BIGNY "Groundbreaking Women: The Second Wave": More About Karen Romano

Karen Romano

Here's a brief professional biography of Karen Romano, who will moderate the Book Industry Guild of New York's (BIGNY) April 12, 2016 panel discussion "Groundbreaking Women: The Second Wave."

Ms. Romano began her career on the El-Hi side of the business and has since held various production and management positions at Praeger Publishers, McGraw-Hill, Macmillan and finally Simon & Schuster, where she served as V.P. and Director of the Adult Trade Production & Manufacturing group for over 15 years. 

She has since brought her skills to the other side of the desk, and is now Director of Business Development for Emerging Markets for Thomson-Shore, a company that she refers to as the perfect intersection of art and science.  Karen has served on the AAP Commission for Textbook Specifications, the AAP Paper Issues Working Group, and has been a speaker and panel participant at the BMI, the Digital Print Conference, Pub Tech, the Unicorn Writer’s Conference and various BIGNY events. She has also served as a judge for Literary Marketplace and New York Book Shows. In 2009 she was voted one of the “Top 50 Women in Publishing” by Book Business Magazine.