Calling All Bookworms: A Career Chat with Macmillan

About the Event

Do you never leave the house without a book? Have you always wondered how a book goes from an idea to the shelves of your favorite indie bookstore? Have you had to place yourself on a book-buying ban more than once? If you answered yes to any of those questions, run, don’t walk, to this Career Chat. Macmillan employees from various departments like Editorial, Sales, Marketing/Publicity, and more will come and talk to you about what it takes to get a book into the hands of bookworms like you. Also, come hear about ways to break into the publishing industry from the people who have done it!

Speakers include Carin Siegfried: Field Sales Rep, Trade Sales; Kelly Stone: Associate Editor, St. Martin’s Publishing Group; Elishia Merricks: Producer, Macmillan Audio; Audrey Diestelkamp: Executive Director, Marketing, Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group; Sarah Crudele: Assistant, Permissions; Alexei Esikoff: Senior Managing Editor, Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group; Patricia Rivera: Associate Manager, Communications; and Sarah Bode, Associate Director of Marketing for Henry Holt and Co.