Jeff Rivera is the Editor in Chief of The Gatekeepers Post and a well-respected and connected book publishing executive. As a media personality and author, he and his work have been seen nationally in Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal Teen, Huffington Post, Fast Company, The Los Angeles Times, New York Observer, Mediabistro, GalleyCat, SethGodin.com, Billboard.com, Forbes.com, TMZ, WNBC, WABC, WCBS, American Latino TV, SITV, The Boston Globe, NPR and many other media outlets.
He has interviewed over 100 celebrities and power players in book publishing and entertainment including Hugh Hefner, James Patterson, Enrique Iglesias, Janet Evanovich, Nicholas Sparks, Andrea Bocelli, Jeff Kinney, Macy Gray, Philippa Gregory, Harlan Coben, Alejandro Sanz, Mark Victor Hansen, Juan Luis Guerra, CSI Creator Anthony Zuiker, and Dancing with the Stars' Brooke Burke.
He is a book publishing executive and founder of GumboWriters.com and has helped countless aspiring writers take their first step toward seeking a literary agent. Rivera is also the author of Forever My Lady, a novel published by Grand Central Publishing, as well a number of other books, including a forthcoming book he is co-writing with the father of guerrilla marketing, Jay Conrad Levinson.
Producer of over forty five films Morris Ruskin has made Shoreline Entertainment the go-to company for film sales. From Glengarry Glen Ross to The Maid, Ruskin has built a reputation for not only being a producer who can get films made under budget but also...
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Posted November 22, 2011 | 15:00:54 (EST)
The problem with most business books is that they take too damn long to read. They're filled with fluff from people who really don't know what they're talking about or and who are only rich from selling books about well, how to be rich.
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Posted October 14, 2011 | 17:50:03 (EST)
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Posted December 20, 2011 | 16:41:51 (EST)