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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.