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| Dedicated Fan   Joined: Apr 2001
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| Getting Into Book Editing/Publishing Well, we have a thread that has advice for writers and how to get published. My dream job personally is to get into book publishing/book editing, and I am having a really difficult time searching for more information on this. Anyone have any personal experience in the field or advice to share? __________________ Trory Leather Librarian | |||
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| Part-Time Fan Joined: Oct 2000
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| Where are you in your career? How old are you? Where do you live? New York is the publishing capital, but there are certainly other companies in other cities. If you're looking to start at the bottom (entry-level) respond to ads for editorial assitants. Try these sites: Media Bistro and Journalism Jobs. Publishers offer internships too. __________________ "I may be love's bitch, but at least I'm man enough to admit it." | |||
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| Master Fan  Joined: Apr 2000
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| What kind of a degree is needed for these jobs? Does it need to be in any specific field or do they figure they can train you to do what they need no matter what? __________________ ♥ icon says it all ♥ | |||
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| Dedicated Fan Joined: Apr 2001
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| I recently went to a discussion that had about 10 local publishers where I live speak about the publishing world. It was very interesting but it seems like they all reiterated just how hard it is to get into the field. A few good tips they did give however were know the publisher you either want to work for or write for. If you want to write for a specific magazine reda through the actual magazine to know the set up. Also in an interview or aplication to get in don't tell what they can do for you; tell them what you can do for them. They all stressed the importance of how computer and web design classes help tremendously and also how you're pretty much golden if you have an English/ Marketing degree. __________________ Trory Leather Librarian | |||
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| Master Fan  Joined: May 2000
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| ooh that is really interesting! I always wanted to get into publishing but some how I got into TV instead  ooh how weird the world is  But I would love to start looking into changing careers and going into publishing. Trory are you from NY? Which publishers were at the meeting? __________________ Procrastinate now don't put it off! | |||
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