About the Author – Jim Silver

Jim Silver is recognized as one of the preeminent experts in the toy, licensing, and family entertainment industries.

Currently, Silver is editor-in-chief of www.TimetoPlayMag.com, a playful destination website which provides adults with information, entertainment, and services on what’s fun for children and their families. The website is powered by aNb Media, TheToyGuy.com, and a team of leading, well-known toy, family entertainment, and parenting experts.

Silver is also editor in chief of trade publications Royaltie$: The Journal of the Licensing Industry and Toys & Family Entertainment at aNb Media.

Working within the publishing and toy industries for more than 25 years has enabled Silver to work with and glean knowledge from a wide array of manufacturers, retailers, licensors and licensing agents worldwide from the most prestigious to local mom and pop establishments.

As a toy, licensing, and family entertainment expert Silver has appeared on hundreds of television programs and is quoted in more than 500 print interviews a year.

Jim Silver was editor-in-chief and co-publisher of Toy Wishes, The Ultimate Guide to Family Entertainment from the magazine’s launch in 1999 through Spring 2008.

You can find and follow Silver at www.timetoplaymag.com and on Twitter.