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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Business Plan Writing- Is there anyone interesting in participating in a free online training course for developing your own business? email me at mrstartsomething@sbcglobal.net. I am especially looking for high school students.

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i have to write a business plan for my college course wich im doing- its a nail technoloy course!has any1 got anygood tips on writing one?im finding it really hard cos its confusing! x

Go to http://sba.gov , http://score.org or http://bplan.com for sample business plans and instructions on how to write a business plan.

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Strong communication skills are needed in the business world. I have a degree in Journalism and people are willing to hire me and teach me an industry. Do colleges have students write at every opportunity?
ISU uses calculus courses to determine who will be an engineer. Those with good writing skills will succed, while those who have weak english skills are useless to the business world.

Yes, college courses do require a fair amount of writing.

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Take a look – I found these on business writing blogs

• Five Top Tips for Catching Errors in Your … – Below are five tips you can employ to drastically decrease the chance of mistakes finding their way into your business writing, whether it be a proposal, a website, or a newsletter. 1 ??? Utilize an editor …

• Errors that Writers and Authors Make – http://www.sellingbooks.com/five-top-tips-for-catching-and-correcting-errors-in-your-business-writing. Read this article, especially if you are writing fiction. http://www.eclectics.com/articles/selfediting.html …

Ever since I left my red brick businesses to focus on copywriting and sales, I have become a passionate observer of BUSINESS WRITING COURSES

These are the things that I have seen in common between most business writing courses

(a) A focus on grammar – and grammatical errors

(b) A focus on structure and logical organisation of communication.

All seem to focus on form letters – all formal. For years I lapped this up too!

For sure you cannot earn respect if you do not at least pay passing attention to grammar.

The problem is of course, this is total focus on the container – rather than the contents.

The reality is however, that what matters in effective communication is the content.

Such courses tend to ignore the fact that if the message does not get read – all that grammar and organisation are completely wasted.

I think two keys that are far more important are….

(a) A focus on why the reader should read the message -  so focussing on the benefit of reading

(b) And a focus on the psychology of why people are drawn to read on.

It is a fact that if you write your message as though it were two people talking over a coffee – the mind finds that style so much easier to read. So a great test of good writing is whether it READS OUT WELL.

So Business writing courses should focus on the psyschology and less on the structure.

You can find a summary of psychological triggers here…..

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Business Writing Courses!!

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