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The Publishing Business: A Guide to Starting Out and Getting On

The Publishing Business: A Guide to Starting Out and Getting On

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The Publishing Business is an essential introduction to the publishing industry, covering editorial, rights, design, production, sales, and marketing departments. It includes international examples and interviews with practitioners, and has been updated to reflect the role of self-publishing, independent publishers, audio books, poetry, and non-fiction.

Format: Hardback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 11 January 2024
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC


Are you considering a career in the world of publishing, or simply want to understand more about the industry? If so, The Publishing Business will take you through the essential publishing activities performed in editorial, rights, design, production, sales, and marketing departments.

International examples from across the industry, from children's books to academic monographs, demonstrate key responsibilities at each stage of the publishing process and how the industry is adapting to digital culture. This 3rd edition has been updated with more on the role of self-publishing, independent publishers, audiobooks, the rise of poetry and non-fiction, and how the industry is facing up to challenges of sustainability, inclusivity, and diversity.

Beautifully designed and full of insight and advice from practitioner interviews, this is an essential introduction to a dynamic industry.

Interviewees include:

Anne Meadows, commissioning editor at Granta and Portobello Books

Zaahida Nabagereka, head of social impact at Penguin Books UK

Ashleigh Gardner, senior vice president, managing director global publishing, Wattpad

Caroline Walsh, literary agent, David Higham Associates

Peter Blackstock, VP, deputy publisher, Grove Atlantic/Publisher, Grove Press UK

Amy Ellis, head of rights and permissions, publishers licensing services

Victoria Lawrance, rights manager, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Shaun Hodgkinson, COO, Dorling Kindersley

Thomas Truong, publishing director, Little Tiger Group

Jenny Blenk, associate editor, Dark Horse Comics

Jeanette Morton, digital publisher, Oxford University Press

Maria Vassilopoulos, publishing sales, Uni of Wales Press and Calon Books

Ian Lamb, head of children's marketing and publicity, Simon and Schuster


Dimension: 270 x 210 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781350260481
Edition number: 3 ed

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