News That Isn’t Great For Anxious People: I have been told by my past three internships that I shouldn’t start applying to publishing jobs (or internships) until, at the earliest, April. April. APRIL. For anyone who’s a senior graduating in May, you can imagine how stressful and anxiety riveting this could be. While all your …
Forget About the Classics
If you’re an English major, there’s a pretty good chance you’ve read a couple of classics in your day. You’ll hear time and time again that the classics are a pivotal part of your education. And that’s true. But will the number of classics you read really be important after college? Reading classics have a …
Reader’s Reports and Their Benefits
You will be doing a good amount of work in a publishing internship. One thing I will note is that you will be reading – a lot. (Which is good, because it prepares you for a future within publishing.) You will also be giving your recommendation to agents or editors about the manuscripts you read. …
The Big 5 and The Job Search
For anyone within or interested in a career in publishing, the term “The Big 5” is very well known. This refers to the major five publishing companies: Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, Macmillan Publishers, Penguin Random House, and Simon & Schuster. This link shows the further breakdown of these houses by their imprints, and really demonstrates …