Judith Appelbaum

Appelbaum grew up in New York.{{Cite web|url=https://bisg.org/news/410793/Judith-Appelbaum-Champion-of-Books-and-their-Authors-Dies-at-78-.htm|title=Judith Appelbaum, Champion of Books and their Authors, Dies at 78 - Book Industry Study Group|last=O'Leary|first=Brian|date=July 26, 2018|website=Book Industry Study Group|language=en|access-date=July 28, 2018}} She graduated from Vassar College in 1960.{{Cite web|url=https://chronology.vassar.edu/records/1981/1981-04-27-AAVC-colloquium.html|title=1981, April 27|website=A Documentary Chronicle of Vassar College|publisher=Vassar College|access-date=July 27, 2018}} As a college student, she interned at the publishing company that is now HarperCollins.{{Cite news|url=https://www.writerswrite.com/journal/jun98/interview-with-judith-appelbaum-6983|title=Interview with Judith Appelbaum|work=Writers Write|access-date=July 27, 2018}}

After graduating from Vassar, her first position was at Harper's magazine. Initially tasked with minor duties, by the 1970s, she began writing general-interest articles for the magazine. She later worked at Harper's Weekly (1974–76) and was managing editor of Publishers Weekly. Growing more empathetic to "struggling writers", the inner workings of the publishing industry became the focus of her writing.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/29/obituaries/judith-appelbaum-a-guide-for-would-be-authors-dies-at-78.html|title=Judith Appelbaum, a Guide for Would-Be Authors, Dies at 78|last=Gates|first=Anita|date=July 29, 2018|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-07-30|language=en}}

In 1978, she released her most influential book How To Get Happily Published, which showed would-be authors how to publish and market their books. It sold over 500,000 copies and ran to five editions. Following the success of the book, she left her position at Publishers Weekly and co-founded Sensible Solutions, a consulting firm to support authors and publishers. In 1980, Appelbaum published The Writer's Workbook: A Full and Friendly Guide to Boosting Your Book's Sales.

In addition, Appelbaum was a columnist and reviewer for The New York Times Book Review, and a member of the faculty of the University of Denver's Publishing Institute. Previously the editor of the monthly publication of the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) and the IBPA's Independent magazine,{{cite web|url=http://articles.ibpa-online.org/article/directors-desk-celebrating-judith-appelbaum/|title=Director's Desk: Celebrating Judith Appelbaum|last=Bole|first=Angela|website=Independent Book Publishers Association|accessdate=July 27, 2018}} she was also the secretary and a member of the board of directors of Book Industry Study Group (BISG) and a member of its executive committee. Appelbaum also chaired the BISG's marketing committee and co-chaired of its rights committee. She was the recipient of the Publishing Marketing Association's Lifetime Achievement Award and the winner of the BISG Lifetime Service Award.{{cite web|url=http://www.bookweb.org/news/btw-news-briefs-506|title=BTW News Briefs|date=September 4, 2014|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bisg.org/bisg-industry-awards |title=BISG Industry Awards |accessdate=April 5, 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410233659/https://www.bisg.org/bisg-industry-awards |archivedate=April 10, 2015 }}{{Cite news|url=http://publishingperspectives.com/2014/09/the-invisible-growth-in-the-industry-or-wysiati/|title=The Invisible Growth in the Industry...or WYSIATI|last=Rosen|first=Lynn|date=September 18, 2014|work=Publishing Perspectives|access-date=July 27, 2018}}

She died on July 25, 2018, at the age of 78 of ovarian cancer.{{cite web|url=https://www.ibpa-online.org/news/410810/IBPA-Member-Spotlight-Judith-Appelbaum--Former-IBPA-Lifetime-Achievement-Award-Winner-Passed-Away.htm|title=IBPA Member Spotlight: Judith Appelbaum, Former IBPA Lifetime Achievement Award Winner, Passed Away|date=July 26, 2018|website=Independent Book Publishers Association|access-date=July 27, 2018}}

• How To Get Happily Published: A Complete and Candid Guide, Fifth Edition. HarperCollins, 1978, {{ISBN|978-0-45-226125-9}}
• The question of size in the book industry today, Bowker, 1978{{Cite book|url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000258580|title=The question of size in the book industry today|last=Appelbaum|first=Judith.|date=1978|publisher=Bowker|location=New York}}
• The writer's workbook: a full and friendly guide to boosting your book's sales, co-written with Florence Janovic, Pushcart Press, 1980, {{ISBN|978-0-916366-69-8}}
• Books that sold a million or more, Book Research Quarterly (1987) 3: 40{{Cite journal|last=Appelbaum|first=Judith|date=March 1987|title=Books that sold a million or more|journal=Book Research Quarterly|volume=3|issue=1|pages=40–44|doi=10.1007/bf02683744|s2cid=144629623|issn=0741-6148}}
• We Used to Call It Publishing-New Intellectual Property Pathways, Appelbaum, Judith; Paul, Sandra K.; and Simmonds, Albert (1999), Against the Grain: Vol. 11: Iss. 2, Article 32.{{Cite journal|last1=Appelbaum|first1=Judith|last2=Paul|first2=Sandra K.|last3=Simmonds|first3=Albert|date=November 4, 2013|title=We Used to Call It Publishing-New Intellectual Property Pathways|url=https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/atg/vol11/iss2/32/|journal=Against the Grain|language=en|volume=11|issue=2|doi=10.7771/2380-176X.3850|issn=2380-176X|doi-access=free}}

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• [http://www.happilypublished.com/ Sensible Solutions official website]

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