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The Burnout Bargain: Exploitation and Marginalization in the Publishing Industry

By Ava Phillips

September 3, 2021 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

The Burnout Bargain: Exploitation and Marginalization in the Publishing Industry

Whether you’re a graduate student in a publishing program, an editorial assistant at a Big Five press, or an intern at a boutique literary agency, we are all expected to accommodate hours of unpaid labor, even to the detriment of our mental health. The proverbial hamster wheel that is publishing truly never stops spinning, and it’s often the most marginalized publishing professionals who reach their breaking point first.

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: books, burnout, diversity, graduate school, marginalized, mental health, overtime, publisher, publishing, rest, student

On Finding Your “Niche”: Escaping the Publishing Trajectory

By Amanda Matteo

May 16, 2016 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

On Finding Your “Niche”: Escaping the Publishing Trajectory

I spent my time in the New York City publishing scene sitting in a dark hole. Or, at least, that’s what I—and the three other girls with whom I shared one single table in an incredibly cramped, vaguely-uninhabitable alcove—called it. I had just graduated college, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, and was ecstatic about the opportunity to […]

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: burnout, change, employment, moving, New York City, niche, Portland, publishing, rage

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