Saturday, October 30, 2010

Five Things You Need Working in Publishing

  1. A shoe addiction, as strange as that sounds. Everybody in my department wears the most amazing shoes. I feel like I'm surrounded by Carrie Bradshaws.

  2. Nice penmanship. I send out a lot of review copies that have been requested, meaning I have to handwrite the addresses.

  3. A good barista. The one closest to my office is a little dodgy. Must explore area further.

  4. Enormous personal strength. Otherwise I will blow all of my money on expensive clothes every lunchbreak. Working two minutes away from the heart of Sydney's shopping district is difficult.

  5. The ability to bullshit. Writing press releases is a fine art of reworking a book's blurd into something similiar yet fresh. Add a few images, author bio and positive reviews and presto! Press release.
Week one is complete and I think I'm going to like it here. Week two lies ahead.

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