Laura Duane

Laura Duane – Editor

An MBA and business executive with a decade of publishing experience with publishers big and small

Overview

I have a decade of editorial and acquisitions experience across publishers big and small, and have spent a decade as an executive at various startups and non profits. Your business book will benefit from deep publishing industry experience, as well as boots on the ground experience in corporate America

Services
Non-Fiction
Business & Management Career Guides Computers & Internet Economics Education & Reference Entertainment Religion & Spirituality Self-Help & Self-Improvement Technology
Fiction
Fantasy Humor & Comedy Romance Science Fiction Women's Fiction Young Adult
Languages
English (US)

Work experience

Diversion Books

Apr, 2014 — Dec, 2015 (over 1 year)
Acquired across any number of genres, editing everything from humor to romance to business

Random House Audio

Aug, 2009 — Mar, 2014 (over 4 years)
My job was to find and acquire the very best content available! I read just about every genre and developed a keen eye for what big publishers are looking for and what works.

Social Science Research Council

Aug, 2008 — Aug, 2009 (about 1 year)
I edited and copyedited academic pieces on religion and politics.

Portfolio

"[A]​ ​solid contribution to the growing popular literature on the subject."―PUBLISHERS WEEKLYFrom one of Time Magazine's "Forty Most Influential Minds in Technology" comes an essential collection of candid, first-hand accounts of women in technology. Women in... read more
You have endless choices...but few real options.Hungover and stuck at a job you hate, will you show up for your big presentation, or duck out with Debby, the HR rep with an FDR fetish? Play the weird lump on your back for office-wide sympathy, or dive into an ... read more
Falling for Prince Charles

Lauren Baratz-Logsted

"Lauren Baratz-Logsted has mastered the real life fairy tale in her explosive and hilarious FALLING FOR PRINCE CHARLES. It's all here, lovelorn Daisy Silverman flush with cash and high hopes, Prince Charles who can't resist her, and London in all its splendor.... read more
The Sisters Club

Lauren Baratz-Logsted

Some families you are born into. Some you choose. And some choose you.Four women have little in common other than where they live and the joyous complications of having sisters. Cindy waits for her own life to begin as she sees her sister going in and out of h... read more
The tantalizing third book in Zoraida Córdova's steamy New Adult On the Verge series!River Thomas was born a wild card. Her mother left before River hit puberty, and her alcoholic father raised her to have the best poker face in the city, but when he dies unex... read more
From author Zoraida Cordova comes the steamy standalone book 2 in her New Adult On the Verge series.Sky Lopez thought she had it all—the perfect job, the perfect relationship, the perfect life...until she discovers her not-so-perfect boyfriend has been cheatin... read more
"With a perfect blend of humor, drama and heat, Luck on the Line is a welcome and much needed addition to the new adult genre." —RT BOOK REVIEWSDespite her name, Lucky Pierce has always felt a little cursed. Refusing to settle for less or settle down, she chan... read more

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