Podium Publishing Co-Founder James Tonn was recently seen in the Wall Street Journal as part of the feature “SuccessOnomics.”

Newmarket, Ontario – January 19, 2015 – James Tonn, Co-Founder of Podium Publishing, was recently profiled in the December 19^th, 2014 edition Wall Street Journal as part of the feature presented by America’s PremierExperts® titled “SuccessOnomics.” In the Wall Street Journal profile, several experts from various industries were asked “What makes you successful in today’s economy?”

James Tonn answered, “We designed our audiobook publishing company for the future. The publishing landscape has dramatically changed and while others are slowly trying to adapt we’re perfectly positioned now to maximize author earnings. Our slogan, ‘Podium Publishing: the fairest of them all’ comes from my background working as the Fairness Advisor on multibillion-dollar projects. And now we’re disrupting the publishing industry with just that—fairness.”

In 2010, James Tonn and Greg Lawrence and started talking about the impact of the digital revolution on their respective industries – about the rapidly expanding indie economy, and the diminishing role of record labels, publishers, and brick-and-mortar retail. A partnership took root. James Tonn, having received two international procurement designations, consulted on the strategic spend of public money including a number of multibillion-dollar public-private partnership projects. Along with his understanding of strategic partnerships, he also developed his publishing expertise as an editor of a business magazine that features best-selling authors. James is also a life-long lover of audiobooks and has been the Executive Producer on every one of Podium’s titles.

Greg, having graduated from the prestigious Trebas Institute, established himself as one of the foremost audio engineers in neuroscience-based audio products, before designing and building an independent recording studio – from which he produced indie bands and provided voiceover recording and post-production. After a natural transition to audiobook production, Greg has since worked on over 700 audiobooks to date, with over 150 narrators, and has become a multi-award winning audiobook producer.

In July of 2012, after much research and strategic planning, Greg and James launched Podium Publishing, focusing exclusively on audiobooks, with three primary directives:

• To create revolutionary partnerships with authors that acknowledge the changing publishing landscape.
• To produce the best quality audiobooks in the industry and take them to listeners quicker than anyone else.
• To create a scalable company that operates with high efficiency, while maximizing audiobook exposure in the marketplace.

In just over 2 years from launch, Podium has over 100 audiobooks on the market, has received rave reviews by the industry’s top critics, has been selected as an Audie Award Finalist, and in 2014 was nominated for 7 Voice Arts Awards, winning 2 of them for Outstanding Audiobook Narration in the Science Fiction and Fiction/Fantasy categories. Also, in 2014, Podium Publishing’s audiobook “The Martian” by Andy Weir became a Top 10 bestselling audiobook across all of Audible.com.

Learn more about James Tonn and Podium Publishing at www.PodiumPublishing.com

And check out Podium Publishing’s audiobooks at www.tiny.cc/podiumnn