Publishing Insight

In this episode I interviewed Silvia Dell'Amore, Marketing Assistant at Bloomsbury Academic. We have talked about what it is like to look for a job in publishing as a non-native English speaker, the main differences between academic and trade marketing and the importance of networking and gaining knowledge about all the different departments in a publishing house.
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Books mentioned: 

- The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger; 

- Plainsong by Kent Haruf; 

- It by Stephen King. 

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In this episode, I interviewed Dan Raymond-Barker (on Twitter @danraybar), Books Sales and Marketing Manager at Myriad-New Internationalist. We have talked about what it means to work in a co-operative, the most important skills for aspiring book marketeers and the most interesting marketing campaign he has noticed this year.
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Books mentioned: - Blacklisted by Dave Smith and Phil Chamberlain; - One World, a global anthology of short stories; - The Kennedy Moment by Peter Adamson; - Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor; - The Reservoir Tapes by Jon McGregor; - If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things by Jon McGregor; - Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie; - True Grit by Charles Portis. 

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In this episode I talk about working in Children’s Editorial and how to get your dream job, with Christine Modafferi (on Twitter @christinemodaff), Editorial Assistant for Children’s Non-Fiction at Bloomsbury.
Update: blog post interview with Christine in June 2020 - https://www.publishing-insight.com/post/2-years-later-christine-modafferi
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Books mentioned: - Olobob Top: The Amazing World of Olobob Top by Leigh Hodgkinson and Steve Smith; - Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World by Kate Pankhurst; - The Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan; - Moth by Isabel Thomas and Daniel Egnéus; - We Come Apart by Sarah Crossan; - Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson.

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For this first episode, all about working in Editorial, I visited Penguin Random House offices in London to interview Simon Winder, Publishing Director at Penguin Press and Ellen Davies (on Twitter @ellenannedavies), Editorial Assistant.
Update: blog post interview with Ellen in May 2020 - https://www.publishing-insight.com/post/2-years-later-ellen-johl
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Books mentioned: - Underground Asia by Tim Harper; - Kudos by Rachel Cusk; - Good Night stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo; - 12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson; - Penguin Monarchs series; - The Penguin Book of the Contemporary British Short Story by Philip Hensher; - Trans-Europe Express by Owen Hatherley; - Vertigo by Joanna Walsh; - Swing Time by Zadie Smith; - First Love by Gwendoline Riley; - The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh; - The Mothers by Brit Bennett; - Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney; - Familiar Stranger by Stuart Hall.

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Hi! I’m Flavia Marcocci, your host, and in this introductory episode, I share the reasons why I've decided to produce this podcast series and what you can expect from Publishing Insight. Thank you so much for listening!

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