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Oxford University at Exeter College, Oxford Shaye Areheart, Director Emma Skeels, Assistant Director Columbia Columbia Publishing Course at Publishing Course Oxford University at Exeter College, Oxford Shaye Areheart, Director Emma Skeels, Assistant Director For Information Columbia Publishing Course A Professional The Graduate School of Journalism Columbia University Experience in the 2950 Broadway, MC 3801 • New York, NY 10027 Business of Publishing In the UK: Columbia Publishing Course 06 September - Exeter College • Turl Street Oxford • OX1 3DP 01 October, 2021 Tel. +1 212-854-1898 A Program of the E-mail: [email protected] Columbia University Graduate @columbiapubcrse https://journalism.columbia.edu/publishing School of Journalism The Columbia Publishing Course The Columbia Publishing Course does not discriminate among applicants or students on the basis of race, at Exeter College, Oxford, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, is a twin of the book-publishing portion national origin, color, or disability. of the New York course. Columbia Publishing y Exeter College at Oxford. The Refectory and classrooms. Course areers in publishing have always attracted > Oxford has always been an important center of people with talent and energy and a love of publishing and learning. C reading. Those with a love of literature and > People who are certain book publishing is where language, a respect for the written word, an inquiring they intend to be after the course do not have to mind, and a healthy imagination are naturally drawn to endure the rigors of the magazine-digital portion of an industry that creates, informs, and entertains. the New York program. For many, publishing is more than a business; it is a > The course in New York is limited to 110 people, so vocation that constantly challenges and continuously Exeter enables us to help shepherd more people into educates. Choosing a career in publishing is a logical publishing, both in America and abroad. way to combine personal and professional interests > The course at Oxford is even more selective, with for people who have always loved books and who have only seventy seats available. worked on school publications or spent hours browsing > Many legendary publishing professionals in the in bookstores and libraries. United Kingdom took the course in America and The Columbia Publishing Course was originally returned home to create stunning careers for founded in 1947 at Radcliffe College in Cambridge, themselves. Now the same is true for Americans Massachusetts, where it thrived as the Radcliffe taking the course at Exeter, who return to the Publishing Course. States and are afforded the same respect and job In 2001, the course moved to Columbia University’s opportunities as the people who took the course Graduate School of Journalism in New York City, where a month and a half earlier in New York City. its strong legacy continues. In 2016 a sister course that Meanwhile, British citizens and others have met the focuses solely on book publishing was begun at Exeter crème de la crème of British publishing as well as College, Oxford, for several reasons: many of their future colleagues. The Publishing Course provides an intensive intro- while the London publishing community reaches out to duction to all aspects of book publishing, from evalua- graduates who are able to work in the United Kingdom. tions of original manuscripts to the sales and marketing See the “Career Planning and Placement” section for of finished products. Students learn from writers, editors, more information. publishers, design directors, marketing experts, and pub- licists: all are leaders in the industry, and many are course Course Faculty graduates. More than eighty publishing professionals The instructors and lecturers, drawn from all areas come to the course each September to describe the na- of the publishing industry, are recognized as experts in ture of their work, conduct a weeklong intensive book their fields. Many speakers are course regulars; others workshop, give illuminating seminars, and answer ques- are invited to speak because they are setting trends or tions in classroom discussions and informal sessions. challenging traditional methods. Students learn about publishing through a rigorous Faculty members represent publishing’s diversity: some schedule of lectures, seminars, and workshops and by are executives in multinational conglomerates, others are completing professionally evaluated assignments. successful entrepreneurs, some work with blockbuster By spending time with speakers and instructors in franchises, others strive to reach specialized markets. Due in-depth discussions, working on assignments after to the pandemic, we merged the 2020 Oxford and New classes end, and interacting with like-minded colleagues York courses to create a new and innovative virtual course. for four weeks, students take part in a total-immersion The detailed list of the 2020 faculty for that course (see program that cannot be duplicated by a series of part- following 2 pages) is representative of the high caliber of time courses. In the process, these students discover a instructors who teach at the course. capacity to assimilate and produce more than they ever imagined possible. Editing Seminars The Publishing Course allows students to compare A short seminar is held during the course to teach the opportunities in publishing, which helps them fundamentals of manuscript evaluation. Each student determine their career preferences—from editor to reads an unpublished manuscript and writes a reader’s publicist, from foreign rights associate to literary report recommending whether or not to publish. agent, and so forth. Students study every element of Students meet in small groups with editors to discuss the process: manuscript evaluation, agenting, editing, the editing process and methods of evaluation. design, production, publicity, subsidiary rights, sales, e-books, and marketing. Students also learn Book Workshop about various types of publishing houses, publishing The weeklong book workshop is an intensive, strategies, and career paths. The class then divides collaborative simulation that requires interaction with into small groups for a seven-day book workshop. Each writers, agents, and illustrators as students apply what workshop group simulates the operation of a publishing they have learned in lectures. house, giving students a chance to apply what they’ve Each group forms a hypothetical publishing learned and gain hands-on experience in a particular company that develops six potential titles for area of book publishing. publication. Students are responsible for determining The final week of the Publishing Course ties together the company’s editorial mission, evaluating book ideas everything students have learned in the previous three and manuscripts, and contacting authors and agents. weeks and features additional career guidance. They create marketing, publicity, and subsidiary rights plans for each book and present their titles to the class The Columbia Publishing Course provides an at a simulated rights auction. They design book jackets, unparalleled overview of the entire publishing process, set production specs, and use computer models to teaches basic publishing skills, and offers students the create financial projections for each title and for the opportunity to meet and learn from top publishing publishing house as a whole. professionals. At the end of the workshop, top publishing leaders carefully evaluate each group’s results, giving constructive New York City and London criticism and real-world feedback. These workshops equip The New York City publishing community welcomes students with the practical knowledge, experience, and students of the Oxford course to various special events, confidence needed to succeed in their careers. Wendy Lamb Morgan Entrekin Jordan Pavlin Daniel Halpern Peggy Samedi Jonny Diamond Jane Dystel Niko Pfund Fiona McCrae Michael Reynolds 2020 Book Program Publicity and the Book , Assistant Director of Publicity, Crown, Penguin Book Keynote Gwyneth Stansfield Random House Jordan Pavlin, Senior Vice President and Editorial Director, Alfred A. Knopf The Adventurous Path to Tor.com Ecco at Fifty Carl Engle-Laird, Associate Editor, Tor.com Publishing Daniel Halpern, President and Publisher, Ecco Sales Panel Diversity in the Publishing Industry Leora Bernstein, National Account Manager, Simon and Schuster Bob Miller, President and Publisher, Flatiron Books Lis Kingren-Hawkins, Sales Operations Manager, Simon and Schuster Avi Molder, Institutional Sales Operations Manager, W. W. Norton Where It All Begins: Middle Grade and Young Adult Books Wendy Lamb, Consulting VP and Publishing Director, Wendy Lamb Book Editorial Seminar Books, Penguin Random House Micaela Carr, Assistant Editor, HarperCollins Sylvan Creekmore, Associate Editor, St. Martin’s Press Book Ideas Mia Council, Assistant Editor, Penguin Press Bruce Tracy, Former Senior Editor, Workman Publishing Company Rose Fox, Associate Editor, The Dial Press Academic Publishing Logan Harper, Associate Literary Agent, Trident Media Group Niko Pfund, President and Academic Publisher, Oxford University Press Madeline Jones, Associate Editor, Henry Holt & Company The Agents Panel Camille Kellogg, Assistant Editor, Macmillan Publishers Sloan Harris, Agent, Partner and Co-Head, ICM Partners Zack Knoll, Associate Editor, Simon & Schuster Esther Newberg, Agent, Partner and Co-Head, ICM Partners Aemilia Phillips, Associate Agent, Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency Amy Williams, Agent and Founder, The Williams Company
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