A publicity director at HarperCollins Children’s Books with over a decade of experience in the publishing industry, Caroline Sun has seen her share of highs and lows, new initiatives and impactful children’s books. Today she shares a few memorable lessons from her career with us at YPG, as well as some of the changes...
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Tiffany Kim is a Production Assistant at Penguin Group. Her team produces books for several of Penguin’s many imprints, including Dutton, Putnam Trade, Blue Rider Press Trade, DAW, and Plume. I sat down with Tiffany one summer Friday afternoon to talk about her career path so far, what it takes to work in Production,...
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Innovative, passionate, and focused, Dawn Davis has a vision for publishing and promoting diverse books, and a talent for discovering unique, empowering stories across a variety of genres. As Vice President and Publisher of 37 INK, an imprint within the Atria publishing group at Simon & Schuster, her efforts bring a special sense of...
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It’s becoming clear that digital video has a transformative power to shape our industry. Online viewer patterns increase by 50% a year and millions of hours of film are uploaded every day. The new content producers, marketers, and consumers are all on Youtube, Vimeo, Instagram and other video sharing sites, and it’s clear that digital video...
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YPG recently sat down with Suzie Townsend, Literary Agent at New Leaf Literary & Media, Inc. to talk about her start in the industry, what she’s learned since then, and how she’s been a part of shaping the New Adult genre. YPG: How did you begin your career? Did you know you wanted to...
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YPG Digital is invited to join the AAP’s Professional and Scholarly Publishing Committee as they hear from guest speaker, Darren Carter, Principal of NYC SEM at its next meeting on Friday, November 21st from 12:30-1:30pm at the AAP New York office. Darren will discuss Google AdWords: How to Avoid the Mistakes that Cost. Darren...
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Each YPG Spotlight features a different position in our industry. Whether you’re looking to move over to a new department, break into the industry, or just learn more about each step in the publishing process, we hope you find this series informative and interesting!
Here we talk to Ellen Maddy, a Digital Books Assistant Producer...
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Recently YPG spoke with Megan Tingley, Senior VP, Publisher, at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers at Hachette Book Group, to get insights on her path to publishing and (what else?) Twilight. Read on for the scoop!
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At the conclusion of last month’s HR event on next career steps for young industry employees, the three panelists fielded specific questions from curious audience members. Responses to a selection of those questions posed in this piece!
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On Tuesday, October 16, a crowd of 100 YPG members packed into the AAP’s offices on Fifth Avenue for a panel discussion on career moves in publishing. Three human resources representatives from Big Six companies were on hand to share their thoughts--all were in agreement that they were a huge help!
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