Ahead of her time : how a one-woman startup became a global publishing brand
Piatkus, Judy2021
Books, Manuscripts
Judy Piatkus did not come from a monied background and began her career as a secretary after failing to achieve a university place. By the time she founded Piatkus Books from her spare bedroom, she was married with a disabled small daughter and pregnant with her second child. Gradually she learned how to be both a publisher and a managing director and to combine that with her family life as she had become a single mother of three. A lot of mistakes were made but she also got a lot of things right. The company prospered, thanks to the risks Judy took in tackling new subjects in the marketplace and also her approach to running the company, which focused on transparency, honesty and trust and was rewarded by the loyalty of the staff, many of whom worked alongside Judy for upwards of twenty years.
Main title:
Author:
Piatkus, Judy, author
Imprint:
London : Watkins, 2021.
Collation:
xiv, 210 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9781786785312 (hbk)
Dewey class:
070.5092070.509
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3112429