Tom Devries
Director of Intellectual Property at Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
- Role
- Director of Intellectual Property at Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
- Location
- Grand Rapids, MI, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Tom Devries
Specialties- Subsidiary Rights including Co-editions, Translations, Audio, and Electronic- Copyright Law, Contract Development and Interpretation- Electronic Publishing- Database Construction and Management
Experience
Director of Intellectual Property
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Sep 2025 — Present · Grand Rapids, MI, US
I direct Eerdmans\' full intellectual property portfolio for all publishing divisions, including contracting new content, assistance in required permissions during the content development process, outreach and management of all subsidiary rights for Eerdmans\' content, collecting and processing monies due on licensed content for payment to authors, reviewing and prioritizing backlist content for best ROI opportunities, answering internal and external questions related to the full history of Eerdmans\' corporate intellectual property, assist in best practices to maximize Eerdmans\' content in worldwide distribution, and attend select book fairs (Frankfurt International Book Fair) to represent Eerdmans\' content.
Education
Calvin University
BA, Classics
1997 — 2001
Calvin Theological Seminary
MA, Missions
2005 — 2006
Skills
- Research
- Editing
- E-Commerce
- Publications
- Licensing
- Publishing
- Content Development
- Digital Publishing
- Online Publishing
- Ebooks
- Academic Publishing
- Non-Fiction
- Copyright Law
- Web Content
- Books
- Microsoft Office
- Published Author
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