Business Major + Creative writing minor = book publishing job???

Im very interested in the book publishing indusrty and i would like to know if a business major alone would get me into the field or if i should supplement my education with a creative writing or english(although i cant stand english courses) minor. anyone with success in the indusrty or other students who are pursuing a similar education would be of great help.

It depends exactly what you want to do in book publishing. Assuming you just want to work on the financial side, a business major alone should be sufficient. If you're looking to do marketing or something where it would help you to have a little more familiarity with the product, a few English courses could only help you (most creative writing programs do require that you have some familiarity with literary analysis, so you're not really going to be able to avoid them that way). At the very least, make sure you pursue internship opportunities in the field, do plenty of reading on your own time of a wide variety of books, and brush up on your proofreading so you can avoid misspellings of "industry."

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  1. Comment by MM — August 26, 2007 @ 3:05 pm

    It depends exactly what you want to do in book publishing. Assuming you just want to work on the financial side, a business major alone should be sufficient. If you're looking to do marketing or something where it would help you to have a little more familiarity with the product, a few English courses could only help you (most creative writing programs do require that you have some familiarity with literary analysis, so you're not really going to be able to avoid them that way). At the very least, make sure you pursue internship opportunities in the field, do plenty of reading on your own time of a wide variety of books, and brush up on your proofreading so you can avoid misspellings of "industry."
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  2. Comment by Medical_Advisor — August 27, 2007 @ 2:08 am

    If you are interested in the business side of publishing, I recommend that you choose from the following:

    Business Management – leads to running a publishing company

    Communication Studies – Leads to becoming a publicist

    English – leads to becoming a writer

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