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Author Archives: Shannon Kobran

23Apr | '13

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Not New York: Book Business & Publishers in Nashville

By Shannon Kobran | Published: April 23, 2013

We’re moving back east and heading down south to the vibrant city of Nashville, Tennessee, namesake of the popular TV show, home to a famously large music scene, and, of course, to publishing. Specifically, Nashville is known for hosting a number of religious publishing houses. Best-known, perhaps, are Thomas Nelson and Zondervan, both of which are now owned by HarperCollins and which, together, comprise HarperCollins Christian. Thomas Nelson is the world’s largest Christian publisher and is known in the larger market for New York Times bestseller Heaven is for Real ... Read more

0 Comments | Category: Industry Insight | Tags: Ancestry : Genealogy, Ancestry.com, Ann Patchett, B&H Publishing Group, Baseball Prospectus, BibleGateway.com, Brentwood, Channing Tatum, Country Music Foundation Press, Country Music Hall of Fame, East Nashville, Green Hill, HarperCollins Christian, HCSB Study Bible, Heaven is for Real, Howard Books, John Wiley & Sons, Laura Laffoon, Nashville, Not New York, Parnassas Books, Rachel McAdams, The Vow, Thomas Nelson, Todd Burpo, Vanderbilt University Press, VeggieTales, Worthy Publishing, Zondervan

11Mar | '13

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Not New York: Book-Biz & Publishers in San Francisco

By Shannon Kobran | Published: March 11, 2013

The final stop on our trip out west (by way of the Twin Cities…because direct routes are boring) is San Francisco. Again, I have to preface an article by shamefully admitting that I have never physically been to this week’s destination. Of course, there’s what I know about San Francisco from popular culture: cable cars, hippies, a large bridge… And while those things do lend their local color to any good Bay Area-experience, the city has far more to offer. A thriving publishing industry, for instance. Personally, perhaps because of ... Read more

2 Comments | Category: Industry Insight | Tags: Avalon Travel, Book Genome Project, BookLamp, Cengage, Chronicle Books, City Lights Bookstore, City Lights Publishers, Consortium, Counterpoint Press, Dave Eggers, HarperCollins, HarperOne, Hesperian Health Guides, Ignatius Press, Inkling, Inner Richmond, Lonely Planet, Lucky Peach, McGraw-Hill, McSweeney's, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, Moleskine, Not New York, Pearson Education, Perseus Book Group, Publishers Group West, Rick Steves, Seal Press, Shoemaker & Hoard, Soft Skull Press, Stanford University Press, Stephen Elliot, The Believer, Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, University of California Press, Wholphin

8Feb | '13

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Not New York: Book Business & Publishers in the Twin Cities

By Shannon Kobran | Published: February 8, 2013

The next stop on our whirlwind national tour of publishing hubs are the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. Disclaimer: I have never been there. But based on what research and hearsay have told me, the Twin Cities area is one of the best metropolitan centers in the region. In fact, The Economist‘s Ryan Avent recently postulated that climate and economic conditions are driving more and more people west, and that the future is likely to see Minneapolis become the new New York. Whether Avent is right or not, ... Read more

1 Comment | Category: Industry Insight | Tags: Anna Waggener, City Pages, Coffee House Press, Consortium, distribution, Elizabeth Alexander, Graywolf, Milkweed Editions, Minneapolis, Not New York, perseus, Ryan Avent, St Paul, The Economist

3Jan | '13

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Not New York: Book Business & Publishers in Denver, CO

By Shannon Kobran | Published: January 3, 2013

In my last article I gushed about my time at the Denver Publishing Institute, the insight I gained, and the people I met there. It was a wonderful experience for me, and I hope that those of you looking for a way into the business will consider spending your summer there this year. However, I acknowledge that Denver may seem like a remote and esoteric place to host a publishing institute, especially since the University of Denver doesn’t even offer a degree in publishing. And I’m sure my article left ... Read more

4 Comments | Category: Industry Insight | Tags: David Wroblewski, denver publishing institute, Fulcrum Publishing, Interweave Press, Kirk Farber, Not New York, PubWest, Story of Edgar Sawtelle, tattered cover bookstore, University of Denver, WaveCloud

28Nov | '12

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The Denver Publishing Institute: A Mile High Education

By Shannon Kobran | Published: November 28, 2012

As I mentioned in my last article, I have wanted to work in publishing since I was 12 years old. In college, after my very first English methods class, my professor dragged me into her office, sat me down, and asked me what I wanted to do after graduation. “I want to be an editor,” I said, with confidence. And so we began to plan out the rest of my life. Along with a list of classes to take, extracurriculars to join, and department alumni to contact, I was ... Read more

2 Comments | Category: Professional Paths | Tags: carl lennertz, columbia publishing course, denver publishing institute, dpi, editorial assistant, elizabeth geiser, entry-level, HarperCollins, interview, joyce meskis, karl webber, nan satter, networking, nyu summer publishing institute, pearson, pearson higher education, roth wilkofsky, scholastic, tattered cover bookstore, textbook publishing, University of Denver, world book night us

24Oct | '12

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Attached at the Hip: New York, Publishing, and (it turns out) Me

By Shannon Kobran | Published: October 24, 2012

Let me start by saying that I never wanted to live in New York City. My parents are both native New Jerseyites who deliberately left the New York metro area so that they wouldn’t have to raise children there. I grew up in suburban Northern Virginia, and my earliest impressions of New York were that it was a dirty, loud, crowded city where everyone wore black and was rude all the time. I didn’t actually visit New York until I was ten, and though I was impressed by the tall ... Read more

0 Comments | Category: Industry Insight | Tags: dickinson college, new york, publishing institute, starting in publishing, University of Denver, university press, university press of new england