About the Author
John Bond’s life has revolved around books, reading, and publishing. He has worked for nearly 20 years in publishing. He has worked at a publisher in New Jersey that specializes in medical information, Slack Incorporated. He started as an Editor, and eventually became the Vice President and Publisher for the company’s Book Division.
In his career, he has published over 400 projects, including books, CD-ROMs, videotapes, posters, study cards, and DVDs. Some of these projects were student textbooks, manuals, workbooks, dictionaries, monographs, and instructor’s manuals.
He has helped formulate and create several web sites that provide information to health-care providers. He has worked with such publishers as Random House, Henry Holt, McGraw Hill, Doubleday, Thomson International on special projects or on distribution arrangements.
He is a proud member of the Publisher’s Marketing Association, the Small Publishers of North America, and the American Medical Publishers Association. He has given presentations at meetings involving emerging topics related to publishing.
Prior to his work in publishing, he earned a degree in education and worked as a librarian for five years.