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Publishing,
Editing &
Authorship
is a career community focused on the production, design and distribution of literary and digital publications.
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This career community focuses on the production, design, and distribution of literary and digital publications. Positions in this field value the creative exchange of ideas and information. Professionals write, edit, create content, and develop communications for a variety of platforms.
Work in this community includes traditional book editing and publishing, magazines, e-zines, communications, self-publishing, creative writing, and screenwriting. Employers include independent, regional, university, and nonprofit presses, in print, and the audiobook industry. Roles can include practicing writers, administrators, and those that promote writers via agents, editors, book sellers, and designers.
Successful professionals must be detail-oriented, self-directed, and ambitious to function within this competitive industry and field.