Henry Rasof

116 Monarch Street

Louisville, CO 80027

phone (303) 664-0183

editor117@peoplepc.com

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

 

·                     Acquired over 400 books, including revised editions, for scholarly, reference, professional, trade, and children’s publishers.

·                     Negotiated contracts with authors, agents, consultants, freelance writers and editors, artists, and photo  researchers.

·                     Utilized competition research, surveys, focus groups, sales analyses, interviews, and meetings to identify topics and authors; determine bindings, pricing, specs, and print runs; and create marketing plans.

·                     Helped develop company pub plans for books and electronic products.

·                     Hired, supervised, or directed freelance or staff writers, editors, picture researchers, consultants, book packagers, and interns.

 

PUBLISHING EXPERIENCE

 

Book Publishing Consultant, Louisville, CO       2000-

Clients have included A.R.E. Publishing, Congressional Quarterly, e-Global Library, Facts on File, Libraries Unlimited, and M.E. Sharpe.

 

The Oryx Press, Phoenix, AZ                   

Vice President, New Product Development           1999-2000

Senior Editor                                                  1997-1999

 

ABC-CLIO, Denver, CO                                                                               

Senior Acquisitions Editor                                  1994-1996

Acquisitions Editor (part-time)                           1992-1993 

  

EDUCATION

 

M.A. student in Jewish studies, Gratz College, Elkins Park, PA

M.F.A. in creative writing, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY

B.A. in music, University of California, Los Angeles, CA

 

PANELS AND PRESENTATIONS

 

·                     Session on Jewish ethical wills, Boulder Jewish Community Center

·                     “Reference Publishing on the Web: Issues and Concerns,” RUSA Bibliography and

·                     Reference Advisory Committee, American Library Association convention, Washington, DC

          Booklore, Rocky Mountain Book Publishers Association, Boulder, CO

·                     Featured speaker, Society of Children's Books Writers & Illustrators conference, Lander, WY

·                     Society of Children's Book Writers critique group, Loveland, CO

·                     "Nonfiction Children's Books," Society of Children's Book Writers workshop, Denver, CO

·                     Society of Children's Book Writers critique group, Westwood, MA

·                     Featured speaker, Cape Cod Writer's Conference, Orleans, MA 

·                     "Writing and Publishing Science Books for Children," National Science Teachers Association regional convention,   Hartford, CT

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

"How to Write and Publish a Science Book" (Science Activities, 1988). Picture Life of Charles and Diana (Franklin Watts, 1988). The Folk, Country, and Bluegrass Musician's Catalogue (St. Martin's Press, 1982). The Dubrovnik Massacre, a novel (coauthor; Charter, 1981). Teacher's guide for Scott Joplin filmstrip (Spoken Arts, 1978). Poems, stories, and articles in anthologies and literary magazines, including Bachy, Beatitudes, Black Box, Chance Music, Kansas Quarterly, Partisan Review, Salome, Text-Sound Texts, and Wisconsin Review. Chance Music, a book-length collection of prose poems, is available as a .pdf file.

 

WEB SITE

 

medievalhebrewpoetry.org, a nonprofit educational web site containing poems, articles, and other information about medieval Hebrew poetry.

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 

Adjunct instructor, University of Denver University College, Colorado Community Colleges Online, Community College of Aurora, Arapaho Community College, Hofstra University/Yeshiva High School of Queens, and Brooklyn College.

 

Adult-education instructor, Brooklyn College and Kingsborough Community College.

 

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