Who We Are
Linda Bennett founded Gold Leaf in 2001 to provide market research and business development work for publishing, librarianship and related industries. The Gold Leaf team is now three strong and includes Annika Bennett and James Bennett.
Linda and Annika work extensively with publishers, librarians and research communities in the USA, UK, mainland Europe, India and the Far East. James is an editor and copy-editor for several learned journals and offers freelance editing skills.
Please feel free to contact us for any further information or for an informal conversation about how Gold Leaf may be able to help your business.
Linda Bennett
Founder. Formerly Business Development Director at Waterstones and director of two library supply companies. Spent three years as MBA Course Director at the University of Huddersfield. Visiting research fellow at several UK universities. Experienced in business development, market research, industry report construction, setting up and conducting advisory boards and user groups, bespoke seminar development, cross-industry liaison projects, newsletter provision, special projects, etc. Has worked especially but not exclusively in areas of electronic publishing.
Jim Bennett
Joined Gold Leaf in September 2012. Experienced copyeditor and proofreader. Provides coaching and tuition for academic authors in how to write articles for journals. Experienced newsletter and magazine editor.
Annika Bennett
Joined Gold Leaf in March 2014. Formerly Head of E-Book Sales at Taylor & Francis. Previously to that Sales Manager (Online Products) at Oxford University Press and PCG. Specialities include all projects relating to e-books. Experienced in seminar provision and some types of market research. Bilingual (native language is German). Extensive knowledge of the German market.
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