As I write this, I am at a publishing conference in Florida. One of the speakers just made a comment that was particularly relevant to this issue of Book Business; he said, “I’m amazed today at how many projects I work on that have an IT component as well as a production component.”
That is the very premise behind this issue’s “Your Hired!” feature. While it may not be the norm right now to provide your content in mobile format or to host webcasts to promote your authors or new titles, or even to share your financial reports with your investors, positions across the board are changing. Many publishing executives are being forced to learn new processes and technologies, and work more closely than ever before with other departments, whose jobs used to be quite disparate. And many publishing companies are embarking upon new digital endeavors where it would help to have some internal expertise.
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As I write this, I am at a publishing conference in Florida. One of the speakers just made a comment that was particularly relevant to this issue of Book Business; he said, “I’m amazed today at how many projects I work on that have an IT component as well as a production component.”
That is the very premise behind this issue’s “Your Hired!” feature. While it may not be the norm right now to provide your content in mobile format or to host webcasts to promote your authors or new titles, or even to share your financial reports with your investors, positions across the board are changing. Many publishing executives are being forced to learn new processes and technologies, and work more closely than ever before with other departments, whose jobs used to be quite disparate. And many publishing companies are embarking upon new digital endeavors where it would help to have some internal expertise.