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"This is an excellent guide for all aspiring editorial staff and, indeed, established editors. Gill Davies gives a very clear and in-depth picture of how to acquire and live with an editorial job-title. Her information is delivered in an authoritative, brisk style with a dash of wry humour and clear enthusiasm for a job which can be both exciting, very rewarding and very nerve-racking. Established editors can also learn from this book and I shall happily recommend it to all the staff I help to train."
-Mary Tapissier Director, HR and Training, Hodder Headline Publishing
..."This is a first-class complete and measured account of everything that a commissioning editor needs to know."
-Richard Balkwill, Copy Train
..."The book is truly 'master and commander' of its subject. Its appeal to editors is obvious - whether they are new, aspiring, or 'old hands' - but Ms Davies' book should also be compulsory reading for publishing company directors, especially those chief executives or senior corporate accountants who believe in the book fairy, and who imagine that commissioning and editing good books is an easy and leisurely affair when compared to the real world of grappling with annual budgets and three-year forecasts
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-Richard Balkwill, Copy Train
..."Gill Davies' book has many outstanding qualities. Its single most remarkable feature is balance: it maintains the equilibrium between competing forces, whether the contest is between creative authors and target-bound editors; or between achieving intangible 'value-add', and ensuring quality through meticulous detail. The book shows at every turn that the author has lived in the difficult 'real world' of an author'saspirations and a company's commercial goals. To understand, even to reconcile these sometimes opposing demands, buy and read Gill's book."
-Richard Balkwill, Copy Train
-Mary Tapissier Director, HR and Training, Hodder Headline Publishing
..."This is a first-class complete and measured account of everything that a commissioning editor needs to know."
-Richard Balkwill, Copy Train
..."The book is truly 'master and commander' of its subject. Its appeal to editors is obvious - whether they are new, aspiring, or 'old hands' - but Ms Davies' book should also be compulsory reading for publishing company directors, especially those chief executives or senior corporate accountants who believe in the book fairy, and who imagine that commissioning and editing good books is an easy and leisurely affair when compared to the real world of grappling with annual budgets and three-year forecasts
."
-Richard Balkwill, Copy Train
..."Gill Davies' book has many outstanding qualities. Its single most remarkable feature is balance: it maintains the equilibrium between competing forces, whether the contest is between creative authors and target-bound editors; or between achieving intangible 'value-add', and ensuring quality through meticulous detail. The book shows at every turn that the author has lived in the difficult 'real world' of an author'saspirations and a company's commercial goals. To understand, even to reconcile these sometimes opposing demands, buy and read Gill's book."
-Richard Balkwill, Copy Train
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Since its first publication, this essential guide to book commissioning has established itself as the one and only 'must-read' for any successful editor, and the core training text used both within publishing houses and on publishing courses worldwide.
In this new edition, Davies concentrates on the essential skills of commissioning, as well as other editorial challenges such as handling new lists following mergers and takeovers, and the demands of digital technology. New case-studies have been added which illustrate the commercial and practical problems that editors must address in today's complex and demanding marketplace.
This book remains the one text that editors must have by their side throughout their careers.
In this new edition, Davies concentrates on the essential skills of commissioning, as well as other editorial challenges such as handling new lists following mergers and takeovers, and the demands of digital technology. New case-studies have been added which illustrate the commercial and practical problems that editors must address in today's complex and demanding marketplace.
This book remains the one text that editors must have by their side throughout their careers.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Neatly laid out and easy to follow, this book is a terrific introduction for aspiring Commissioning Editors. There is loads of solid, down to earth advice and some very useful checklists.
It will also give anyone entering or considering the publishing arena a terrific insider's view, a flavour for what goes on and an introduction to the terminology and mindsets of others in the business.
It will also give anyone entering or considering the publishing arena a terrific insider's view, a flavour for what goes on and an introduction to the terminology and mindsets of others in the business.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I'm currently using this book as part of my publishing course and I strongly feel that it is incredibly useful for anyone wishing to become a commissioning editor. It contains many tips and advice on how to become confident and successful in the job. Highly recommended.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I read the first edition of this book on my Publishing Masters course, and it was one of the most useful books on our reading lists. I bought the new edition after starting out in a publishing job, and it's just as useful in a professional capacity as it was in an academic one. It has great practical advice on all aspects of commissioning books. I would recommend it to any Commissioning or Acquisitions Editor, and also to editorial staff in general and to anyone aspiring to editorial work.
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