What is it like to work in a book publishing company?

Although this post is about working at a publishing company, I want to point out that there are so many other jobs within the book pipeline that may also be of interest: artist (writer/illustrator), agent, reviewer, blogger, bookseller/book buyer, librarian, reading specialist/teacher, and professor. read more

Like their trade colleagues, academic publishers work closely with authors to craft insightful books. In academic, however, there is the added consideration of whether or not a book will make a significant impact on its field of study: if a new economic theory will have a place within the scholarly community, or if a new study of election law is scientifically sound. read more

To work in the world of publishing you will be engaging in heavy editing; this means that you will be in charge of reading the same book over and over again checking for flow, grammar, etc. You need to enjoy reading enough that you don’t mind doing it for a living and have the patience to understand that reading a book once is never truly enough. read more

Although this post is about working at a publishing company, I want to point out that there are so many other jobs within the book pipeline that may also be of interest: artist (writer/illustrator), agent, reviewer, blogger, bookseller/book buyer, librarian, reading specialist/teacher, and professor. read more