Akua Boateng is Marketing Executive at DK and co-host of the Sankofa Book Club, a podcast about African literature. Akua has great advice for book marketers who want to think out of the box and for professionals who want to move into Publishing from different industries. She’s also a strong advocate of holding onto your authenticity and uniqueness when doing job interviews to start or advance your career, and she explains why it is so important to celebrate our differences and promote initiatives to increase diversity and inclusion in publishing and the creative industries in general.
Inclusive Indies Crowdfunding campaign: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/inclusive-indies
Blog post with the books recommended by Akua.
S1 E3: Trade Marketing
S2 E4: Academic Marketing
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S2 E7: Ellie Beadle, Production Designer at Usborne
S2 E6: Caroline Carpenter, Deputy Features Editor at The Bookseller and YA Book Prize Chair
S2 E5: Silé Edwards, Literary Agent’s Assistant at Curtis Brown
S2 E4: Anna Cunnane, Systems and Data Manager at Abrams & Chronicle Books
S2 E2: Phoebe Morgan, Editorial Director at HarperCollins UK
S2 E1: Georgina Atwell, founder of Toppsta
Introducing Season 2
S1 E15: Thank you
S1 E14: HR Q&A
S1 E13: Design
S1 E12: International Sales
S1 E11: Rights
S1 E10: Stock Planning
S1 E9: Production
S1 E8: Audio Publishing
S1 E7: Digital Strategy
S1 E6: Freelance Publicist
S1 E5: In House Publicity
S1 E4: Academic Marketing
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