I first entered the book publishing industry in 1999, psyched to have landed my first job as an editorial assistant at a small press. I’d just completed a graduate certificate in publishing, and had a brand new BA in literature, and I was sure it was my destiny to work with books.  As a kid, books were my first infatuation. When my friends were all playing with Glamour Gals, I was reaching for my worn Little House on the Prairie series. Books were my preferred entertainment,