I have wonderful friends and a really fun job and my bookshelf is fantastic. I might not have the traditional trappings of success, but that’s OK. I may never own a home or a car (hell, I might never have my own washer/dryer), but I love what I do every day. I certainly don’t work in the book industry for the money. The Career Development and CPS Advising Team are teaming up to host the CPS Career Kickstarter, where the Career Development Team will present a workshop. I wish I could’ve told college-age me that there are many different ways to feel fulfilled. In your recent Buzzfeed essay, you speak about living in NYC and working in publishing necessitating a certain lifestyle, what about this lifestyle do you wish you had known before moving and starting out in publishing? I believe that even though the industry is flawed, there are enough smart, passionate people who care about books to keep us going. I’ve met many talented people working in all aspects of publishing. I’ve learned that almost nothing is as dire as publishing-related headlines on Twitter make it sound. How have your many different roles in publishing, including author, shaped your relationship with the industry as a whole? That includes: radio, sales and marketing. There are so many different ways we can continue to innovate within the industry (and outside of it!) even as we remain focused on bringing great books to readers. This is open to all UNT students and is geared towards those interested in the media. Working at Kickstarter has made me feel more optimistic about the future of publishing than I’ve ever felt. What value has this job brought to the way you think about book business as a whole and your own relationship to books? Some of my best leads and best ideas have been generated by having casual chats with friends. As I try to educate the publishing community about Kickstarter and to think of the myriad ways people who love books can use it, it’s so helpful to run ideas by the authors and literary agents and editors and booksellers I know. Along the way I’ve worked with and befriended lots of smart people who have seen the industry from many sides. I’ve had lots of different experiences in the publishing industry-I was an editor, I worked at two retailers, and I’m an author. In what ways did your previous jobs or internships prepare you for what you do currently? This can mean lots of different things: helping authors gain funds to self-publish books, helping traditionally published authors to do extensive book tours or raise the funds to research their next book. It could also mean helping a literary magazine launch its annual season, or a reading series to get off the ground. I help people make great publishing projects on Kickstarter. How do you explain your current job to people? Loving to read books and talking about them with other people who love books is still my primary motivation. Radcliffe is where I learned the professional value of unabashed enthusiasm. I called it Book Camp–it was a lovely bubble in which I and my classmates learned about the publishing industry from some of its most compelling leaders, while living in a dorm and not having to do any of the grunt work that would imminently follow in our early careers. I was a member of the last of class of the Radcliffe Publishing Course (now the Columbia Publishing Course). What was your first exposure to book business and what were the most important things you gained from it? She’s also the creator of Slaughterhouse 90210, a blog and soon-to-be book ( Flatiron Books, 2015) that celebrates the intersection of her two great loves–literature and TV. She was previously the Editorial Director of Digital Content for Barnes & Noble/NOOK and a book editor at Free Press/Simon & Schuster and Counterpoint/Basic Books. Applications from new Kickstart gateways will close on 28 January 2021 and all employers can apply directly online from 3 February 2021.Īdded Kickstart Scheme terms and conditions.Īdded 'Find someone to apply for a Kickstart Scheme grant on your behalf' to the collection.Īdded employer contacts page to the collection.Maris Kreizman is a Publishing Community Manager at Kickstarter. Updated page to say applications for Kickstart Scheme funding closed at midday on 17 December 2021.Įmployers and gateways must check the deadlines for the tasks they need to complete as part of the Kickstart Scheme.Īdded information about Kickstart Scheme applications closing on 17 December 2021 and that job start dates have been extended to 31 March 2022.Īdded information about changes to the Kickstart Scheme announced on 25 January 2021. Updated page because the deadline for telling us that the young person has started their job has now passed.
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