thanks for this really informative post! :) i have nothing to add, only that i have wanted to work in the editorial department of a publishing house (reading slush actually sounds like fun to me, and solitary, which i like, oh, even if it's BAD slush!), but nixed it for other practical but dead-end jobs.

i do have a question, though. do you know anyone who is deaf/hard of hearing in the publishing field?