Linda Kopp, Editorial Director
Linda Kopp is Editorial Director of Simba Information, the leading source of market intelligence on the media and publishing industries. Linda oversees the content development strategies for Simba’s seven newsletters, as well as the company’s related market forecast reports, Business Briefs, and conferences. From 1991 to 1995, Linda wrote the market-leading newsletter Computer Publishing & Advertising Report. During the balance of her tenure at Simba, Linda has served in various senior editorial and analyst positions, including launch editor for Simba’s Professional Publishing Report newsletter in 1997, analyst/editor for the newsletters Telecom Advertising Report and Book Publishing Report, and as author and co-author of numerous Simba market forecast reports, including Computer Publishing Market Forecast, Trade Book Publishing, Information Publishing: Business/Professional Markets & Media, and Publishing for Professional Markets: Review, Trends & Forecast. Before joining Simba, Linda was an editor with Larchmont, NY-based Communications Trends, Inc. Kopp holds a B.A. in English from The College of New Jersey.

Michael Norris, Senior Editor/Analyst for Book Publishing Report
Michael Norris is Simba’s lead analyst in the trade book publishing market and editor of Simba’s Book Publishing Report newsletter, a monthly source of analysis and trends on the U.S. book market. Prior to joining Simba, Michael was a freelance writer specializing in consulting, outsourcing, and career management. He has written for publications such as the Wall Street Journal online, New York Newsday, Careerbuilder.com, and others. He has also authored the book: The Consultant’s News Career Guide to the Top Consulting Firms, which is published by Kennedy Information. Norris is a graduate of Franklin Pierce College in Rindge, NH, where he studied mass communications and sociology.