Alexander Spears joins The Indigo Press as Sales and Marketing Manager
The MILD Group has today announced the appointment of Alexander Spears as Sales and Marketing Manager at The Indigo Press, its new publishing house launched last October.
Alexander joins the press with ten years’ experience in independent publishing, including marketing, editorial and digital roles at Pluto Press, Constable & Robinson, Elliot & Thompson and Walker Books. He was co-founder of Dodo Ink, where he published cross-genre fiction including Seraphina Madsen’s Dodge and Burn, Monique Roffey’s The Tryst and Neil Griffiths’s As a God Might Be. Alexander has a particular interest in digital publishing technologies, including eBooks and apps.
Commenting on his new role, Alexander said: “I am delighted to be joining The Indigo Press, the most exciting new publishing venture of the past decade. I look forward to building sales and distribution partnerships domestically and internationally, and to marketing Indigo’s groundbreaking, global list to a global audience.”
Commenting on the new appointment, MILD CEO Susie Nicklin said: “We have an exciting year ahead of us at The Indigo Press and are thrilled to welcome Alex in this important role. His experience will be a real asset to the team as we look forward to publishing our first titles in 2018.”
Alexander will work alongside Publishing Director Ellah Wakatama Allfrey and a well-established group of colleagues and consultants handling functions including production and design, PR and social media, including freelance art direction from Michael Salu.
The Indigo Press is headed up by CEO Susie Nicklin and benefits from the support and expertise of the wider MILD group including international rights specialists The Marsh Agency, award-winning independent bookshop Dulwich Books, and its successful events programme—Live Lit—which includes two annual literary festivals.
The first titles from The Indigo Press will publish later this year.
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About the Indigo Press:
The Indigo Press is an independent publisher of fiction and creative non-fiction, headquartered at the legendary John Murray building in London. Launched in 2017, it brings together a conversation-starting curation of books offering bold ideas and beautifully crafted stories from around the world.
About the MILD group:
Founded by CEO Susie Nicklin, MILD brings together a dynamic portfolio of book businesses that include award-winning independent bookshop Dulwich Books (founded in 1982), long-established international rights specialists The Marsh Agency (founded in 1994), publishing house The Indigo Press (founded in 2017), and Live Lit, a thriving year-round programme of events that includes two annual literary festivals. Each business operates individually whilst sharing expertise across their teams, for an enterprising approach to publishing from acquisition to retail and promotion.
