Carole Jelen is a literary agent with Waterside Productions, Inc. Book and online training agent for technology and business. Premier publishing agent for over two decades, author of the top-selling book for authors, Creating Your Author Platform: The New Rules. Carole secures 100+ publishing contracts per year, represents millions in author/client revenues and books sold. As former publishing executive and editor, Carole is designated as a ÒCareer BuilderÓ Literary AgentÉ Current:¥ Premiere publishing agent representing bestselling authors, creating and growing author publishing relationships¥ Acquiring/promoting in top-selling specialty areas of technology, business and self-help arenas.¥ Profile presence in media¥ ÒCareer BuilderÓ Literary Agent designation¥ Representing millions of copies in print.Past:¥ Senior Editor, Addison-Wesley Publishing¥ Acquisitions Editor, Sybex Publishing, division of Wiley¥ Publishing Representative, Prentice-Hall Publishing¥ Publishing consultant to IBM, Apple, Adobe, Sybase, Novell and moreAs Vice President/Literary agent, seeking out, creating, and managing author/publisher relationships as well as application of new ideas to online courses and apps. Publishing management in creating and negotiating contracts, advances, royalties as well as managing electronic and global rights within all computer-related and business arenas.Success in over two decades of creating top publications, moving cutting edge concepts to print, and as collaborative content provider to corporate/college book and training series, networking 2,000+ authors to companies seeking writing and training experts and reviewers. Speaker at writing and publishing conferences.Specialties:Literary agent, editorial, content provider, author, corporate consultant to book and online publishing. Connecting authors to publishers in all top series such as the branded ÒFor DummiesÓ line. Building author careers with single titles and full series lines.Education¥ University of California, Berkeley, MAUniversity of California, Los Angeles, BA