Judith Appelbaum

Judith Appelbaum (September 26, 1939 – July 25, 2018) was an American editor, consultant and author. She was active in the publishing industry for 50 years and was awarded both the Publishers Marketing (now the Independent Book Publishers) Association Lifetime Achievement Award and the Book Industry Study Group Lifetime Service Award.

Education Appelbaum grew up in New York. She graduated from Vassar College in 1960. As a college student, she interned at the publishing company that is now HarperCollins.

Career After graduating from Vassar, her first position was at Harper's magazine.

In 1978, she released her most influential book How To Get Happily Published, 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.

Death She died on July 25, 2018, at the age of 78 of ovarian cancer.

Publications How To Get Happily Published: A Complete and Candid Guide, Fifth Edition. HarperCollins, 1978, The writer's workbook: a full and friendly guide to boosting your book's sales, co-written with Florence Janovic, Pushcart Press, 1980, 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.