Another book editor? Well, there’s a lot that goes into this process — from figuring out layout to determining what which book will be profitable. Andrea Rotando has been a book editor for Barnes & Nobel and Sterling Publishing since 2001. She’s
Math at Work Monday: Craig the writer
Welcome week three of our month devoted to publishing and media. If you haven’t previous posts, what’s stopping you? So far, we’ve looked at book publishing and on-air meteorology (television weatherpersons). This week, it’s time to look at writing. Today you’ll meet Craig Guillot, a
Math at Work Monday: Tony the on-air meteorologist
Quick! What do you have to know before changing from your jammies into something a little more work appropriate? The weather, right? Tony Pann is an on-air meteorologist for WBAL-TV 11 in Baltimore, Maryland. Math helps him predict if there are sunny skies ahead or
Math at Work Monday: Jennifer the book editor
So you’ve got a brand new book on your nightstand or electronic reader. Or maybe you have a book idea that you’d love to get published. How on earth does an idea get translated to pages or bytes? A book
Welcome March! Media, publishing and math
In 1998, I landed my first real media job — as a content producer at PilotOnline and HamptonRoads.com, websites for The Virginian-Pilot, a daily newspaper in Norfolk, Va. My first assignment was to develop and launch a schools section, featuring interactive content like a