Eric M. Jackson

Eric M. Jackson is the president of World Ahead Publishing and a former vice president of marketing at PayPal. He is one of a growing number of PayPal alumni who have started new ventures after eBay 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 of The Stanford Review and holds a degree from Stanford University. [http://www.worldaheadpublishing.com/authors/index.php] Jackson maintains the book 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, portrayed Hillary Rodham Clinton as a cartoon villain, prompting a verbal clash with Clinton's spokesman. He once accused Google of political bias for censoring online ads for a book critical of Bill Clinton, a charge Google denied, [http://www.dmnews.com/cms/dm-news/search-marketing/33072.html] and he later paid to send Kathleen Willey and Juanita Broaddrick to the Bill Clinton Presidential Library along with the book's author. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,173624,00.html] In October 2006, Jackson and Joseph Farah, the founder of WorldNetDaily, 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 threats entrepreneurs 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 by Reason Magazine, [http://www.reason.com/0508/cr.rb.who.shtml] the Washington Times, [http://washingtontimes.com/books/20050212-093435-4698r.htm] the Von Mises Institute, [http://www.mises.org/fullstory.aspx?control=1710&id=76] Tech Central Station [http://www.techcentralstation.com/031405F.html] , and Tom Peters. [http://www.tompeters.com/entries.php?note=008205.php]

Jackson frequently appears as a conservative commentator on radio and television programs. In his public comments he is frequently critical of eBay, the company that purchased PayPal. He has been quoted in Forbes, [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] and Publishers Weekly, [http://publishersweekly.com/article/CA6277001.html?pubdate=10%2F24%2F2005&display=current] among other publications.