“You will not believe how full this place will be once the Fair starts,” Katie Morris, the event manager for the London Book Fair (LBF), told us when we first visited the Olympia venue two days before it started. She was right: no one could have prepared any of us, the four NYU M.S. in Publishing: Digital and Print Media students who were helping at the 2017 London Book Fair, for what happens during those three amazing days. On Sunday, Olympia was completely empty except for the crews setting up stands. As soon as LBF started, the halls were filled with publishers and agents talking about the latest news in the industry: Penguin Random House’s $65 million deal with the Obamas, what Brexit means for the British publishing industry, and all the titles that were generating buzz in the International Rights Center.
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Alumni Spotlight: Designing for Life
For our latest “Alumni Spotlight,” we would like to tell you about Christina Quintero, who graduated from NYU’s MS Publishing: Digital & Print Media program in 2010. She was awarded the Oscar Dystel Fellowship for demonstrating a strong command of her academic studies as well as remarkable creativity, inventive ideas, and dedication to a career in book publishing. She currently works as the Executive Art Director of Licensing and Intellectual Property at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. Her favorite book as a child was Roald Dahl’s Matilda. MS in Publishing: Digital and Print Media student Alysyn Reinhardt spoke with Christina about everything from how the program helped her career to what she does all day on the job: [Read more…] about Alumni Spotlight: Designing for Life
Not on the Lesson Plan: Fall Faculty Fun Facts
Of course, their primary passion is teaching our bright and eager NYU MS in Publishing: Digital and Print Media students. But that’s not to say that the new members of our graduate faculty this fall don’t have some intriguing interests which they pursue outside the classroom and outside their jobs as major publishing leaders. A super nose for wine? Gigs acting and playwriting? How about a previous life naming colors for J. Crew? You name it, we’ve got it in the classroom this fall. Read on to learn some fun facts about your professors.
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Ask Our Alumni: Reflections from SPI 2015 Graduates
Every year at this time, the Summer Publishing Institute inboxes are flooded with emails from prospective students asking about course work, schedules, housing, networking, life in New York and so much more. We understand! Attending SPI is a dream come true for many of our students—one that gets increasingly stressful the more you think about moving to New York, making friends, and landing that first real job in publishing.
Instead of telling you about it, we decided to let the Class of 2015 speak their minds and answer your questions. After all, they were asking the same things just last summer!
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Behind the Bestsellers: Hilderbrand, Gladwell and Stine Take the NYU Stage
Adults clutching worn childhood copies of Goosebumps and Fear Street books mingled with Malcolm Gladwell aficionados and devoted Elin Hilderbrand fans, along with students from the NYU School of Professional Studies M.S. in Publishing: Digital and Print Media program, faculty, and alumni from the program and across the school. This was quite the occasion: for the first time in 17 NYU Media Talk panels, authors took the stage to divulge their views on all sorts of literary topics including the value of criticism, the author/agent relationship, and their first paid writing gigs. [Read more…] about Behind the Bestsellers: Hilderbrand, Gladwell and Stine Take the NYU Stage
Faculty Factoids and Spring Surprises
Students may not necessarily learn this in the classroom, but their new professors in the M.S. in Publishing: Digital and Print Media program this spring participate in some surprising extracurricular activities. By day, they hold down very serious and senior positions in the publishing industry. But after hours, they do everything from brushing up on their black belt skills to playing in a cover band. And their past lives have some intriguing facts to discover as well, so read on to learn who’s who and what they do (on the job and off)! [Read more…] about Faculty Factoids and Spring Surprises
Meet the Spring Faculty: New Faces and Surprising Facts
We know you have been waiting for this, so here’s our annual introduction to the new faculty members teaching during the spring semester at NYU’s M.S. in Publishing: Digital and Print Media program. Their interests are far-reaching, from expertise in mystery, science fiction and horror publishing to tablet and app creation. Our talented teachers can help students understand worlds ranging from Apple to analytics, consumer marketing to social media marketing, fiction to finance, metadata to magazine editing, video to new views of the future of media. Read on for profiles of the latest publishing executives to join our roster of media leaders in the classroom. Plus, you will learn a few fun facts about what our faculty members do in their time away from teaching: [Read more…] about Meet the Spring Faculty: New Faces and Surprising Facts
Pop Culture Publishing: Liars, Werewolves, and Mockingjays
A sea of familiar faces greeted attendees of the thirteenth NYU Media Talk, sponsored by the NYU-SCPS Center for Publishing Digital & Print Media. Sure, students and faculty filled a jam-packed Rosenthal Pavilion at the Kimmel Center, but what instantly got the crowd buzzing were the displays of book cover blow-ups featuring today’s most beloved characters of young adult fiction, including Bella Swan, Sebastian Verlac, and Emily Fields. The latest NYU Media Talk was titled “Pop Culture Publishing: Young Adult Megahits,” and everyone in attendance wanted the answer to one particular question: “What is the secret sauce to producing hits like Twilight, The Hunger Games, The Mortal Instruments, or Pretty Little Liars?” Indeed, as young adult books continue to transcend their traditional audience and shape a new generation of readers (including plenty of adults!), the publishing industry is actively trying to understand how and why children’s books succeed in acquiring their blockbuster-level status. [Read more…] about Pop Culture Publishing: Liars, Werewolves, and Mockingjays
Book Expo America: Rock Concert for Book Lovers
After the first three days of classes, NYU’s Summer Publishing Institute (SPI) students experienced a change of pace from the classroom when they attended Book Expo America (BEA) at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. The conference center was transformed into a huge mall where every “store” featured the same thing: books. Even better for the students, the big books for fall were not only prominently displayed, but in some cases given away as advance reading copies. [Read more…] about Book Expo America: Rock Concert for Book Lovers
McNally Jackson’s Espresso Book Machine: Write it. Print it. Now!
“I like the part where it pops out,” says Beth Steidle, who is one of two primary operators of McNally Jackson’s Espresso Book Machine. “It’s kind of like Willy Wonka.” But despite the analogy, this machine isn’t popping out candy (or coffee beans or a steamy brew!); it’s printing books. One at a time. Exactly how the customers want them. Last week, NYU’s M.S. in Publishing: Digital and Print Media Program students got a first-hand look at the machine and its wonders during a private visit to the Nolita bookstore.
The Espresso Book Machine (EBM) is a giant contraption that creates print-on-demand paperback books, fully bound, in minutes. The 87 EBMs in the world are sold or rented/leased by On Demand Books. The New York-based company was founded in 2003 by publishing legend Jason Epstein, who had long envisioned an efficient way to print books at an affordable cost in a neighborhood setting. Today, the company stores all of its books on a network database. They’re boldly tackling the old publishing model of gambling on print runs. And they are partnering with major publishers like HarperCollins to deliver out-of-print books at the customer’s convenience (and expense!). In addition, On Demand Books is providing an instant means for self-publishers to see their e-creations in printed form. With all this undeniable business potential, it’s no wonder McNally Jackson was the first in New York to invest in an Espresso Book Machine—and they’ve never regretted it.
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