(Relevance: See our item on Colborne’s new relationship with Pubslush)
You pronounce it you-AH-noo, and it’s a Greek counterpart to Johnson. Greg Ioannou is a writer and editor for whom being a publisher has developed as an outgrowth of that creative background. His company Colborne Communications was formed in September 1977; it was once known as The Editorial Centre, but he changed it in the 1990s when their services moved beyond editing.
Education: University of British Columbia, MA, Political Science; University of British Columbia, BA, Political Science; University of Sydney, BA, Government
Positions
- Publisher, Iguana Books (24 years)
- Owner, Colborne Communications (38 years)
- President and other positions, Editors’ Association of Canada
- Director, ProjectWorking
- Instructor, Ryerson University (taught trade fiction editing)
- Instructor, George Brown College Continuing Education (taught editing courses)
How to spot the editor still in him: of the many services offered by Colborne, one of the coolest is the Plain Language offer, which promises that even government text will come back “free of jargon, passivity, unnecessarily technical terms, vagueness, and long-windedness.”
As Ioannou puts it in his bio: “Give me stodgy, confusing, and boring text and I’ll make it clear, well-organized, and entertaining.”
Jane Friedman has spent her entire career working in the publishing industry, with a focus on business reporting and author education. Established in 2015, her newsletter The Bottom Line provides nuanced market intelligence to thousands of authors and industry professionals; in 2023, she was named Publishing Commentator of the Year by Digital Book World.
Jane’s expertise regularly features in major media outlets such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, NPR, The Today Show, Wired, The Guardian, Fox News, and BBC. Her book, The Business of Being a Writer, Second Edition (The University of Chicago Press), is used as a classroom text by many writing and publishing degree programs. She reaches thousands through speaking engagements and workshops at diverse venues worldwide, including NYU’s Advanced Publishing Institute, Frankfurt Book Fair, and numerous MFA programs.
