Monthly Archives: July 2015

31Jul | '15

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Dress for Publishing Success: Ladies Edition

By Amy Li | Published: July 27, 2015

Let me start by saying that I am by no means a fashion expert or publishing industry dress code guru. In fact, when I sat down to write this article, I dug through my closet and noticed that I have a penchant toward sundresses, cat sweaters, and animal print blouses. Zooey Deschanel is probably my spirit animal and I look like a librarian or a Sunday school teacher on most days. So, I guess I’d be more suited to write an article titled “How to Dress like a Librarian,” but […]

3 Comments | Category: Industry Insight | Tags: Chanel, Cosmo, dress code, fashion, first day, interviews, MoMA, outfits, publishing, sales conferences, The Met, Vogue, Zooey Deschanel

24Jul | '15

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Columbia Publishing Course 2015 Super-Grad

By Trendsetter Editors | Published: July 21, 2015

Editor’s note: This article was originally posted on our parent site, Publishing Trends. It’s that time again! This year’s Columbia Publishing Course (formerly the Radcliffe Publishing Course) Graduates are an impressive bunch. As is our yearly tradition, we’ve culled the most remarkable and curious tidbits from the students’ biography to create one supernaturally talented candidate. With the exception of some connecting phrases, the words are the students’ own. *** This year’s Typical Columbia Publishing Course Grad, let’s call her Genevieve, was born an accidental Canadian on her sister’s seventh birthday. She was named […]

0 Comments | Category: Industry Insight | Tags: Andrea Chambers, Chad Smith, Columbia publishing course, Dave Eggers, Garrison Keillor, Jamaica Kincaid, Janet Evanovich, Jonathan Swift, Kazuo Ishiguro, Mary Gaitskill, New York University's Summer Publishing Institute, Playbills, Publishing Trends, Radcliffe Publishing Course, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stephanie Chan, TED Talks, The Luminaries, White House, Yelp Elite

17Jul | '15

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The Beginner’s Guide to Publishers Beyond the Big 5: Adult Fiction Publishers You Might Not Know

By Jen Donovan | Published: July 9, 2015

Often in publishing, those who are new to the industry are only familiar with the Big 5 publishing houses. It’s important to get to know the medium- and smaller-sized houses as well, especially if you’re looking for your first job in the industry. The Beginner’s Guide to Publishers Beyond the Big 5 is a list of a few adult fiction publishers that might be less familiar to you. The publisher/owner is either the parent company or parent publishing house. The imprints listed are only the fiction imprints within that parent company. The […]

4 Comments | Category: Industry Insight | Tags: adult fiction, Algonquin Books, Aphrodisia, Arcade Publishing, Ardis Publishers, Atlantic Monthly Press, Beginner's Guide, Bellevue Literary Press, Big 5, Black Cat, Bloomsbury Publishing, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, Blush, Brava, Canongate US, Chronicle Books, Citadel Press, Coffee House Press, Dafina Books, Dave Eggers, EC for Men, Edizioni E/O, eKensington, Ellora's Cave, Europa Editions, Exotika, Graywolf Press, Grove Press, Grove/Atlantic, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Kensington Publishing, Kickstarter, Linkedin, Liveright, Lyrical Press, Mariner, McSweeney's, Melville House, MobyLives!, Mysterious Press, New York Review of Books, New York University School of Medicine, Night Shade Books, NYRB Classics, NYRB Lit, NYRB Poets, Other Press, Pegasus Press, Phaidon, Pinnacle Books, publishers, Quirk Books, Romantica, SaltRiver, San Francisco Chronicle, Seven Stories Press, Severn House, Siete Cuentos Editorial, Skyhorse Publishing, Soho Press, Sourcebooks, Sourcebooks Landmarks, Talos Press, The McEvoy Group, The Overlook Press, Tin House Books, Twitter, Tyndale House Publishers, Tyndale Momentum, W. W. Norton, Workman Publishing, Zebra Books

3Jul | '15

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Top 5 Publishing News Stories 6/29-7/3

By Jen Donovan | Published: July 3, 2015

Every week we recommend 5 publishing news stories that young book professionals should read to feel more connected to what’s going on in the industry. There are only 5, so even if you weren’t able to read a thing all week, these should help keep you in the know. Apple lost the appeal for its ebook price fixing lawsuit. Scribd is adjusting its subscription catalog, in what the CEO is calling a “purge” of romance titles. It was discovered that Amazon’s new pay structure will pay self-published authors as little as $.006 per page read. In […]

0 Comments | Category: Book Biz Now | Tags: Amazon, Apple, catalog, Disney, Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media, ebook price fixing, Kindle, lawsuit, pay, romance, Scribd, self-published, social