Who We Are

Echo Point Books & Media was founded in Vermont in 2002, in the basement of a log cabin on a dirt road off a dirt road. Originally an outgrowth of the environmental quarterly Green Living Journal, the business began with one part-time employee, focused solely on selling damaged books, and partnering with top quality publishers. After nearly a decade of successful bookselling, in 2011 Echo Point republished its first out of print book. Now, in addition to selling books online, we are also a full service publisher. We handle editing, design, and marketing, using our savvy with online book marketplaces to bring attention to the titles we publish.

Today we’re proud to employ over 30 people and operate out of a 45,000 square foot warehouse in a former printing factory in Brattleboro, Vermont. In addition to being one of the largest online booksellers in the country, Echo Point now publishes over 800 of our own titles, run an in-house alternative book-binding operation, and produce audiobooks.

At Echo Point Books & Media, we aim to help original content creators and publishers maximize their income and work. With over 2 million books sold (and counting), we pride ourselves on our inside knowledge of publishing and selling books, and our passion for helping our partners reach their full income potential. 

Echo Point is firmly committed to working exclusively with human narrators. Read our statement on AI Narration here.

 

Our Team

 

MARSHALL GLICKMAN

Founder

Like most people in the publishing world, Marshall is a book junkie–an avid reader, a bookstore and library hound, a published writer, editor, and publisher. Unlike many bookish sorts, Marshall is also a focused businessperson. After graduating Phi Beta Kappa from Northwestern University, he had a very successful stint as a stockbroker (the savings and investments from that short period allowed him to subsidize more idealistic pursuits – see his New York Times Magazine column about that experience). Since then Marshall has been both a writer and small business owner. 

 

MARK MURDIE

COO

Mark meets the challenges of work and life with conscious efficiency, which is highly valued at Echo Point Books & Media. When not managing staff and operations of our book sales, he loves to be outside, working with his hands, and spending time with family. Mark studied Mass Communications at Franklin Pierce College and later earned a Permaculture Design Certificate from Regenerative Design Institute in Bolinas, CA.

FRED LEE

PRODUCTION

Fred has been a book production professional for over twenty-five years. Before coming to Echo Point Books, he was the production manager at the Vermont-based Countryman Press (a subsidiary of the independent, employee-owned publisher W.W. Norton in New York) for over twenty years. He is an addicted writer and top-of-the-set-ladder thespian-enthusiast. A native from South Burlington, Vermont, he has lived in many parts of his wonderfully self-reliant home state and is very happy to have settled in the vibrant community of Brattleboro. 

 

John O’Brien

CEO

John joined Echo Point in early 2023 to enable Marshall to step back from day-to-day operations. In his free time, he can be found trail running, working on his credentials as an amateur chef (emphasis on ‘amateur’), or buried in a book. John holds an AB in Economics & Philosophy from Georgetown University and an MBA from IE Business School in Madrid, Spain. He is proficient in Spanish.

Addie Mahdavi

Head of publishing

Addie has been with Echo Point since 2018. Her penchant for audiobooks originates from a deep-seated love of reading, experience in the world of theater, and a childhood with many road trips. A Middlebury College graduate with a degree in American Studies, she grew up on a farm near Brattleboro, which she visits often on trips from her current home in Brooklyn, New York. Addie’s varied range of interests—cheese, transformative justice and ping pong, to name a few—mirrors Echo Point’s eclectic catalog.

 

George Proctor

IT Director

George is a lifelong technology enthusiast who left the corporate software development world to join Echo Point Books after playing in a Dungeons & Dragons campaign with the company’s then business development manager. Echo Point was looking for new technology to support continued growth, and he was looking for less meetings! George holds a BS in Computer Science and Digital Art from Northeastern University and is a proud 9th generation Vermonter.