One of my recent projects has been to conduct a sales analysis of award-winning titles for the Coretta Scott King awards and the Pura Belpre awards across the three Houghton Mifflin Harcourt imprints: Houghton Mifflin, Harcourt, and Clarion.Having some experience with sales figures from my previous career as the children's book buyer for the Odyssey … Continue reading What I Learned From My Fall Internship, Part 2
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What I Learned From My Fall Internship, Part 1
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Let me tell ya - it works!After literally months of job searching, cover letter-writing, resume-restructuring, informational interviews, actual job interviews, nail biting, and losing sleep, I have an announcement to make: As of Monday, October 4, 2010, I will be the new Sales Assistant/Receptionist for Beacon … Continue reading What I Learned From My Fall Internship, Part 1
What I Learned From My Summer Internship, Part 3
Good news on the summer internship front: It has now been extended into a fall internship. Hooray!Beginning today, for the next 10 weeks (or until I find a full-time position), I will remain the Children's Editorial Intern, now working directly with Kate O'Sullivan, Senior Editor at Houghton Mifflin, as well as with other HMH children's … Continue reading What I Learned From My Summer Internship, Part 3
What I Learned From My Summer Internship, Part 2
Today I want to share two issues I learned about this summer that had not previously occurred to me as problems editors encounter.The first issue involves an author an editor has worked with before. Say Editor A has published Book B by Author C. Author C's agent then continues to submit Author C's work to … Continue reading What I Learned From My Summer Internship, Part 2
What I Learned From My Summer Internship, Part 1
I can hardly believe that one week from Friday, my internship with Houghton Mifflin will be over. Ten weeks wasn't nearly enough time to fully absorb everything, yet I also learned so much from the wonderful editors I've worked with this summer.Margaret Raymo, Kate O'Sullivan, and Erica Zappy were the Editors "on location" in the … Continue reading What I Learned From My Summer Internship, Part 1
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