Jan 5, 2018 | Careers Guidance, Publishing, Salary Survey
You’ve read the results of the bookcareers.com salary survey and think now is the time to go and negotiate a pay rise. Hold on, step back, don’t go blustering in straight away and ask for more money because the ‘survey says so’. Do some research first. We’re...
Jun 5, 2017 | Salary Survey
We are now gathering data for our latest salary survey – the last one being in 2013. The survey analyses salaries from UK and Ireland book publishers and literary agents who employ staff on a salary or a fixed term contract basis (either full or part time). The...
Jul 9, 2016 | Publishing, Salary Survey
We are now commencing work on constructing the questionnaire for the bookcareers.com Salary Survey 2017. This will be the 20th anniversary of our very first Salary Survey, which has grown from looking at salaries and job security into becoming a survey of around 56...
Feb 4, 2015 | Careers Guidance, Publishing, Training
In the bookcareers.com salary survey we asked the question: “During a usual week, what percentage of your time is taken up working on titles that are digital, eBooks or online publications as opposed to hard copy print?” The results indicate that 16.3% of...
Jan 19, 2012 | Job Hunting, Publishing
Some of you will be pleased to hear that we are currently planning the bookcareers.com salary survey 2012. In this survey we analyse the salaries of UK book and journal publishing and literary agents. We are unique in that we gather information from you – the...