impressions, and several other leading trade periodicals.

The Publishing Executive Conference and Expo 2007 is held concurrently with NAPCO’s annual Book Business Conference.

In addition to the robust conference program, NAPCO will be hosting an expo complete with over 100 of the industry’s top technology and service providers, including confirmed exhibitors such as: American Press, Extensis, FosteReprints, GOT Corporation, International Paper, Libre Digital, Managing Editor Inc., Ovid Bell Press, Quark, The Magazine Manager, Thomas Technology Solutions, Inc., WoodWing USA and many more. The event is North America’s largest exhibition of publishing and production technology and services.

Publishing professionals should register NOW to guarantee availability, and to take advantage of special pre-show advance order discount pricing. Publishing industry professionals can receive a FREE Exhibit Hall and Keynote Address Pass by using DISCOUNT CODE: PR-25, SAVE $100 on the Full Conference Pass with DISCOUNT CODE: PR-100 or SAVE $50 on a One Day Pass (Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday Only) with DISCOUNT CODE: PR-50. For complete registration, conference and exhibit information, go to www.PubXpo.com.

ABOUT GOOGLE
Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. As a first step to fulfilling that mission, Google’s founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin developed a new approach to online search that took root in a Stanford University dorm room and quickly spread to information seekers around the globe. Google is now widely recognized as the world’s largest search engine -- an easy-to-use free service that usually returns relevant results in a fraction of a second.

ABOUT PUBLISHING EXECUTIVE MAGAZINE
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ABOUT NAPCO
Philadelphia-based North American Publishing Company offers more than 15 information-based print, digital, and Internet products, and produces leading trade expositions. NAPCO builds on 50 years of service to existing and emerging new markets in commercial printing and graphic arts, direct marketing, publishing, consumer electronics, and broadcasting.