What It’s Like to be The Publisher at Simon & Schuster With Jonathan Karp, [re-release]

Jonathan Karp is President and Publisher* of Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing . In this role he has overall responsibility for Simon & Schuster’s New York–based adult trade publishing, which includes Atria Books, Gallery Books, Scribner, Simon & Schuster, Touchstone and their associated sub-imprints and lines. He is also Publisher of the Simon & Schuster trade imprint. Jonathan was previously Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Twelve, an imprint of the Hachette Book Group, and Editor-in-Chief of Random House, where he began his publishing career in 1989 as an editorial assistant and worked for sixteen years. Before moving into publishing, Jonathan worked as a journalist at newspapers like The Washington Post , The Providence Journal , and The Miami Herald. Jonathan got a B.A. in American Civilization at Brown University. He also got a Master’s in American Civilization at NYU. *Since Jonathan’s Time4Coffee interview he was promoted to President & CEO of Simon & Schuster. WHAT YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT IN THIS EPISODE: What’s the difference between a book editor and a book publisher and why sometimes they’re the same person What it takes to be a book editor (hint: it’s eloquence, passion, and ability to communicate) What it means to be a generalist and why it’s an important quality of a good editor What it means to “hire your own boss” and how it can help advance your career How you can curate a top-notch group of authors Why certain books break out and others don’t How having courage in meetings might change your career path

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What It’s Like to be The Publisher at Simon & Schuster With Jonathan Karp, [re-release] is an episode from Time4Coffee Podcast by Andrea Koppel .

This episode is 31:09 long.

This episode was published on Oct 5, 2023.

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