How to Become an App Developer: The Infographic
Click here to seethe whole infographic AppNewser (a mediabistro blog, much like Galleycat) found and shared this handy (if huge) infographic from Schools.com about all that might be involved to become...
View ArticleInterning for a Startup: Can it Offer Everything You Need?
Can a digital start-up offer everything you need? Last week, we got an interesting query from a reader about evaluating an internship offer. In part, he wrote: Elisabeth, you mentioned that you did an...
View ArticleUndergraduate Publishing Programs: What’s the Advantage?
As a treat–and as a passive-aggressive gesture to urge me to make up my mind as to what I was going to do with my life–my mother took me on a “field trip” to Simon & Schuster. A friend of a family...
View ArticleBook-Jobs Not By The Book: Lindsey Huckabee, Author Advocate
Lindsey Huckabee The business of self-publishing is now nothing less than an inextricable part of the book business, impacting all of us, no matter in what corner of the industry we find ourselves....
View ArticleStoryDrive 2012 at the Frankfurt Book Fair: Digital Advances Made (a bit...
Frankfurt Book Festival’s StoryDrive 2012 Authors, publishers, agents, executives, marketers, publicists, designers, you name it–everyone in the publishing world is gearing up for the Frankfurt Book...
View ArticleThe Denver Publishing Institute: A Mile High Education
Beautiful Denver, Colorado! 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...
View ArticleBook-Jobs Not by the Book: Rachel Fershleiser of Tumblr
Rachel Fershleiser is the young book professional every young book professional dreams to be. Ten years into the publishing industry, Rachel has toiled for two of the big six, worked in the fabled land...
View ArticleInternviews: The End of the Road for Liz Janetschek
Bye, Trendsetter! Liz, our fantastic fall intern, bid us farewell last week. Like all our interns, we know she’s bound for great things. But before riding off into that promising professional sunset,...
View ArticleProfiles in Publishing: Liz Calder
Name: Liz Calder Birthdate/Place: January 20, 1938, London Publisher Associated With: Bloomsbury Claim to Fame: While she began her literary career at Cape, Liz Calder felt bigger things calling by...
View ArticleBook Jobs Not by the Book: Brooke Palmieri, Antiquarian Book Dealer
Brooke Palmieri Brooke Palmieri is General Assistant and Cataloguer at Sokol Books, Ltd. in London. She kindly took the time to tell us a bit about how she ended up is such an old-school corner of...
View ArticleBook Jobs Not by the Book: Rachel Waxman, Author Publicity
Rachel Waxman Although she now has a fulltime job, Rachel Waxman’s story of starting her career outside of NYC and of using freelance work to find her ideal niche in book business is the sort of story...
View ArticleAn Education: Looking at the New CUNY Publishing Institute
While there are a several programs already in existence to aid both publishing hopefuls and industry vets in expanding their horizons, the City University of New York (CUNY) hopes to throw its own hat...
View ArticleBook Jobs Not by the Book: Nadine Vassallo, Book Industry Study Group
Nadine Vassallo Nadine Vassallo is Project Coordinator for the Book Industry Study Group, a non-profit trade association working to create a more informed, empowered, and efficient book industry....
View ArticleBook Jobs Not By the Book: James La Marre, Book App Design
James La Marre James La Marre works for enterprise software startup Scrollmotion Inc. in New York City, primarily developing and publishing iPad applications for business. Previously to starting at...
View ArticleYoung Authors Give Back Tour: The [Give] Backstory
Four young authors who are stoked about mentorship, going on a road trip to pay it forward. As soon as we caught wind of the Young Authors Give Back tour, we knew we had to invite them to share their...
View ArticleYour Next Job in Publishing: Sage Advice from Across the Industry
“How to Get a Job in Publishing” has been Publishing Trends‘ most popular article for years–and for good reason. But getting that first job is just the beginning, so we set out to discover what keeps...
View ArticleMoving Right Along: What Changing House or Department Means for a Publishing...
Much of what we talk about here at Trendsetter involves starting your career in publishing, but for those who have already landed the entry level job, a whole new set of challenges presents itself....
View ArticleBook Jobs Not by the Book: Dana Trocker, Speakers Bureau Relations Coordinator
Dana Trocker From working in a Book Publishing program through her college in Oregon, Dana Trocker is now a Speakers Bureau Relations Coordinator for Macmillan. At a time when digital networking is so...
View ArticleBook Jobs Not by the Book: Rachel Hurn, Book Reviewer
Rachel Hurn Rachel Hurn‘s nonfiction and criticism have appeared on the New Yorker and in the Wall Street Journal and the Los Angeles Review of Books, among others. She is a bookseller at McNally...
View ArticleFrom London to New York: Book Publishing Culture Shock (Kindof)
Lisa Vanterpool just finished her MA in Publishing at Kingston University in London, where she also worked at a literary and film agency. She moved to New York last month and has embarked on the next...
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