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A Life in Publishing? Long-Term
Career Planning
Deborah Gershenowitz,
Senior Commissioning Editor, US and Latin
American History
Cambridge University Press
FLEXIBILITY
EYES WIDE OPEN
TIMING IS EVERYTHING
A twenty year saga.
Forks in the Road / Curveballs
•American Historical Review: I want to be a book editor now, not a professor.
•No experience! OK, I’ll edit a magazine for UK Insurance brokers instead of history books.
•Reference publishing: Not the type of book I want, but at least the subject is right.
•Trade publishing only works at a tried and true trade house: Maybe academic is a better fit for me.
•Law comes with the job: I guess it’s worth it if I can also do history.
•The Promised Land! For now, at least.
Goal Job
History Professor MA/PhD program
Book Editor (history) Business-to-business magazine
Commissioning Editor
(trade history)
Project editor, history reference books
Commissioning editor, trade history
Commissioning Editor
(academic history)
Commissioning editor, law and history (small
university press)
Senior commissioning editor, history (large
university press)
MY CAREER PATH
Book Title
Author Name• Embrace the entire publishing industry, not just
the job you think you’re destined to have.
• Accept tasks that may fall outside your job remit.
• Publishing is in a continual state of flux. Learn to
accept this and maybe even welcome it.
• Anything you learn from one job, you can use in
the next job.
FLEXIBILITY
EYES WIDE OPEN
• DO: Attend industry conferences.
• DON’T: Confuse them with job fairs.
• DO: Seek mentors.
• DON’T: Expect them to hire you.
• DO: Interview for promising jobs at other firms.
• DON’T: Interview for jobs only to leverage your position at
your current firm.
• DO: Have a Plan B.
• DON’T: Discount other publishing roles or sectors, or maybe
even other industries outside of publishing.
TIMING IS EVERYTHING
• Point-of-entry to publishing can range from teen years to middle-age and beyond.
• Saying no to a job offer doesn’t mean doors to other jobs – or even that very job at
a later date – are closed.
• It’s not about how many years you spend at a job, it’s about what you learn at it.
• Publishing professionals can have as many lives as cats do if they’re flexible.
Thank you!
dgershenowitz@cambridge.org

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  • 1. A Life in Publishing? Long-Term Career Planning Deborah Gershenowitz, Senior Commissioning Editor, US and Latin American History Cambridge University Press
  • 3. A twenty year saga. Forks in the Road / Curveballs •American Historical Review: I want to be a book editor now, not a professor. •No experience! OK, I’ll edit a magazine for UK Insurance brokers instead of history books. •Reference publishing: Not the type of book I want, but at least the subject is right. •Trade publishing only works at a tried and true trade house: Maybe academic is a better fit for me. •Law comes with the job: I guess it’s worth it if I can also do history. •The Promised Land! For now, at least. Goal Job History Professor MA/PhD program Book Editor (history) Business-to-business magazine Commissioning Editor (trade history) Project editor, history reference books Commissioning editor, trade history Commissioning Editor (academic history) Commissioning editor, law and history (small university press) Senior commissioning editor, history (large university press) MY CAREER PATH
  • 4. Book Title Author Name• Embrace the entire publishing industry, not just the job you think you’re destined to have. • Accept tasks that may fall outside your job remit. • Publishing is in a continual state of flux. Learn to accept this and maybe even welcome it. • Anything you learn from one job, you can use in the next job. FLEXIBILITY
  • 5. EYES WIDE OPEN • DO: Attend industry conferences. • DON’T: Confuse them with job fairs. • DO: Seek mentors. • DON’T: Expect them to hire you. • DO: Interview for promising jobs at other firms. • DON’T: Interview for jobs only to leverage your position at your current firm. • DO: Have a Plan B. • DON’T: Discount other publishing roles or sectors, or maybe even other industries outside of publishing.
  • 6. TIMING IS EVERYTHING • Point-of-entry to publishing can range from teen years to middle-age and beyond. • Saying no to a job offer doesn’t mean doors to other jobs – or even that very job at a later date – are closed. • It’s not about how many years you spend at a job, it’s about what you learn at it. • Publishing professionals can have as many lives as cats do if they’re flexible.