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So You Want to Be an Editor? A New Editor’s Tips and Tricks for Breaking into the Publishing Industry

So You Want to Be an Editor? A New Editor’s Tips and Tricks for Breaking into the Publishing Industry

Hi there! Allow me to introduce myself (because let’s be honest, you’ve never heard of me). My name is Kayla Hechsel and I am the newest editor to join the Lerner Publishing Group editorial team. I’m not new to Lerner or the publishing industry though. I was working as our Editorial Assistant for a year […]Read more "So You Want to Be an Editor? A New Editor’s Tips and Tricks for Breaking into the Publishing Industry"
Meet a Lerner: Cully Beisell

Meet a Lerner: Cully Beisell

Read an interview with Cully Beisell (pictured above with Harry Lerner), who recently celebrated her 45th anniversary at Lerner!  How did you get your first job at the company? In which departments have you worked? Lerner was looking for their very first receptionist and the editorial director contacted a friend of his who taught business […]Read more "Meet a Lerner: Cully Beisell"
A Book Designer’s View of ALA 2017

A Book Designer’s View of ALA 2017

By Danielle Carnito, Trade Art Director Last month, I had the opportunity to travel to the 2017 American Library Association (ALA) conference. In between the whirlwind of meetings, celebrations, events, signings, and running—literally running—to and from various rooms to hear ALA celebrity librarians and authors pontificate about topics dear to us book people, I found […]Read more "A Book Designer’s View of ALA 2017"