Open Road Integrated Media has hired Ira Silverberg as its strategic advisor, author brands. He will join the company effective April 22 and focus on acquiring a wide range of authors and their backlist catalogues for Open Road to digitally publish and market.
"Ira's broad range of experience has given him a deep understanding of all aspects of the publishing industry and he will make an incredible addition to Open Road," said co-founder and CEO Jane Friedman.
During his career, Silverberg has held numerous positions in publishing world, including literature director of the National Endowment for the Arts, editor-in-chief of Grove Press and publisher/founding co-editor of High Risk Books. He also owned a public relations company focused on independent literary presses and not-for-profit literary institutions, and spent 15 years as a literary agent.
