| |
| 2005 |
| “Publisher
of the Year” award, presented by
the China Times newspaper, |
| one
of the most important newspapers
in Taiwan. |
| |
| “Person
of the Year in Publishing” award,
presented by Kingstone Bookstore, |
| one
of Taiwan’s leading booksellers. |
| |
| 2004 |
| Honored
as one of “The Most Important Chinese
Publishers in The Past Ten Years
(1994-2004)” |
| by
the Chinese Publishers’ Business
News,” PR China’s paramount publishing
news media. |
| |
| Chairman
of the Taipei Book Fair Foundation.
In charge of the 2005-2007 |
| Taipei
International Book Exhibition, the book fair with the most international flavor in Asia. |
| |
| 2001 |
| Opened
a publishing office in Beijing,
PR China. Introduced one of Locus’
authors, |
| Taiwanese
graphic artist Jimmy Liao, to PR China and he became a phenomenon there. |
| |
| Founded "Net
and Books," an independent subsidiary of Locus, which was created |
| in
the age of burgeoning knowledge
to fulfill the desire of readers throughout the whole |
| Chinese-speaking
world. |
| |
| 1997 |
| President
and Editor-in-Chief, The Commercial
Press, Ltd. (Taiwan), the most
historical publishing |
| company
in the whole Chinese-speaking world.
Concurrently maintained Chairman
position at |
| Locus
Publishing. Resigned from The Commercial
Press in late 1999. |
| |
| 1996 |
| Organizer,
“The 5th International Book Fair—Taipei,”
repositioning it as Asia’s largest
book fair. |
| Honored
as “Person of the Year [in Publishing?]”
by Taiwan’s Kingstone Bookstore. |
| 1996 |
| Organizer,
“The 5th International Book Fair—Taipei,”
repositioning it as Asia’s largest
book fair. |
| Honored
as “Person of the Year [in Publishing?]” by Taiwan’s Kingstone Bookstore. |
| 1996 |
| Chairman
and Founder of Locus Publishing
Company, a pioneer embodying the
spirit of Future, |
| Adventure,
Culture, which immediately became
one of the most vigorous |
| publishing
companies in Taiwan. |
| |
| 1988 |
| President,
China Times Publishing Company.
During an eight-year tenure, both
the number of |
| books
published per year and the annual
sales increased fivefold, |
| which
laid a solid foundation for the
company to go public shortly thereafter. |
| |
| 1987 |
| Editor-in-Chief, China
Times News Weekly, China Times News Group. |
| |
| 1985 |
| Editor-in-Chief, Productivity (monthly
magazine) for the Chinese Productivity
Center, Taiwan. |
| |
| 1982 |
| Editor-in-Chief
of a hi-tech magazine: 2001. |
| |
| |
| |
| Contact
Information: |
| Rex
How |
| Publisher |
| LOCUS
PUBLISHING |
| E-mail
: rex@locuspublishing.com |
| |
| 10F-1,
No. 25, Section 4, Nanking East
Road, Taipei, Taiwan |
| Tel.
886-2-2546-7799 Fax 886-2-2545-2951 |
