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NYU students prepare for publishing jobs

NEW YORK — Book publishing may be an industry that never stops predicting its own demise or mourning better days, but it remains golden enough for young people such as Lindsay Neff.

“It’s the big time, it’s where everything happens,” says Neff, 22, a Stow, Ohio, native who recently graduated from the College of Wooster with a double major in English and philosophy. “I’ve always loved reading and I’ve always loved writing and I’ve always enjoyed analyzing texts. So that’s what really did it for me and made me want to be in publishing.”

Neff is among some 100 young women and men who attended the Summer Publishing Institute at New York University’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies, where CEOs, editors, booksellers, agents and recruiters give talks and teach seminars, and students immerse themselves in a business that has changed, and not changed, in profound ways.

The programs remain in high demand even through the worst of news about the industry. The decline and impending liquidation of the Borders superstore chain has not deterred NYU student Ben Zarov, a graduate of Grinnell College in Iowa. Borders’ fall makes Zarov “fear that people don’t care about books,” but he still believes that it’s possible to “make things better” and he wants a career in publishing.

“It seems like an excellent way to engage in the world of ideas. I like reading and it (publishing) is a way to participate in the national conversation, what people are talking about and what people are reading,” says Zarov, 23 and a native of Portland, Ore.

The students share an old-fashioned love of books and a modern willingness to read them in new ways. E-books are now more than 20 percent of the overall market, more than double the rate of a year ago, and a simple show of hands at NYU demonstrates the advance.

Publishers and school officials also say students are more business-minded and better informed than a decade ago. Lindy Hess, who directs Columbia’s book program, says most students initially wanted to be editors, but by the end were also considering marketing, sales and other departments. NYU publishing student Darcy Latta, who majored in English literature at the University of Pittsburgh, says she is interested in publicity because she loves how “business departments combine the creative and commercial aspects of the industry.”

“When I first met with students, they all wanted to be on the editorial side,” says Jane Friedman, the former CEO of HarperCollins who co-founded the digital publisher Open Road Integrated Media. “Now, they’re all thinking about marketing and even if they want to be an editor eventually, they’re willing to try different things.

For all my fellow teachers...any advice?

Have you considered teaching abroad? There are many teachers in your situation who are frustrated trying to get a permanent position in a school and level in which they feel comfortable and where they feel they are making a valuable contribution.

For someone holding their teaching credentials, there are many positions in locations nearly the world, as long as you have your TESOL certification. Many countries are crying out for native English teachers.

I taught in Indonesia for nearly five being and would say that it was life-changing and one of the best decisions I ever made. It allowed me to gain valuable teaching experience and to immerse myself in another culture.

Currently Korea is the strongest ESL market. Generally speaking it is the most lucrative in set alight of the cost of living and benefits for teachers with minimal experience. There are many other countries that are looking for native English teachers as well.

For more information about different teaching opportunities and about getting TESOL certified, you can refer to Oxford Seminars’ website: http://www.oxfordseminars.com .

I hope this information is helpful. All the best in your teaching career.

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