The mission of the Chicago Publishing Network (CPN™) is to connect publishing professionals across Chicagoland and the Midwest so that they can learn about job openings, other publishing companies, and different types of publishing. Through CPN, you can:



• Learn about what’s going on in Chicago’s publishing world

• See who’s moving around in Chicago publishing’s revolving career door

• Network with other professionals through the people you know





Chicagoland Publishing Events

Hosting a publishing-related event? Share the news with us at

cpn @ bibliobibuli.com. Please use the subject line “Publishing Event.”



Chicago is home to a number of publishing-related events. Please check with the host organizations for updated information.



Chicago Headline Club: Join fellow Headline Club members for a casual meet-and-greet: Friday, April 4, 7 p.m., at the Billy Goat. www.headlineclub.org



Independent Writers of Chicago: Monthly meeting: Tuesday, April 8, 5 p.m., at National-Louis University, 122 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago. www.iwoc.org



Chicago Women in Publishing: Intellectual Property in a New Media World: Wednesday, April 16, 6–8 p.m., at National-Louis University, 122 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago. www.cwip.org



Chicago Women in Publishing: New Member Social: Monday, April 21, 7–9 p.m., at The Book Cellar, 4736 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago. www.cwip.org



Chicago Book Clinic: 34th Annual President’s night and annual meeting: Thursday, May 1, 2008, 6–9 p.m., at Chicago City Centre Hotel, 300 E. Ohio St., Chicago. www.chicagobookclinic.org



MediaBistro: Seminar: Copy Editing: Your Role in the Editorial Process—Strategies for Implementing Best Practices: Tuesday, May 6, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Chicago. $349. http://www.mediabistro.com/courses/cache/crs3677.asp



Printers Row Book Fair: The Midwest’s largest literary event: June 7–8, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., at Dearborn & Polk. www.chicagotribune.com/about/custom/events/printersrow



The 13th National Museum Publishing Seminar: The only program of its type. Sessions range from the philosophical to the financial, from the political to the poetic: June 12–14 at the Holiday Inn Mart Plaza Hotel, Chicago. Tuition is $565 if you register before April 15, 2008, and $600 after April 15, 2008. https://grahamschool.uchicago.edu/php/museumpublishingseminar



Chicago Newberry Library: The Newberry Library Book Fair: July 24–27. www.newberry.org





Chicagoland Job Openings

Please check with the employers as some of these postings may be filled or outdated.



3/21/08: Pearson Education in Glenview has a few editorial openings, including in their mathematics and social studies groups. www.pearson.com



3/21/08: McGraw-Hill continues to be the land of hiring opportunity, especially in its K–12 groups in Chicago and Burr Ridge. And, the Business & Economics imprint of the Higher Education division is looking for a Director of Development in their Burr Ridge location. In addition, the professional/trade/consumer group (whatever it happens to be calling itself this week) is hiring an editor/senior editor for its NYC offices. www.mcgraw-hill.com



3/21/08: Hampton-Brown (part of National Geographic) is looking for an executive editor in their Evanston office. www.hampton-brown.com



3/20/08: Sourcebooks seeks an experienced acquisitions editor in their Naperville office. www.sourcebooks.com



3/13/08: World Book is looking for a staff editor to maintain the accuracy and currency of a particular content area (life sciences) across all relevant publications. www.worldbook.com



3/13/08: The University of Wisconsin-Madison Press is accepting applications until April 15 for a new director. http://www.wisc.edu/wisconsinpress/



3/11/08: Quarasan continues its hiring spree. The educational product development company is looking for a full time copyeditor/proofreader with a commitment to excellence for upcoming educational projects. Several other positions, including an executive editor gig, also are available. www.quarasan.com



3/3/08: Association Management Center located in Glenview seeks an editor for the publication of various printed and electronic publications including newsletters, conference materials, journals, books, and other publications. http://www.connect2amc.com/



2/29/08: Encyclopædia Britannica has an opening for an experienced editor with subject-area expertise in social sciences to work on the Encyclopædia Britannica database. http://corporate.britannica.com/jobs.html



2/29/08: American Technical Publishers, Inc., in Homewood, Illinois, is seeking a technical editor of culinary arts to help produce new and revised instructional materials in both print and electronic form. http://www.go2atp.com/stores/1/employment.cfm?P=4



2/21/08: The School Solutions Group of McGraw-Hill Education has an opening for a Technology Editor in the Language Arts Department in the Chicago office, 130 E. Randolph. www.mcgraw-hill.com



2/12/08: Health Administration Press seeks a book acquisitions manager to oversee book acquisitions for two book imprints: textbooks and a paperback series for healthcare executives. http://www.ache.org/hap.cfm



1/31/08: The International Code Council, a membership association dedicated to building safety and fire prevention, has an opening for an editor in the Publications Department. The ICC is located in Country Club Hills. www.iccsafe.org





Chicagoland Career Moves

Got a new job? Won a promotion? Share your career news! Send your information to cpn @ bibliobibuli.com. Please use the subject line “Career News.”



Freelance writer and editor Tricia Crisafulli has launched a successful newsletter: Faith, Hope, and Fiction. Look for it at www.faithhopeandfiction.com.



Stephen Isaacs has been named editorial director at Bloomberg Press. He joined Bloomberg in fall 2006 as executive editor and splits his time between Chicago and New York.



Michael Jeffers recently joined ALA Editions (the American Library Association) in Chicago as editorial director. He replaces Patrick Hogan, who is the new director of online resources.



Kathy Welton has launched a new publishing consulting venture: AKA Associates. Welton recently published a book of poems, 100 Essential Modern Poems by Women, coauthored with Joseph Parisi.



Dianne Wheeler recently left McGraw-Hill Trade in Burr Ridge to become publisher at F+W’s Krause Publications in Iola, Wisconsin.



Ann Wildman recently joined McGraw-Hill’s Wright Group in Chicago. Previously, she was with Learning Resources in Vernon Hills.





Have News?

If you’ve recently changed jobs, are hosting a publishing-related event, are looking to fill a position, or are interested in networking with Chicagoland publishing professionals, let us know: cpn @ bibliobibuli.com



Are You a Networker?

If you're interested in networking and willing to share your time and experience with fellow publishing professionals, let us know: cpn @ bibliobibuli.com. Please use "Networking" in the subject line.



Chicagoland Publishing

Chicago is home to a vast number of book publishers, from association publishing to educational publishing to trade, consumer, and professional publishing. A partial listing:



ABA Publishing

321 N. Clark Street

Chicago, IL 60610

www.abanet.org



Academy Chicago Publishers

363 West Erie Street, 7E

Chicago, Illinois 60610

www.academychicago.com



ALA Editions

50 E. Huron Street

Chicago, IL 60611

www.ala.org/editions



American Dietetic Association

120 South Riverside Plaza

Suite 2000

Chicago, IL 60606-6995

www.eatright.org



American Medical Association Publishing

515 N. State Street

Chicago, IL 60610

www.ama-assn.org



Arcadia Publishing

3047 N. Lincoln Avenue, Suite 390

Chicago, IL 60657

www.arcadiapublishing.com



BrainWorx Studio, Inc.

6807 N. Sheridan Road,

Suite 200

Chicago, IL 60626

http://brainworxstudio.com



Brittany Publications, Ltd.

500 North Michigan Avenue

Suite 300

Chicago, IL 60611

www.brittanypublications.com



CCH (Wolters Kluwer)

2700 Lake Cook Road

Riverwoods, IL 60015

www.cch.com



Cornerstone Press Chicago

939 W. Wilson Avenue

Chicago, IL 60640

www.cornerstonepress.com



Encyclopædia Britannica

331 North LaSalle Street

Chicago, IL 60610

http://corporate.britannica.com



General Learning Communications

900 Skokie Boulevard, Suite 200

Northbrook, Illinois 60062

www.glcomm.com



Hampton-Brown

(a National Geographic company)

1880 Oak Street, Suite 300

Evanston, IL 60201

www.hampton-brown.com



Health Administration Press

American College of Healthcare Executives

One North Franklin, Suite 1700

Chicago, IL 60606-3529

www.ache.org



High-Tide Press

3650 W. 183rd St.

Homewood, IL 60430

www.hightidepress.com



Ivan R. Dee, Publisher

1332 North Halsted Street

Chicago, IL 60622-2694

www.ivanrdee.com



Learning Resources, Inc.

380 N. Fairway Drive

Vernon Hills, IL 6006

www.learningresources.com



Loyola Press

3441 N. Ashland Avenue

Chicago, IL 60657

www.loyolapress.com



Lyceum Books

5758 S. Blackstone Avenue

Chicago, IL 60637

www.lyceumbooks.com



Magnolia Street Publishers

1256 West Victoria

Chicago, IL 60660

http://magnolia.sternsbooks.com



McGraw-Hill

1333 Burr Ridge Parkway

Burr Ridge, IL 60527



130 E. Randolph Street

Chicago, IL 606010

www.mcgraw-hill.com



NIU Press

2280 Bethany Road

DeKalb, IL 60115

www.niupress.niu.edu/niupress



Northwestern University Press

629 Noyes Street

Evanston, IL 60208-4210

http://nupress.northwestern.edu



Open Court Publishing Company

70 East Lake Street, Suite 300

Chicago, IL 60601

www.opencourtbooks.com



Pearson Education

900 East Lake Avenue

Glenview, IL 60025

www.pearsoned.com



Publications International, Ltd.

7373 N. Cicero Avenue

Lincolnwood, IL 60646



Quarasan

405 W. Superior Street

Chicago, IL 60610

www.quarasan.com



Scott Foresman

(see Pearson Education)



Shakespeare Squared

1827 Elmdale Avenue

Glenview, IL 60026

www.shakespearesquared.com



Solution Tree

304 West Kirkwood Avenue

Bloomington, IN 47404-5132

www.solution-tree.com



Sourcebooks

1935 Brookdale Road, Suite 139

Naperville, IL 60563

www.sourcebooks.com



Third World Press

7822 S. Dobson Avenue

Chicago, IL 60619

www.thirdworldpressinc.com



Triumph Books

542 S. Dearborn Street, Suite 750

Chicago, IL 60605

www.triumphbooks.com



Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

351 Executive Drive

Carol Stream, IL 60188

www.tyndale.com



The University of Chicago Press

1427 E. 60th Street

Chicago, IL 60637

www.press.uchicago.edu



World Book, Inc.

233 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 2000

Chicago, IL 60601

www.worldbook.com