Publishing services company Clarke Publishing Group, US, announced its formation at the Society for Scholarly Publishing's 2009 Annual Meeting. The new publishing company will focus on helping scholarly, professional, and society publishers navigate the rapidly changing information landscape.
Clarke Publishing Group offers a range of services including new product development, assessment of electronic publishing systems and strategy, marketing and market research, strategic planning, pricing, international rights, and institutional licensing.
Michael Clarke, a long-time veteran of the scholarly publishing industry, is the founder of Clarke Publishing Group. Most recently, he served as director of marketing and product development and director of international business at the American Medical Association (AMA). Prior to the AMA he held positions at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), where he was senior managing editor of scholarly journals and executive editor of the journal Pediatrics, and at the University of Chicago Press, where he was senior production editor. He currently serves as vice-chair of the American Heart Association's (AHA) Scientific Public Communications Committee, which oversees the AHA's journal publishing program.
