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excerpt I thought was best
for the purpose and it was
rewarding when she agreed
with me and said that she
trusted my opinion. Another
important marketing task
that I undertook was
creating a marketing plan
for each of the two books
as a part of a team with the
other students.
I also took the initiative
to source a list of prizes
and festivals for Katherine
Pulman, Books Marketing
Manager at LUP, to help
the promotion of the two
poetry books. In addition
to this I helped to create
the Pavilion Poetry pages
in the Liverpool University
Press Spring/Summer 2016
Catalogue and my role
in these pages lies in the
marketing information that I
had collected from the poets,
that was then used to form
this marketing material. In
addition, I took the initiative
to complete some of my
own social media marketing
for the books by tweeting
and retweeting about them
as a great number of my
followers are also students
of English at the university
and people in the publishing
industry, so it may have
encouraged them to attend
the launch or buy the books.
The biggest highlight of the
whole experience was being
handed a physical copy
of each of the two poetry
books that I published, as
it was an extremely proud
moment for me and it
was rewarding to see the
product of my hard work.
The toughest challenge
was learning to be more
confident in myself, but I
believe that this placement
has made a huge impact on
my confidence, in a work
environment and personally.
I feel like I performed very
well in the workplace, and
received a great deal of
praise from the people that
I worked with and came
into contact with. The books
that I helped to publish
are of the highest quality
and something that I am
definitely proud of. In terms
of the different departments
that I gained experience in,
I really enjoyed the editorial
aspects of my placement,
not just copy-editing and
proofreading, but also the
project management side
of editorial. I think that the
whole experience went well
and it has highlighted the
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need for me to focus on
improving my grammar if I
am to be an editor.
This placement has greatly
affected my career plans.
Prior to this work experience
I had no intention of
entering the publishing
industry and did not know
what it was that I wanted
to do. My career plans and
aspirations now are to enter
the publishing industry;
however, I think that the
trade sector would be more
suited to me than academic
publishing as fiction is my
passion. I am enthusiastic
about publishing not only
because I love books, but
also because I have realised
that I love the business side
of producing and selling
books and it is something
that really excites me.