About Us
The Book Report Network
About the Staff
The Book Report Network is headed by co-founder and president Carol Fitzgerald, who works with a team of creative and dedicated staff members in the company’s editorial and website development divisions.
Founder/President: Carol Fitzgerald
Editorial:
Editorial Director: Tom Donadio
Advertising & Promotions:
Advertising/Promotions Manager & Media Producer: Austin Ruh
Website Design & Development:
Support: [email protected]
Production/Support: Greg Fitzgerald
Designer: Jennifer Lai
Research & Special Projects:
Carol Fitzgerald
Accounting:
Greg Fitzgerald
Carol Fitzgerald
Founder/President
Carol Fitzgerald is the Founder and President of The Book Report Network (TBRN). The Company’s websites — Bookreporter.com and ReadingGroupGuides.com — have become the gathering places for a large and devoted community of booklovers since 1996. TBRN is recognized as an online leader of informed, contemporary book news, reviews and author interviews. Website visitors can read reviews and author interviews, subscribe to newsletters, and participate in interactive polls and contests.
TBRN launched their “Bookreporter Talks To” author interview series, hosted by Carol, in the summer of 2019. The goal is to deliver long-form author interviews to readers both on podcast and video. She has long been a sought-after interviewer for events and festivals, which made this a natural addition to TBRN programming.
The company's Authors on the Web division provides Website Design and Development, Newsletter Design/Development and Consulting Services for authors and publishers.
Prior to founding TBRN, Fitzgerald spent 17 years at Conde Nast where she developed broad-based marketing, promotion and publicity programs. Fitzgerald has a B.A. in Communications from Fordham University.
Editorial
Tom Donadio
Editorial Director
Tom Donadio, a graduate of Fordham University at Rose Hill, began working at The Book Report Network in 2002 as an Editorial intern and joined the company's editorial staff full time the following year. As Editorial Director, Tom assigns and edits all the reviews that appear on Bookreporter.com and coordinates the content on ReadingGroupGuides.com. In addition, he prepares newsletter lineups for these websites and oversees our interns, who help create such features as Coming Soon, Books on Screen and New in Paperback.
Advertising & Promotions
Austin Ruh
Advertising/Promotions Manager • Media Producer
Austin Ruh is a graduate of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities and the Denver Publishing Institute. As the Advertising/Promotions Manager of The Book Report Network, he coordinates the company’s ad/promo content, organizing current plans and implementing new marketing ideas in the process. He also serves as the company’s Media Producer, recording and editing videos and podcasts --- including "Bookreporter Talks To," a weekly video/podcast series featuring in-depth conversations with authors; “Bookaccino Live: A Lively Talk About Books,” Bookreporter’s monthly book preview series, and “Bookaccino Live” Book Group, which has an author as a book group guest. As a lover of the theater, Austin is always thinking about ways to connect with TBRN’s audience and keep them both informed and entertained.
Website Design & Development
Greg Fitzgerald
Accounts Manager
Greg Fitzgerald is a graduate of Fordham University at Lincoln Center. He does event photography at author signings, conventions, and parties; In addition to his advertising and promotion tasks at TBRN, he oversees the company's accounting operation. He has worked for The Book Report Network since 2006, though he has been part of the TBRN family -- literally and figuratively -- since 1996. In his free time, Greg enjoys traveling; researching and enjoying lighthouses, ocean liners, and other maritime subjects; and geocaching.
Jennifer Lai
Designer
Jennifer Lai graduated from Wesleyan University with a degree in studio arts. It was while studying online journalism at Columbia University that she developed her passion for web design. After working in journalism for two years, she decided to make the switch to design. At TBRN, she enjoys creating graphics and websites for the publishing industry, because it combines her love of art and writing.
