If you do choose to venture into Publishing for a job and career change then there are a huge variety of jobs on offer. Most companies will have teams or departments specialising in specific tasks and processes. As a result this gives individuals a wider variety of roles to choose from. For example legal teams are need to issue and review Contracts and legal rights which involve negotiating copyright licensing agreements between the writers of books and articles and the company broadcasting and publishing it. The Editorial teams would carry out tasks such as proofreading whilst the production and design teams are there to ensure the book or magazine is produced on time and within budget.

For graduates publishing is a great career to venture into. In the uk alone the industry produces information in the form of books, newspapers, databases, directories for individuals and businesses in the digital or printed format. In the general consumer book sector paperback books, fiction and non fiction books are produced in there billions. With changes in technology that have evolved over the last few decades the area has taken a hit with the biggest rival being the internet. However depending on the publisher and business some co-operations have been able to use this to their advantage and where some sectors of publishing have shown a decline others are showing growth.

Nepal is advancing in its efforts to create and promote book reading – international publishers such as Penguin and Rupa were all competing to sign Authors from Nepal and for the first time China also participated. By establishing schools and community libraries there is a big effort going onto start a literary movement and targets towards the middle class etc are being made. The actual quality of books is also improving from book price which is falling the quality of the books including print and content is also on the up. In the west the internet and e-books have raised doubts about the future of the prints but in the developing countries this trend is moving and is on the rise.

The first ever outdoor event was launched in Kathmandu a few years ago which was set in order to launch the Nepali translation of John Wood’s book. The book itself details the journey of a Microsoft Executive who went on a trekking trip to the Himalayas and found himself creating a mission to help educate underprivileged children around the world. One of the greatest players in the life of John was Pashupathi Neupane joined John on stage at the launch. The book has sold over 20,000 copies and the publisher of the book Fine Print also donated 1m rupees to build a school.

Gail Rebuck has turned Tony Blair’s autobiography into a record breaking success. Gail is the head of Random House and has made the memoir’s of the former Prime Minister’s book into the fastest selling memoir ever. Although the success of the book was for nominal the book was not welcomed by everyone and as a result the London Book signing event that was scheduled in London was called off amid security fears. The main protesters were anti war protesters who were angry over Tony Blair’s decision to go to war on Iraq. The book titled A Journey sold over 92 Thousand copies in the first four days on sale.