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The Workman Way: Indie and Innovative

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M.S. in Publishing students with Kate Travers and Emily Krasner (far left, rear), Andrea Fleck-Nisbet (far right, front) and Randall Lotowycz (far right, rear).
M.S. in Publishing: Digital and Print Media students with Kate Travers and Emily Krasner (far left, rear), Andrea Fleck-Nisbet (far right, front) and Randall Lotowycz (far right, rear).

At Workman Publishing, the main conference room is called the “homeroom,“ where staffers regularly settle into homey, slat-back chairs around a long wooden table. As an independent publisher, Workman takes pride in its unique family-type atmosphere and a publishing philosophy that differs significantly from that of the Big Five. Students in the NYU School of Professional Studies M.S. in Publishing: Digital and Print Media program received a personalized and close-up look at the Workman way during an industry visit to the company’s Varick Street headquarters. [Read more…] about The Workman Way: Indie and Innovative

Good Reads, Smart Readers: A New View of E-Books

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Jane Friedman at SCPS-NYU Center for Publishing

“To be a success, you only have to be right 51% of the time,” said former HarperCollins CEO Jane Friedman about her publishing career, past and future. Friedman was speaking to an audience of graduate students, alumni, and faculty of NYU-SCPS Center for Publishing. Publishing heavyweights such as Michael Cader, creator of Publishers Marketplace; Peter Workman,  president and CEO of Workman Publishing; and Bob Miller, president and publisher of HarperStudio also listened intently as Friedman talked about her exciting new e-book company, Open Road Integrated Media. [Read more…] about Good Reads, Smart Readers: A New View of E-Books