Replay: Judith Curr shares Five Things She's Learned about How Publishing Works
Check out the first five minutes of her recent class.
“Finding great stories and getting them to readers who will love and value them most is what publishing is all about. Like writing itself, publishing is very much an art at which one improves over time – but every book and every author presents new and unique opportunities and challenges. Publishing is also a collaborative art and a collaborative business –subject to established processes and procedures and considerations, no matter what the book or story.”
– Judith Curr, Five Things I've Learned about How Publishing Works
Judith Curr is president and publisher of the HarperOne Group, whose mission is to publish books that transform, inspire, change lives, and influence cultural discussions. Here’s the first five minutes of Judith’s recent two-hour class in which she shares the Five Things She’s Learned about the power of storytelling and the joys of publishing – plus the behind-the-scenes lessons she’s collected throughout her career that will help you get your own story out into the world.
Five Things I’ve Learned about How Publishing Works pulls back the curtain on the mechanics and inner workings of the publishing industry, revealing the stories that fuel her work and the collaborative processes that guide every great story to publication. Throughout her class, Judith shares the key lessons she’s learned from a life devoted to publishing: Why no matter what the circumstance or the book: Content is always king; serving your audience of like-minded readers is essential; and connecting to just the right community sometimes makes all the difference.
If you’re a writer looking to better understand how the publishing industry works, this class is for you.
A native of Australia, Judith has been an executive in American publishing since 1996. Additionally, she serves on the boards of Goddard Riverside and Girls Write Now, was an adjunct professor at NYU, and has been featured in the New York Times, NPR, the Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, and more.
At HarperCollins, she brought the imprints HarperOne, Amistad, and HarperCollins Español under one roof, and created the international imprint HarperVia. Since the HarperOne Group was formed, Judith has published the heartwarming bestseller The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy to great success, along with ten other bestselling titles. She recently launched the long-awaited memoir of award-winning actress Cicely Tyson at an event supported by the likes of Whoopi Goldberg, Tyler Perry, and more. She serves on the HarperCollins Global Board as well as the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion committee.
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