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Interested in entering the book publishing world? There are several job options to consider, depending on your interests, specialty, and your college major.
Book publishing jobs fall into several categories, to which several majors are applicable:
- Art and design
- Audio
- Education
- Human resources
- Internet development
- Legal/contracts
- Marketing
- Production
- Publicity
- Purchasing
- Subsidiary rights and permissions
- Editorial
- Finance
- Information technology
- Internet/computer related
- Managing editorial
- Operations
- Promotion
- Publisher's office
- Sales
A book editor works closely with a writer to ready a book for publication, as well as searches for promising authors.
A copy editor weeds out typos and works in a variety of media to polish the book and prepare it for publication.
A literary agent represents a writers, and then sells the writer's books to the book editor. This job requires experienced recognition of literary talent.
Literary scouts search out books that can be brought to the silver screen or published in a foreign country
A publicist, simply put, works to create publicity for the books and authors of a publishing house.
An internship is perhaps the best way to break into the publishing world, as well as to learn what areas you are best at.
An editorial assistant is often a stepping stone to becoming an associate and even senior editor.
As a production assistant you will be closely involved with the design and development of the physical book itself, working with the copy editors, binders, and designers to create an impressive book look.
There are many other jobs available in the publishing world, including working with audiobooks, maintaining websites, dealing with legal and copyright issues, and various secretarial and assistant jobs related to the aforementioned positions.
Job search sites:
- Bookjobs.com
- Publishingcentral.com
- Bookcatcher.com (freelance jobs)
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