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Publishing Frontier
— Peter Brantley et al Persona Non Data
— Michael Cairns BookSquare
— Kassia Krozser Shimenawa
— Peter Brantley Tools of Change for Publishing
— O’Reilly et al Start With XML
— O’Reilly, Idea Logical, et al Exact Editions
— Adam Hodgkin Brave New World
— Martyn Daniels The Average Joe
— Joe Wikert if:book
— Institute for the Future of the Book Teleread
— David Rothman et al Joho The Blog!
— David Weinberger Lorcan Dempsey’s blog
— Lorcan Dempsey The Digitalist
— Pan Macmillan staff Print is Dead
— Jeff Gomez Galleycat
— Mediabistro
— Peter Brantley et al Persona Non Data
— Michael Cairns BookSquare
— Kassia Krozser Shimenawa
— Peter Brantley Tools of Change for Publishing
— O’Reilly et al Start With XML
— O’Reilly, Idea Logical, et al Exact Editions
— Adam Hodgkin Brave New World
— Martyn Daniels The Average Joe
— Joe Wikert if:book
— Institute for the Future of the Book Teleread
— David Rothman et al Joho The Blog!
— David Weinberger Lorcan Dempsey’s blog
— Lorcan Dempsey The Digitalist
— Pan Macmillan staff Print is Dead
— Jeff Gomez Galleycat
— Mediabistro
PUBLISHERS LUNCH JOB BOARD:
Strategic Marketing Analyst
By Macmillan, Full Time
Friday February 12, 2010, 12:01 AM EST
Director of Intellectual Property Development - Children's Books
By HarperCollins Publishers, Full Time
Friday February 12, 2010, 12:01 AM EST
Sales Representative
By Oxford University Press, Full Time
Friday February 12, 2010, 12:01 AM EST
Online Marketing Coordinator - Children's Books
By HarperCollins Publishers, Full Time
Friday February 12, 2010, 12:01 AM EST
Marketing associate/Coordinator
By Oxford University Press, Full Time
Friday February 12, 2010, 12:01 AM EST
Freelance Copywriter
By HarperCollins Publishers, Freelance
Friday February 12, 2010, 12:01 AM EST
HMH Boston seeking a Sales Rep - Specialty Markets
By Hougton Mifflin Harcourt, Full Time
Friday February 12, 2010, 12:01 AM EST
Cookbook Art Director
By New York Publisher, Freelance
Friday February 12, 2010, 12:01 AM EST
Publicist
By San Francisco Book Publisher, Full Time
Friday February 12, 2010, 12:01 AM EST
SALES REPRESENTATIVE
By Palgrave Macmillan, Full Time
Friday February 12, 2010, 12:01 AM EST
Senior Publicist, Hudson Street Press & Plume
By Penguin Group, Full Time
Friday February 12, 2010, 12:01 AM EST
Editor
By PlayBac Publishing, Full Time
Friday February 12, 2010, 12:01 AM EST
Assistant Editor - Books
By The Taunton Press, Full Time
Friday February 12, 2010, 12:01 AM EST
Senior Acquisitions Editor - Books
By The Taunton Press, Full Time
Friday February 12, 2010, 12:01 AM EST
By Macmillan, Full Time
Friday February 12, 2010, 12:01 AM EST
Director of Intellectual Property Development - Children's Books
By HarperCollins Publishers, Full Time
Friday February 12, 2010, 12:01 AM EST
Sales Representative
By Oxford University Press, Full Time
Friday February 12, 2010, 12:01 AM EST
Online Marketing Coordinator - Children's Books
By HarperCollins Publishers, Full Time
Friday February 12, 2010, 12:01 AM EST
Marketing associate/Coordinator
By Oxford University Press, Full Time
Friday February 12, 2010, 12:01 AM EST
Freelance Copywriter
By HarperCollins Publishers, Freelance
Friday February 12, 2010, 12:01 AM EST
HMH Boston seeking a Sales Rep - Specialty Markets
By Hougton Mifflin Harcourt, Full Time
Friday February 12, 2010, 12:01 AM EST
Cookbook Art Director
By New York Publisher, Freelance
Friday February 12, 2010, 12:01 AM EST
Publicist
By San Francisco Book Publisher, Full Time
Friday February 12, 2010, 12:01 AM EST
SALES REPRESENTATIVE
By Palgrave Macmillan, Full Time
Friday February 12, 2010, 12:01 AM EST
Senior Publicist, Hudson Street Press & Plume
By Penguin Group, Full Time
Friday February 12, 2010, 12:01 AM EST
Editor
By PlayBac Publishing, Full Time
Friday February 12, 2010, 12:01 AM EST
Assistant Editor - Books
By The Taunton Press, Full Time
Friday February 12, 2010, 12:01 AM EST
Senior Acquisitions Editor - Books
By The Taunton Press, Full Time
Friday February 12, 2010, 12:01 AM EST