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Nancy Freund
All about words!

Before the full-time writing and publishing I do today, I was once a VP doing traditional distribution for 250 indie publishers to the US trade market. I set up a BookExpo internship for 20 UCLA students to learn about publishing and then work the trade show floor in Los Angeles. This "Journey of a Book" overview was the interns' first lesson. The foundations of traditional publishing remain the same even now, and all our publishing interns still start here.
The Journey of a Book from Concept to Customer…
and the people it meets along the way.
by Nancy Freund
April, 1999
- Author
- Packager
- Agent
- Editor
- Publisher
- Publishing consultant
- Production team
- Graphic designer
- Printer
- Publicist
- Reviewer
- Industry Media
- Related (non-industry) media
- Distributor
- Marketing team
- Sales team: trade book stores
- Sales team: special markets, including Internet
- Fulfillment House
- Customer: wholesaler
- Customer: retailer
- Customer: libraries and special markets
- Returns processor
- Remainders and Hurts dealer
- Consumer
Midpoint National, Inc.
Distribution and fulfillment warehouse.
Kansas City, Kansas

Midpoint National, Inc.
Distribution and fulfillment warehouse.
Kansas City, Kansas

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