Career paths in ELT publishing Part Two

Although many people find the fact that how to break into the ELT publishing world is rather opaque and difficult frustrating, the fact that it can rely on personal contacts and being in the right place at the right time as much as they standard of things you have written can also work to your advantage. In fact, you might even be able to break into the business without ever presenting your ideas on paper. A comment by someone in my recent workshop at the Tokyo Expo/ ELT Bookfair reminded me that the way I first got the idea of writing my ideas down and getting them published was by putting my ideas into a workshop plan and then having people who attended say I should get them published. By giving your workshops on a wider stage than I did, you might even find that the person giving you that feedback works for a publisher…

Example Career Path Two- The Workshops Man

You can read the rest of this article of mine on usingenglish.com here, and see Part One and a list of other links in a previous blog entry below. And, more for amusement that enlightenment, here’s a forum thread about crappy textbooks.

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