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Can You Say "New Media"?
Of the Top Ten best-selling books in Japan in 2007, five of
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form. The top three were written by first-time cell phone novelists.
Source: Book Business
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Publishing News
Book Business Magazine 2008 Book Industry Salary Guide
Research was conducted across 5,000 book publishing industry
professionals. The average salary by position was reported as (numbers
rounded):
| President, CEO, COO, CFO |
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$143,000 |
| Executive Vice President |
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$156,000 |
| Publisher, Director, Bus Mgr |
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$90,000 |
| VP/Dir Manufacturing |
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$94,000 |
| Production Dir/Mgr |
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$72,000 |
| Production Assistant |
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$47,000 |
| VP/Director Marketing |
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$93,000 |
| Editor |
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$73,000 |
| Managing Editor |
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$63,000 |
| Acquisitions Editor |
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$62,000 |
| Creative/Art Director |
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$64,000 |
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