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My Wikipedia hobby gives me the enjoyment of spending time poking around in books and magazine archives. I enjoy researching the history of publishing and books. Publishing companies come and go--every book is its own product, and by studying publishing history, you can also learn about ideas and trends that have shaped our world.
As a child I liked to pour over my Dad's old National Geographic magazines. While studying for my college courses--I discovered a stack of bound Life Magazines in the University Library. I could spend hours combing through the old magazines with their pictures and ads. One of my first jobs was managing a bookstore, which allowed me to be surrounded by books and magazines and discover the ebb and flow of publishing trends. I was fascinated to see which books sold and which stayed on the shelves, and then I was also fascinated to watch particular areas of the store expand and contract as buying trends changed.
After managing retail bookstores for a few years--I completed my B.A. in Organizational Communications. I exited college at the start of the dotcom era, and my first post-college job was as an editorial assistant for a small publishing company called Prima Publishing. Because I wouldn't stop giving my opinions on what I thought we should publish, I was promoted to acquisitions editor--the person at a publishing company who determines which books and authors to publish. At Prima, I acquired video game strategy guides, eventually moving to several technology publishers and acquired all kinds of how-to technology books.
I moved to the Pacific Northwest to work for Microsoft in their publishing division and later their training division, Microsoft Learning. From there, I grew interested in the growing online video training market and landed at Lynda.com, where I held several content strategy roles. Lynda was acquired by LinkedIn in 2016, and then LinkedIn was acquired by Microsoft.
I currently serve on the boards for Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum and University of Washington Press. Ask me for a daypass to Folio or a tour of University of Washington Press.
I live in the Pacific Northwest overlooking the Salish Fjord (otherwise known as Hood Canal).
Good Articles
Good articles reviewed
2018
Articles started
2020
2018
- Crowell Publishing Company
- Gary Fisketjon
- Lisa Drew
- List of Alfred A. Knopf Authors
- Phyllis E. Grann
- Susan Kamil
- Ted Patrick (editor)
2017
- 37 INK
- Alice Mayhew
- Atria Publishing Group
- Gallery Publishing Group
- Kay Bullitt (philanthropist)
- List of Simon & Schuster authors
2016
- M. Lincoln Schuster
- Another LIfe: A Memoir of Other People
- Bernard J. Geis
- Crowell Collier Publishing Company
- The Industries of the Future (book)
- Instant book
- Leon Shimkin
- Quantum Night
- Outline of Big Five Publishers
2015
Article contributions (articles I've added to)
2024
2019
2018
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Alice Mayhew
- Blanche Knopf
- Crowell Collier Publishing Company
- Edith Wharton working on taking up to GA status
- Fear: Trump in the White House
- Gail Sheehy
- Gardner School for Girls
- Holiday (magazine)
- Ida Tarbell
- List of Honeywell products and services
- List of Simon & Schuster Authors
- Outline of books
- Random House
2017
2016
Draft Articles
- Tim Alberta
- List of Works by Edith Wharton
- Outline of Big Five Publishers
- Bernard J. Geis Associates
- History of Publishing in Seattle
- History of Publishing in San Francisco
- Publisher's Row
Recommended Books on the History of Media and Publishing
- Korda, Michael. Another Life: A Memoir of Other People. New York: Random House, 1999. Print.
- Mott, Franklin Luther. Golden Multitudes: The Story of Best Sellers in the United States. New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1947. Print
- Silverman, Al. The Time of Their Lives: The Golden Age of Great American Book Publishers, Their Editors, and Authors. New York: Truman Talley, 2008. Print.
- Tarnoff, Benjamin. The Bohemians: Mark Twain and the San Francisco Writers Who Reinvented American Literature. Penguin Books.
- Weinberg, Steve. Taking on the Trust: The Epic Battle of Ida Tarbell and John D. Rockefeller. New York: W. W. Norton, 2008.
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4 July 2024 |