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8 Things I’ve Learned About the Publishing Industry Since Joining It
James Wiser
Manager of Library Relations & Sales Support
SAGE Publications
DEDU Inside Byte
Friday, September 13, 2013
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1. Publishers do much more than you may think
You likely only interact with the tip of the iceberg.
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2. That said, we are a business.
So we really do try to make our customers happy.
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3. Day to day, life for me isn’t that different from working in a library.
Every organization needs a good reference librarian, it seems!
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4. My colleagues are a lot like you.
You’d like almost everyone here.
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5. We all need each other.
We want and need libraries and librarians to thrive.
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6. All of us are myopic to a certain degree
We won’t necessarily know to do something unless you ask.
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7. Your sales representative can’t do everything for you.
Try to get to know more people on the vendor side than just your sales rep.
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8. We’re not all the same.
Don’t believe a word I’ve said.