Fractional Publishign Operations Manager/Author Platform Coordinator

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Job Requirements Candidates should have experience in independent publishing, small-press operations, author platform management, book marketing, metadata, digital sales, publicity coordination, or serious nonfiction promotion. The ideal candidate will be a practical publishing systems operator — someone who can create order, identify platform gaps, manage details, and help build a repeatable publishing infrastructure for Blackstone Press / Blackstone Health. Required qualifications: 3+ years of relevant experience in publishing, book marketing, author platform management, publishing operations, metadata, digital sales, publicity coordination, or related work. Experience working with nonfiction authors, independent publishers, small presses, or serious thought-leadership platforms. Strong familiarity with book discovery and retail platforms such as Amazon, Goodreads, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org, Apple Books, Kobo, Google Books, Audible, and related sites. Ability to audit book listings, author profiles, metadata, ISBNs, editions, subtitles, categories, descriptions, author bios, pricing, reviews, buy links, and retailer pages. Strong organizational skills, including comfort building spreadsheets, trackers, dashboards, and weekly status reports. Ability to develop an ethical reader-review strategy for platforms such as Amazon, Goodreads, Audible, Barnes & Noble, and BookBub. Excellent written communication skills and sound editorial judgment. Comfort working with serious nonfiction in health care, artificial intelligence, public policy, ethics, systems reform, and related fields. Ability to work independently, identify problems, propose solutions, and execute without heavy supervision. Preferred qualifications: Experience with Amazon Author Central, Goodreads Author Program, BookBub, IngramSpark or Ingram metadata, Bowker ISBN records, NetGalley, Edelweiss, Bookshop.org, Audible / ACX, Google Books, Kobo, Apple Books, LibraryThing, The StoryGraph, BookLife / Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, Foreword, or similar professional review channels. Experience supporting author media kits, book one-sheets, review excerpts, podcast visibility, speaking-event materials, library outreach, or institutional discovery. Experience with health care, medicine, AI, public policy, medical ethics, technology, leadership, or systems-change nonfiction. Experience creating launch dashboards, metadata audits, book-site audits, review trackers, media trackers, or publishing operations systems. Not required: A traditional PR agency background is not required. A graduate degree is not required. Prior health care experience is helpful but not required. Not a fit for: This role is not a fit for someone whose primary strategy is generic social media posting, paid PR packages, mass email blasts, guaranteed reviews, bestseller claims, or low-quality podcast volume. We are looking for someone who can create publishing order, discoverability, credibility, and follow-through.

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