I Knew Publishing was Tough These Days…
Great article in The Times by Julie Bosman about how recent college grads are clamoring to be admitted to Columbia’s annual six-week graduate school in publishing. The competition to get in is higher than ever as those entering the field want to hear whether e-books are going to kill traditional publishing or save it.
But the sentence that really caught my eye was this one:
“The chosen candidates tend to emerge from college with impressive résumés: some have journalism degrees, successful climbs of Mount Kilimanjaro or stints working in independent bookstores or for literary magazines.”
So the big three differentiators between the merely above average and those worthy of entering the world of publishing: journalism degrees, working in a bookstore… or making it all the way to the top of one of the highest mountains in the world. Guess that last one comes in handy as you climb your way to the corner office.
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Tags: Columbia University, e-books, Julie Bosman, New York Times, publishing, recent college grads
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July 18, 2011 at 8:20 am
That is such an odd list construction, both in content and in structure.
Yeesh. How is the publishing world supposed to thrive if jobs in it are incredibly insurmountable?
“Give us your tired, your poor, your rock climbing masses …”