University of Denver Spring/Summer 2023

changing the industry. For one thing, it’s no longer imper ative to move to New York to land a publishing job. Last year, DPI leaders sent out 442 job postings to alumni. Those postings came from 35 states, Washington, D.C., Canada and the United Kingdom. Twenty percent of them had a remote or hybrid option. Ultimately, Smith’s goal is to help people who love books find their niche in the industry. While many enter the pro gram eager to become editors, others find their calling in publicity and sales, or as literary agents. “It is a program of self-discovery,” Smith says.

challenges presented by the pandemic shutdown. One group of students attended live lectures from an auditorium on campus, while the other watched the same lecture remotely. “What we liked about having a dual-modality program is that we could meet students where they were and where they wanted to learn,” Smith says. She considers the remote component a success and hopes to optimize it in the future. Students share her enthusiasm for the dual-modality program. When asked if it made DPI a more compelling choice for him, Nicholas Goudsmit offers an unequivocal answer: “Yes with a capital Y.” “The content in ’22 was current and forward-thinking,

offered by some of the leading figures of the publishing world,” says Goudsmit, who entered the institute as a remote student hoping to become a full-time editor after graduation. He is now an editorial spe cialist at Harvard University. “My new role runs the gamut of the publishing process, and my exposure to more than just the editorial side of publishing made me a qualified candidate.” Looking to the future, Smith expects to see renewed interest in print on demand as publishers continue to contend with supply chain complexities. When books can be printed in the U.S. in smaller print runs, she explains, “you don’t have to order the mas sive volumes to have them shipped from overseas and encounter possible delays.” Smith credits the rise of remote work and freelancing in a gig economy with

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