Alex Adsett has over thirteen years experience working in the publishing and bookselling industry, as well as a solid background in legal research and drafting.

Having started her bookselling career at Pulp Fiction Bookshop in Brisbane, Australia she then moved to Murder One bookstore in London, UK, followed by more than two years working for Simon and Schuster Publishers in London. On returning to Australia, she worked for three years in the Rights and Contracts Department of Penguin Books in Melbourne, followed by the contracts department of the educational publisher John Wiley & Sons.  She has managed Alex Adsett Publishing Services since 2008.

Alex Adsett relies on her experience and passion for book publishing to offer sensible publishing business and contract advice. With Alex Adsett Publishing Services you get the benefit of an experienced and trained publishing professional who is able to help review and negotiate all manner of publishing agreements.

In 2010, Alex joined the Management Committee of the Queensland Writers’ Centre and the Copyright Expert Reference Group of the Australian Publishers’ Association.

Julie Barnett has worked in publishing for more than 15 years.  After starting her career with Cengage Learning (formerly Nelson Thomson) in Melbourne, she worked at John Wiley & Sons Australia for more than 11 years, establishing and managing the Contracts, Permissions, Royalty and Editorial departments. She brings a wealth of experience within publishing, and has a particular focus on royalties, educational permissionable rights and access to content by the print disabled.

Along with a wealth of management experience, Julie Barnett can help advise authors or small publishers in royalty and contract systems,  permissions workflow and steps to take to securing subsidiary rights deals.  In addition, publishers can seek advice for a ‘best practice’ review of their royalty or permission processes to achieve improved efficiency and accuracy in these areas.