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Assistant to CEO/Literary Agent (Trident Media Group, Full Time)

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Man Booker prize 2018: what are your predictions for the longlist?

The grandest contest in British literature is about to begin. Whose numbers will come up this year?

Sports fans still lamenting the end of Vladimir Putin’s football fiesta can perhaps console themselves with the opening round of the literary world’s favourite game: posh bingo. The Booker prize will unveil the runners and riders on this year’s longlist as Monday night turns into Tuesday morning.

So who will it be? Jostling this year to fill the slots generally reserved for former winners are Michael Ondaatje – fresh from his Golden Booker triumph – Pat Barker, Peter Carey, Alan Hollinghurst and Julian Barnes. Lining up to feature as American invaders are Anne Tyler, Richard Powers, Rachel Kushner and Madeline Miller, who face off against established home-team names such as Aminatta Forna, Jim Crace, Andrew Miller and Rachel Cusk. And could this be the year that Ali Smith finally gets a Booker prize? Or indeed Kate Atkinson – maybe Transcription will dictate this year’s conclusion.

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Literary Agent's Assistant (The Wylie Agency, Full Time)

The Wylie Agency is seeking a highly motivated individual to join its New York office as an entry-level assistant. Responsibilities will include reading and evaluating manuscripts, working with contracts and payments, assisting with client communications, and maintaining the smooth functioning of the office environment. You must be able to prioritize multiple tasks under the pressure of deadlines, employ critical thinking, and work well within a team. from macalester https://ift.tt/2NYWggg via https://ift.tt/2gNulE5

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Gareth Southgate prompts new round of an old game: cash-in books

His redemptive World Cup performance has set publishers chasing after a time-honoured goal: getting a hot topic on to shelves while it’s still warm. But can anyone beat a Michael Jackson biography written in 48 hours?

Not content with winning the hearts of a nation, or transforming the humble waistcoat into the coolest thing that’s ever come out of M&S, England’s sweetheart Gareth Southgate has now inspired the country’s publishers. While they chase Southgate, Harry Kane and the rest of the squad to write books after their World Cup success, some are not waiting for their involvement at all. Zero to Hero: The Southgate Story, by sports writer Rob Mason, is set to trace Southgate’s journey from “zero to hero”, from his start at Crystal Palace until this year’s World Cup. The biography, like HarperCollins’s similarly rushed England’s Heroes: A Tribute to Our Young Lions, is due out in just three weeks.

Celebrities capitalising on a brief glimpse of fame (there are a startling number of Love Island books); politicians using memoirs as a final hurrah before an autumnal career speaking to rooms of bored risk analysts; publishers scrambling to keep up with our rabid news cycle. Speedy cash-ins are a long, if not entirely respected, tradition. Aside from World Cup books, there are plenty more heading our way. The Thai cave rescue? Very likely, as three big publishers told the Wall Street Journal this week – but they have to be quick – one sceptic pooh-poohed the idea that readers would still care in “months” – an unimaginably distant future. How about the Novichok poisonings? On Tuesday, Pan Macmillan announced that it will publish “definitive” account The Skripal Files by Newsnight’s Mark Urban, in October – just seven months after the Salisbury attack and just in time for Christmas.

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Literary Agency Administrative Assistant (The Zoe Pagnamenta Agency, Part Time)

We are seeking a qualified part-time administrative assistant (2 days per week), with superb time management skills, to help with the day-to-day running of the agency, to start, ideally, by mid-September. The right candidate must have prior office experience and be an excellent multi-tasker, possess great attention to detail, a friendly phone demeanor, knowledge of MS Office, database skills, and ideally, some experience in publishing and a strong interest in making a career in publishing. from macalester https://ift.tt/2NYH1nB via https://ift.tt/2gNulE5

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Editorial Assistant, Trade (W.W. Norton, Full Time)

W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. is seeking an Editorial Assistant to join its Trade Editorial department. This position will support two trade editors. This is a full-time, entry level position based out of Norton’s headquarters in NYC. from macalester https://ift.tt/2NKJy4T via https://ift.tt/2gNulE5

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Foreign Rights Coordinator (Janklow & Nesbit Associates, Full Time)

Job Description: A Manhattan-based literary agency is looking for a full-time Foreign Rights Coordinator to liaise between our office and our co-agents based in the US and abroad. from macalester https://ift.tt/2Lb4znu via https://ift.tt/2gNulE5

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Marketing Assistant, Special Projects (Chronicle Books, Full Time)

Chronicle Books seeks a dedicated and detail-minded junior marketing professional to support our Marketing department in key project areas. This full-time, entry-level position will assist the Director of Children’s Marketing and the rest of the Marketing team. from macalester https://ift.tt/2Lb4xMo via https://ift.tt/2gNulE5

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Sourcing Content: Sara Sargent of HarperCollins Children’s Books on Working With Wattpad

HarperCollins Children's Books' executive editor Sara Sargent says she's 'combining a non-traditional way of sourcing books with traditional storytelling' with Wattpad.

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Editorial Assistant (New York University, Full Time)

Incumbent will work for two Editors at NYU Press. Responsibilities will include screening and review of unsolicited manuscripts. Assist with review and promotions procedures. Prepare manuscripts for copyediting and transmittal. Draft catalog and jacket copy. Draft and produce routine communications for supervisor's review. Arrange meetings, travel, conferences, and special events. Train, assign and review work of casuals and/or student employees. Complete other clerical duties as ... from macalester https://ift.tt/2L3XQyM via https://ift.tt/2gNulE5

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Books News: The Changing Face of Romance Novels

Some publishers are starting to acquire books written by black, Asian and other minority writers that feature more character diversity, but barriers remain. from macalester https://ift.tt/2udZR0W via https://ift.tt/2gNulE5

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Man Booker prizewinners criticise decision to allow US writers to enter

Peter Carey calls rule change ‘exercise in corporate branding’ and Julian Barnes says it is ‘daft’

Peter Carey and Julian Barnes have shared their doubts about the future of the Man Booker prize over its decision to allow American writers to enter, with Carey calling it “an exercise in global corporate branding” and Barnes labelling it “daft”.

Speaking at an event to mark 50 years of the prize at the Southbank Centre in London, the Australian author Carey – who won the prestigious literary prize for Oscar and Lucinda in 1988 and True History of the Kelly Gang in 2001 – said he felt the rule change had reduced the chances for Commonwealth authors.

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Academic publishing is broken. Here’s how to redesign it

The world of scholarly communication is broken. Giant, corporate publishers with racketeering business practices and profit margins that exceed Apple’s treat life-saving research as a private commodity to be sold at exorbitant profits. Only around 25% of the global corpus of research knowledge is open access, or accessible to the public for free and without …

The world of scholarly communication is broken. Giant, corporate publishers with racketeering business practices and profit margins that exceed Apple’s treat life-saving research as a private commodity to be sold at exorbitant profits. Only around 25% of the global corpus of research knowledge is open access, or accessible to the public for free and without subscription, which is a real impediment to resolving major problems, such as the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.

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Sales Assistant (Peter Lang Publishing, Full Time)

Peter Lang is seeking an energetic, highly organized, and independently motivated individual to support our sales and marketing department as a full-time sales assistant in our New York office. This assistant will work directly for the sales and marketing director and the role requires day to day administration to ensure that authors and customers receive the highest level of service. from macalester https://ift.tt/2LbUcQf via https://ift.tt/2gNulE5

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Mexican Booksellers and Digital Sales Infrastructure: Managing Metadata

Encouraged to 'exchange opinions, push yourself to create a network,' Mexico's booksellers at the CONTEC conference were challenged to adopt digital sales systems' support for retail.

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Audio Publishers Association Reports a 22.7-Percent Jump in 2017 Revenue

A six-year trend of double-digit growth year-over-year continues, according to the new report for 2017 from the US Audio Publishers Association. Audiobook sales last year totaled more than $2.5 billion.

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Sales and Metadata Assistant or Coordinator (The Experiment, Full Time)

The Experiment, a dynamic, +9-year-old independent nonfiction publisher based in New York, seeks a full-time Sales and Metadata Assistant or Coordinator, reporting to our executive director of marketing, publicity, and sales. Responsibilities include: from macalester https://ift.tt/2yPBxZ4 via https://ift.tt/2gNulE5