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Moseley Associates, Inc.

Management Consultants to Publishers
Merger & Acquisition Specialists
Publishing Industry Analysts

Welcome!

About our consulting practice:

Who we are, and

The solutions we offer in specific publishing disciplines and functional specialties.

We invite you to review:

the Online publishing resources we find useful in our work, and

A few of our opinions, articles and other writings.

What We Do

Since 1971, Moseley Associates has provided strategic and operational consulting to all segments of the publishing community and to businesses with in-house publishing operations.

Contact Us

Feel free to contact us at pwadams@consultmoseley.com,
telephone (845) 673-5955 or write
Moseley Associates, Inc.
6 Bart Bull Road
Middeltown, NY 10941

Updated: November 12, 2010


	Quotes of the Month: The books we think we ought to read are poky, dull, and dry; The books that we would like to read we are ashamed to buy; The books that people talk about we never can recall; And the books that people give us, oh, they're the worst of all. -- Carolyn Wells "On Books"


	Who We Are What distinguishes us from other firms is the hands-on experience of our Associates as publishers. We draw on individuals with skills in most disciplines of publishing as well as a wide range of functional specialties	Cameron S. Moseley, Founder (obit. 2010); Peter W. Adams, scholarly, school, and trade publishing; strategic planning; applications of technology; Edwin F. Beschler, scientific, technical, and medical publishing management; Edward M. Crane, Jr., professional and scientific journal and book publishing; Donald F. Farnsworth, higher education, professional and reference publishing; Peter C. Grenquist, university, trade, and professional publishing; Carl L. Heimowitz, university and professional publishing; operations; publishing technology; Lucien S. Marchand, scholarly and professional publishing; editorial development; David P. Palmer, all aspects of trade publishing; Bert C. Paolucci, production and distribution of periodicals and books; George Rosato, educational publishing; Kenneth Zeigler, higher education publishing.


	ON-LINE RESOURCES FOR PUBLISHING RESEARCH: -- Selected Publishing Resources on the Web [circa 2002] -- Selected Electronic Publishing Resources [circa 2001] -- Selected Book Retailing Resources [circa 2004] MEETINGS OF INTEREST TO PUBLISHERS: Digital Book World, January 24-26, 2011 (New York, NY) AAP/PSP Annual Meeting, February 2-4, 2011 (Washington, DC) AAP General Annual Meeting, March 9, 2011 (New York, NY) AAP School Div. Annual Meeting, March 23, 2011 (Washington, DC) BookExpo America 2010, May 24-26, 2011 (New York, NY) Society for Scholarly Publishing, June 1-3, 2011 (Boston, MA) Association of American University Presses, June 2-5, 2011 (Baltimore, MD) ALA Annual Conference, June 23-29, 2011 (New Orleans, LA) XXX Annual Charleston [Library] Conference, November 2-5, 2011 (Charleston, SC) TIME LINE: Key Events on the Road To Today, an Opinionated Selection (Still In Preparation) A PUBLISHING TAXONOMY: Publishers and Their Current Owners (Still In Preparation)	Resources The formerly "Useful links" at left, are preserved as they were seven or eight years ago. With all their skidmarks, broken glass and occasional chalk outlines on the pavement, they provide a reminder of how rapidly things change. We offer them as is, as a lesson and an inspiration, while things continue to change.... Also at left is a schedule of meetings of interest to publishers together with the promise of a thought-provoking Time Line, and A Publishing Taxonomy, soon to come.


	Solutions and Services: We offer consulting services tailored to the requirements of small and mid-sized publishers who often lack the resources to develop strategy, reorganize, form alliances, seek investment, or create (and often upgrade) electronic publishing opportunities.	FOR YOUNG PUBLISHERS: Consulting services tailored for independent, growing presses PUBLISHING TRANSACTIONS: Services for publishers concerned with ownership succession, valuation, recapitalization, divestiture, merger, and acquisition ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING: Services for publishers concerned with electronic delivery, with electronic media, or with back-office solutions *CONSULTING SERVICES FOR VERTICAL MARKETS:* TRADE PUBLISHERS: Adult and juvenile consumer publishing and distribution STM AND PROFESSIONAL PUBLISHERS: Scholarly, technical, medical, and professional publishers TEXTBOOK PUBLISHERS: Publishers of instructional materials for K-12 and beyond. NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS: Associations and learned societies with publishing programs PRINTABLE MOSELEY ASSOCIATES BROCHURE (PDF File)


	6/2007 -- Is This the End of Publishing? As We Know It? -- Peter W. Adams 5/2001 -- SCHOOL PUBLISHING: US School Publishing -- Cameron S. Moseley 06/2001 -- TECHNOLOGY: A Century of Progress -- Peter W. Adams 8/1997 -- SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING: Why I Don't Read Electronic Journals: An Iconoclast Speaks Out -- Peter C. Grenquist 6/1997 -- LAWS OF PUBLISHING (#1): Post-Traumatic Shock Syndrome, Or, Surviving the Merger -- Peter W. Adams 4/1997 -- WATCHWORDS OF PUBLISHING: Familiar and Unfamiliar Quotations	Opinion Occasionally we comment on trends and issues of concern to publishers. And, from time to time, some of us speak or write about specific publishing topics. Here are some recent writings by our firm or Associates.

Quotes of the Month:

Who We Are