Richard S. Harte, Co-Founder
Founder and President, BookSite
Richard S. Harte started BookSite.com in 1994 as an Internet application service provider specializing in e-commerce applications for the publishing industry and independent booksellers. Dick graduated from The Ohio State University in 1968 with Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts degrees in Business. Dick spent 12 years in corporate finance positions with RCA and with Borden, finishing as Director of Banking and Cash Management. During the next 10 years he was Vice President at two regional brokerage firms in Ohio, the Ohio Company and McDonald & Co. in Institutional Sales and Investment Banking. Dick also was a part-time lecturer on the Adjunct Faculty of Finance at Ohio State from 1980 through 1993, prior to the launch of BookSite.

Michael A. Zibart, Co-Founder
President and Publisher, BookPage
Book industry veteran Michael A. Zibart began his career as a clerk in his family's 100-year-old bookstore in Nashville, Tennessee. He worked at Zibart Bros. Bookstore through high school and college and received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Vanderbilt University. Zibart joined Ingram Book Co. in 1970 as a management trainee in the new trade division. He was a buyer in the trade division from 1970-76, served as Vice President and Trade Division Manager of Ingram Book Co. from 1976-85, and as Executive Vice President from 1985-88. He also founded and served as president of Ingram Audio from its inception in 1986 to 1988. In 1988, Zibart founded ProMotion, Inc. to provide services to publishers and booksellers. He began publishing BookPage later that year and in the 15 years since, the publication known as "America's Book Review" has developed a loyal following among book lovers across the country.

Contacts:
Richard Harte 740-369-9096 dick@booksite.com	Michael Zibart 615-292-8926, ext. 12 michael@bookpage.com