Dear IDPF Members,
I submit my
nomination for election to the IDPF Board of Directors.
Over the past 10 years, I have worked across a variety of
technologies, which have in common their role in revolutionizing key
sectors of the media business. Book publishers are now at the
threshold of the type of sea change that these other media sectors
have encountered. As publishers develop and deliver our next
generation of products, the opportunity is unprecedented for EPUB to
be the cornerstone for a whole host of publishing solutions designed
for and fully utilizing the capabilities of digital media.
LibreDigital has been honored to work with leading publishers as
they optimize, manage and market digital content. We have been an
early and active supporter of industry standards to provide a
web-based warehouse and distribution platform for six of the top ten
book publishers and over 175 newspapers and periodicals.
LibreDigital serves the world’s top firms in over 120 countries
including HarperCollins Publishers, Hachette Book Group, Scholastic,
Kaplan and Simon & Schuster. LibreDigital partners with a number of
industry leaders, including Baker & Taylor, Barnes & Noble and SONY,
to provide a full range of solutions that depend on the EPUB
standard. LibreDigital is based in Austin, Texas, with offices in
New York City and the United Kingdom.
www.libredigital.com
Biography
Russell P. Reeder is President/CEO of LibreDigital, the
market-leading solution for marketing and distributing digital
content. Reeder was previously president and COO of NxTV, which was
named to the Inc. magazine Fast 500 list in 2007. In 2000, Reeder
founded RightsLine, Inc., a company that provides the most-used
Software as a Service (SaaS) legal copyright licensing system in the
media and entertainment industries. Reeder also spent over 12 years
in technology sales and software development roles at companies such
as Oracle, American Management Systems, and Mobile Oil.
Reeder holds a bachelor of science degree from James Madison
University. He is a member of the Young Presidents Organization, and
in 2005 was named Entrepreneur of the Year by the Southern
California Software Council.
Sincerely,
Russ
Russell P Reeder
President and CEO
LibreDigital, Inc.
