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How to Get a Job in Publishing

December 2008

 

Publishing is a notoriously competitive industry with thousands of graduates trying to get a foot in the door each year. How to Get a Job in Publishing is an invaluable guide to making yourself stand out against the other competing applicants, and getting your first publishing job.

 

A unique and practical guide to different types of publishing, this book details the different career options available within the industry, along with the different roles and departments within a typical publishing house.

 

This book will help you work out whether publishing is for you, whilst the top tips and advice from leading figures in the industry will give you everything you need to know to develop your career. Packed with inside information, How to Get a Job in Publishing is for everyone who wants to work in publishing – in books and magazines, or online – and for everyone who’s already in it and wants to go even further.

 

It will help readers get that all important first job and includes:

• Working out if publishing really is for you
• Overviews of different kinds of publishing
• Explanations of different roles and departments (editorial, production, sales, marketing, and so on)
• Top tips on how to make it in the industry
• Advice from leading industry figures

Don't just dream about it. Your future in the publishing industry starts right here, right now.

Authors:

Alison Baverstock was a publisher and has written extensively about publishing and writing.

 

Susannah Bowen has held sales, marketing and business development roles in publishing in Australia and Europe. She teaches marketing in the Publishing and Communication MA at the University of Melbourne.

 

Steve Carey has written for, edited and published dozens of magazines, including Edge and PC Gaming.

 

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