Bruce Batchelor – Publisher, Editor, Management & Marketing Consultant, Entrepreneur, Executive

• management consultant: as CEO & President of Trelawny Consulting Group Ltd., Bruce advises government groups, non-profits, publishing companies and hi-tech start-ups on marketing, communications and strategic planning
• accomplished editor: books, a consumer health magazine, corporate reports, technical manuals
• author of regional and national bestsellers: on canoe routes, Yukon lifestyle, and book marketing (coming soon: strategic planning for small business and non-profits, winter camping … )
• CEO and publisher at Agio Publishing House (agiopublishing.com)
• inventor of print-on-demand (POD) based book publishing, founder of Trafford Publishing in 1995; publisher to over 10,000 authors from over 100 countries during 11 years as Trafford's publisher and CEO; built that business to over $10 million in annual sales
• interim chief executive for Canadian Red Cross Society branch in Owen Sound, leading 190+ staff
• interim executive director for The Women's Centre of Grey and Bruce Counties
• book marketing expert: author of the ground-breaking Book Marketing DeMystified
• leading advocate for independent ("indie") publishing
• presenter at Canadian Centre for Studies in Publishing (Simon Fraser University), Atlantic Publishers Marketing Association, Association of Canadian Publishers and numerous international writers conferences; former instructor at Georgian College
• appointed Quantum Shift Fellow at Richard Ivey School of Business in London, Ontario in 2006; finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2004; nominee for BC Exporter of the Year; recipient of an Award of Excellence from The Financial Post; recognized by Profit Magazine as CEO of Canada's 5th fastest growing company (2004) and 10th fastest (2005)
• acquired a degree in theoretical and applied problem solving: Honours Bachelor of Mathematics (Combinatorics & Optimization) from University of Waterloo, 1973, where he was a Rene Descartes Scholar
• loves playing soccer, being with Marsha and their son Dan, skiing, writing, house renovating, jogging with Tyhee (the white dog) every morning to the ocean

Please go to www.bookmarketing.agiopublishing.com to read Bruce's blog and read free excerpts from his new book. We invite you to subscribe so you are notified as each new chapter is posted.

[coming soon – an excerpt from Yukon Channel Charts ("Love Story for Lucy") to make you cry]

Now read about the real talent behind Trelawny Consulting Group: see About Marsha Batchelor.