HarperCollins

I have seen first hand that HarperCollins is as proactive as it is innovative in setting out to take full advantage of the digital era Publishing has seemingly found itself. HarperCollins has demonstrated it is more than equipped with ideas and strategies that allow it to take advantage of new technologies.

The recent purchase of The Friday Project, the imminent launch of a social networking site for writers, the set up of an in-house video studio, the creation of an archive of digital images to be used in text books, breaking with the traditional publishing business models, and finally, the simultaneous publication of its titles in both book and electronic format from September; these are all very exciting strategies and forward thinking.

With HarperCollins' ability to combine heritage and imagination it has the confidence and skills to produce high quality of books but at the same time experiment with digital media. HarperCollins is behaving, not as a ‘conventional’ corporation that are perhaps slower on the uptake of new ‘grass root’ ideas, but as an entrepreneurial and unique business.

My entry into publishing is currently being facilitated by a work experience placement at Collins Education where I have been working on the Interactive CD-Roms for the Key Stage Three Science series. I hope this, along with my application will show that I am the ‘unique force in the world’ you are looking for.