- Eric M. Jackson
Eric M. Jackson is the president of
World Ahead Publishing and a former vice president of marketing atPayPal . He is one of a growing number of PayPal alumni who have started new ventures aftereBay bought the online payments firm. [http://www.forbes.com/2006/07/12/paypal-ebay-youtube_cx_rr_0712paypal.html?partner=yahootix] He served on the board of directors ofThe Stanford Review and holds a degree fromStanford University . [http://www.worldaheadpublishing.com/authors/index.php] Jackson maintains thebook publishing industry blog called Conservative Publisher. [http://conservativepublisher.blogspot.com/]As a publisher, Jackson has been known to embrace controversial books and tactics. A bestselling children's book published by World Ahead, "Help! Mom! There are Liberals Under my Bed" penned by
Katharine Debrecht , portrayedHillary Rodham Clinton as acartoon villain, prompting a verbal clash with Clinton's spokesman. He once accusedGoogle of political bias for censoring online ads for a book critical ofBill Clinton , a charge Google denied, [http://www.dmnews.com/cms/dm-news/search-marketing/33072.html] and he later paid to sendKathleen Willey andJuanita Broaddrick to theBill Clinton Presidential Library along with the book's author. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,173624,00.html] In October 2006, Jackson andJoseph Farah , the founder ofWorldNetDaily , announced that World Ahead Publishing would be partnering on the influential WND Books imprint. [http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52262]Jackson's own book "
The PayPal Wars " (ISBN 0-9746701-0-3) chronicles PayPal's origins and discusses the legal, regulatory, and competitive threatsentrepreneurs must overcome in today's business environment. [http://paypalwars.com] It won the 2005 Writers Notes Book Award for best business book. [http://hopepubs.home.comcast.net/winners.html#business] It has been profiled byReason Magazine , [http://www.reason.com/0508/cr.rb.who.shtml] theWashington Times , [http://washingtontimes.com/books/20050212-093435-4698r.htm] theVon Mises Institute , [http://www.mises.org/fullstory.aspx?control=1710&id=76]Tech Central Station [http://www.techcentralstation.com/031405F.html] , andTom Peters . [http://www.tompeters.com/entries.php?note=008205.php]Jackson frequently appears as a conservative commentator on
radio andtelevision programs. In his public comments he is frequently critical of eBay, the company that purchased PayPal. He has been quoted inForbes , [http://www.forbes.com/home/ebusiness/2005/04/14/cx_pk_0414paypal.html]BusinessWeek , [http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_21/b3934111_mz063.htm?chan=tc]TheStreet.com , [http://www.thestreet.com/pf/tech/kevinkelleher/10212006.html]US News & World Report , [http://www.usnews.com/usnews/politics/whispers/articles/050131/31whisplead_2.htm] andPublishers Weekly , [http://publishersweekly.com/article/CA6277001.html?pubdate=10%2F24%2F2005&display=current] among other publications.
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