True Crime

Eric Kampmann

Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, has spent the past 45 years in book distribution, marketing and sales, first at The Viking Press and later at Simon & Schuster, where he was vice president and director of sales. Subsequently, he founded and led Midpoint Trade Books, a national sales and distribution company that aggregated over 200 independent publish- ers representing more than 10,000 active book titles under contract. In 2018, Mr. Kampmann sold Midpoint to Independent Publishers Group, a highly regarded distribution company that now will be distributing Republic Book Publishers titles. Mr. Kampmann continues to own two book publishing companies and is the author of four books.