Ed has worked in textbook publishing for 36 years. Textbook Media Press is his third college publishing start-up, including CourseWise and Atomic Dog Publishing, and his fifth stint running the editorial operation. Ed has overseen the publication of well over 1000 college textbooks in both traditional and alternative models. Ed's specialty is author recruitment, project management and sales. Ed is a graduate of Macalester College (undergrad) and University of Iowa (grad) and works out of our Madison, WI office, right down the road from UW-Madison.

Karen Evans: Fulfillment Manager 

Karen has worked on the bookstore side of publishing for many years, most recently as the Bookstore Manager at North Hennepin Community College. She also worked in the bookstores at St. Catherine University, Hamline University and UW La Crosse. Prior to her work in textbooks, Karen was a store manage for B. Dalton's Bookseller and was a library aide. Karen is a graduate of Luther College.

Howard Quinlan: Chairman of the Board and Co-Founder

Howard helped raise the funding that launched TMP back in 2004. Howard has been a managing executive with a number of global financial services companies, including ING, Sun Life Financial, and Lincoln Financial Group. He also has first-hand experience launching successful entrepreneurial ventures, having helped in the start-up of Freeload Press, as well as helping build Emerge, a tech-based health insurance platform. He continues to assist a variety of businesses in their new market initiatives. Howard is a graduate of the University of Minnesota and William Mitchell Law School.

 Tom Doran: CEO and Co-Founder

Tom has worked in textbook publishing for 34 years. TMP is his third college publishing start-up, and his fifth stint as a CEO or President. He was the youngest CEO with the former Times Mirror Corporation (L.A. Times, Newsday and 21 other publishing properties), directing the college textbook operation of a $50 million division that was eventually sold to McGraw Hill. In addition to directing TMP’s publishing operations, Tom focuses on the marketing and business development. Tom is a graduate of the University of Minnesota.

Textbook Media Partners

Publishing Partner: Academic Media Solutions

AMS has been distributing their catalog of Social Sciences and Business titles through Textbook Media since 2014. Founded by Dan Luciano, former Director of Houghton Mifflin's Custom Publishing, AMS features a robust list of publications for courses in Management, Psychology, Political Science and English Composition.

Printing and Fulfillment: Visions, Inc.

Visions is one of the largest Native American owned Print Manufacturing providers in the United States today. With over 30 years evolving within the industry, Visions delivers print-on-demand and direct-to-student + bookstore fulfillment options for Textbook Media customers, using cutting-edge digital applications guided by a season staff and great customer service.

Technology Fulfillment: DKS Systems 

DKS Systems has been implementing tech solutions for Minnesota-based for over twenty years. DKS has helped Textbook Media deliver a range of affordable digital publications (with print output options) by customizing our Big Commerce front-end, layering in our proprietary eBook platform, and managing it all via a customized administration hub.  

Publication Production: Putman Productions LLC

Both Academic Media Solutions and Textbook Media work with Putman Productions for all their book production. Victoria Putman, owner and director has been working with academic authors her entire career, including stints with Wm. C. Brown and McGraw Hill. Putman was one of the first production directors to deliver parallel output for digital and print fulfillment. Putman features a network of experienced free-lancers to the production process, delivery quality with timely output that both authors and publishers appreciate.