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Here’s a note I received from someone who, for the sake of courtesy and his / her protection from the language police, shall remain nameless. I have made no editorial changes or corrections. The message’s nearly 300 words boil down to

Wanted: Purchasing manager for educational publisher. Computer skills required.

“I hope this email finds you well. I wanted to share the following role with you in case you know anyone in your area that has solid experience in the educational book publishing arena.

“I am representing an international multi-billion dollar company. They are a highly regarding organization within the managed services space.

“I am seeking a Vendor Manager, Production Planning who will be part of the Marketing Solutions Division, N.A.

“The Vendor Manager will be supporting a significant long term client engagement and will be based out of Chicago, IL. For the right individual, candidates in the Boston area will also be considered and is a possible location.

“The focus of the role is capacity planning, looking in-depth at the capacity of the current supplier base and ensuring they have the correct mixture in place in terms of vendors and ability to supply. This individual will be responsible for making sure they are appropriately leveraging that spend based on capacity and the best price.

“Requirements:

“Candidates are required to have an in-depth educational publishing print background with knowledge of supplier base and have the ability to articulate key vendor players within the same space.

“It is imperative that this person come from/understands the manufacturing end of the business and be able to hit the ground running.

“Potential candidates have to be extremely analytical as this is very much a capacity planning role. It is essential that these individuals understand how much allocation and capacity the suppliers have and be able to calculate how much used at any given month.

“In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Excel is also essential and being accustomed to using pivot tables in addition to V-looks ups(advanced filtering). Some exposure to SAP is a plus but not essential.

“I look forward to hearing from you.

“Best regards,”

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Phew!

JK

JK :: Nov.20.2009 :: self-publishing :: 2 Comments »

As predicted, author Susan Hassett’s copyright infringement / plagiarism lawsuit against Elisabeth Hasselbeck, one of the panelists on ABC-TV’s “The View,” has been thrown out of court. [See “Author Beware!” below.] According to the Boston Herald, “It’s unclear why Hassett didn’t pursue the case. Her lawyer, Richard Cunha of Swansea, yesterday told the Herald, ‘I can [sic] talk about that,’ then hung up the phone.”

Hasselbeck continues to encounter some problems with her book as an open letter written by Elaine Monarch, executive director of the Celiac Disease Foundation, makes the rounds of blogs that discuss the disease. Monarch says, “While it is important to call attention to celiac disease, the information must be accurate—the inaccuracies in this book are potentially dangerous and detrimental to celiacs…”

This seems to be a case in which all the losers are winners and all the winners are losers. JK

JK :: Nov.17.2009 :: book publishing, self-publishing :: No Comments »