gonzalez
defino
gonzalez defino is a full-service edit/design
firm, providing complete book development from concept generation
to final disk or film. We specialize in highly illustrated
adult general-reference books with a focus on food, wine,
health, antiques and collectibles, home, and DIY. Joseph Gonzalez
has more than twenty-five years’ experience in illustrated
general-reference book publishing—including eight years
at Doubleday and nearly seventeen years at Reader’s Digest
Books. He has written, edited, managed, and packaged projects
for a wide variety of publishing and institutional clients—among
them Hearst, Dorling Kindersley, Grolier, Marshall Editions,
Mitchell Beazley, Microsoft Press, and NYU. Perri DeFino is
a New York City-based creative professional with over twenty
years’ experience in producing high- quality general-reference
books. She was design director for the Reader’s Digest
Home and Cooking Division and, more recently, art director
at American Express Publishing, where she specialized in cooking,
wine, travel, and time-management titles, including FOOD &
WINE Magazine’s Best of the Best and Annual Cookbook.
Officers: Joseph Gonzalez, Partner;
Perri DeFino, Partner
American Express and American Express Blue
appointment books, diaries, and calendars (American Express,
2003–2005); La Agenda American Express (Spanish
language appointment book for American Express Mexico, 2003-2005);
FOOD & WINE Magazine’s Wine Guide annuals
(American Express, 2003–2005); Fabulous Feasts
(deRegt/Baranowski, 2004).
