Anna Barber
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Anna Barber grew up in New York City, where she could often be found writing her own stories which she bound into books, or making contraptions out of discarded vacuum cleaners with the neighborhood kids. She graduated from Yale University and Yale Law School, and has worked as a corporate lawyer, management consultant, e-commerce executive, start-up consultant, talent manager, film producer and co-founder of the US Air Guitar Championships.

She is currently a founder of Scribble Press, which opened its first location in Los Angeles in May 2008. Scribble Press is a place to write and illustrate your own books, that are bound while you wait. Find Scribble Press online at its website or on Twitter.

Anna has two sons and two stepdaughters, all under 12. She often wakes up in the middle of the night thinking about something she forgot to do the day before.

Blog Entries by Anna Barber

Britney Spears and the Future of Book Publishing

Posted February 10, 2010 | 10:43:11 (EST)

The printed book is going the way of the 78 record. The Kindle, The Nook, and now the Ipad -- these new products with catchy names are the MP3 player-equivalents that are hastening the demise of the traditional publishing industry and the offshore printing companies in one fell swoop.

There...

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Kid-Sizing the New Custom Publishing

Posted November 19, 2009 | 14:44:59 (EST)

Self-publishing companies like Blurb, Lulu and ibook have experienced strong growth in the past few years, providing one of the few bright spots in the consumer economy. There are a few reasons for this growth: software platforms are more user-friendly; variable printing technologies have advanced so that...

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