Leslie Hulse is the Vice President, Digital Business Development at HarperCollins Publishers. In this role, Leslie focuses on crafting partnerships with retailers, search engines and others to distribute digital content widely for marketing and commerce, including the launch of Browse Inside on Booksense.com, BN.com, and the HarperCollins sites. In addition, she works closely with the HarperMedia staff and other publishers to drive our ebook, digital audio, and other digital revenues. Leslie also oversees HC’s online consumer membership programs AuthorTracker, First Look, newsletters, and others in development.

Leslie is actively involved in a number of industry groups including the AAP’s Digital Issues Working Group and the Online Piracy Working Group and the BISG Digital Standards Committee.

Leslie has worked at HarperCollins for eleven years in a variety of senior financial and management roles supporting the strategic growth of our online efforts. Most recently, she has led the development efforts on www.harpercollins.com its sister sites. In 2004 she was co-leader of the Publishing + Direct to Consumer team, from which much of HC’s online strategy has evolved.