Mary Stone

Current

• Project Manager at Pre-PressPMG

Past

• Managing Editor (Temporary) at Candlewick Press
• Project Manager at Xplana Learning
• Medical Editor at Joslin Diabetes Center

• Project Manager at Techbooks
• Production Editor at Blackwell Publishing
• Development Editor at Bedford/St. Martin's
• Project Editor at Syngress Media
• Development Editor at PWS Publishing

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Education

• University of Virginia
• Kenyon College

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Industry

Publishing

Mary Stone’s Summary

Editor with broad experience in editorial, production, and project management. Direct experience in educational publishing at the K-12 and college levels, in both hard sciences and humanities. Direct experience in professional publishing including professional trade book development and society-owned journals publishing.
Interested in list development and long-term projects.

Mary Stone’s Specialties:

Managed multiple titles and projects from acquisition or assignment through to release to press or publication; development strategies for revisions and new editions; author management; schedule and budget management; market research.

Achievements include successful list transfers, workflow review and design, better-than-company average first year unit and revenue sales performance for titles developed, and mentorship/training of entry- or junior level employees.

Mary Stone’s Experience

• Project Manager

  Pre-PressPMG

  (Publishing industry)

  August 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

• Managing Editor (Temporary)

  Candlewick Press

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry)

  April 2008 — May 2008 (2 months)

  Insured that materials routed through the production and publishing services workflows for over 500 projects in the picture books list in a timely fashion, maintained and updated project trafficking and information database in real time, prepared weekly status reports and participated in biweekly status meetings, provided support to sales and marketing to set up point of sale packages in the project trafficking and information database.

• Project Manager

  Xplana Learning

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)

  October 2007 — March 2008 (6 months)

  Managed book production for 4 titles through completion of page proofing process to delivery of final files and archive materials to client. Worked with editorial to assure text and art were prepared in acordance with client expectations. Scheduled and tracked progress of proofs, art/photos, and permissions through production. Checked and proofed all stages of corrections. Negotiated with vendors, including compositors, freelance artists, copyeditors, and proofreaders. Monitored and tracked project budgets.
  
  Picked up 4 titles from my predecessor midway through proofing process and saw them to successful release to press with minimal training.
  
  Worked well with in-house production editor to resolve issues and queries on all projects efficiently and proactively.
  
  All 4 titles managed will be published within 30 days of originally-scheduled bound book dates.
  
  Began process of documenting and improving print production workflow for custom publishing division.

• Medical Editor

  Joslin Diabetes Center

  (Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; Research industry)

  March 2007 — August 2007 (6 months)

  Proofread, copyedited, fact-checked electronic and printed materials for Professional Education live symposium programs and e-learning activites for continuing medical education. Developed brochure copy from grant proposals, edited content to insure consistent style, message, and formatting for target medical professional audience. Managed work product and timeline for project assigned to a freelancer, managed submission of content for live symposia from assigned lecturers.

• Project Manager

  Techbooks

  (Government Agency; 5001-10,000 employees; Publishing industry)

  March 2006 — February 2007 (1 year )

• Production Editor

  Blackwell Publishing

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry)

  September 2000 — February 2006 (5 years 6 months)

  Managed production of 8 assigned medical journals and associated supplements. Developed, tracked and maintained production schedules, page and publication budgets, journal workflows, quality standards. Commissioned/refined cover and interior designs as needed. Commissioned and managed freelance proofreaders, copyeditors, indexers, illustrators, and designers, participated in special projects as needed.

• Development Editor

  Bedford/St. Martin's

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Publishing industry)

  February 1999 — June 2000 (1 year 5 months)

  Managed development of core survey texts and series titles through review process, development, and production launch.
  Managed all art and map programs for assigned titles.
  Supervised and provided training/mentorship for Editorial Assistants.

• Project Editor

  Syngress Media

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Publishing industry)

  1998 — 1998 (less than a year)

  Managed editorial projects and budgets, contributing writers and freelancers.
  Created and maintained customer web site on which errata for published books were posted.

• Development Editor

  PWS Publishing

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Publishing industry)

  1987 — 1998 (11 years )

  • Managed development of key titles and ancillaries in the Engineering and Computer Science publishing programs, including all budgets and schedules.
  • Created developmental plans and strategies, including identifying market opportunities and trends through market surveys, campus work, and conference attendance.

Mary Stone’s Education

• University of Virginia

  MA , English Literature , 1984 — 1987

• Kenyon College

  BA , Honors, English Literature , 1981 — 1984

  Activities and Societies:

  Kenyon College Dramatic Club, 1982-1983

Additional Information

Mary Stone’s Groups:

•    Book Publishing Professionals

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