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Adventists' Publishing Arm Cuts Jobs Amid Losses


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Sep 28, 2010 1:31 pm US/Eastern

HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) The publishing arm of the Seventh-day Adventist Church says it's cutting 36 jobs in Hagerstown as part of a reorganization aimed at stemming millions of dollars in losses.

The Review and Herald Publishing Association said Monday that the unit's new managers are taking action after years of flatlining sales and financial losses including a projected $2.4 million loss this year.

The association says the revitalization plan includes streamlining operations and developing more digital products.

Spokesman Kim Peckham tells The (Hagerstown) Herald-Mail he expects the association to continue publishing the free monthly Adventist World magazine and the subscription magazine Adventist Review.

The association moved its book and magazine publishing operation to Hagerstown in 1983.

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http://wjz.com/local/adventists.publishing.losses.2.1935901.html

John 3:16-17

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. [17] For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

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I have a friend who believes that the publishing, both R&H as well as Pac. Press will be outsourced overseas because of the loss of income.

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Sep 28, 2010 1:31 pm US/Eastern

HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) The publishing arm of the Seventh-day Adventist Church says it's cutting 36 jobs in Hagerstown as part of a reorganization aimed at stemming millions of dollars in losses.

The Review and Herald Publishing Association said Monday that the unit's new managers are taking action after years of flatlining sales and financial losses including a projected $2.4 million loss this year.

The association says the revitalization plan includes streamlining operations and developing more digital products.

Spokesman Kim Peckham tells The (Hagerstown) Herald-Mail he expects the association to continue publishing the free monthly Adventist World magazine and the subscription magazine Adventist Review.

The association moved its book and magazine publishing operation to Hagerstown in 1983.

Source:

http://wjz.com/local/adventists.publishing.losses.2.1935901.html

Wow, unreal! I guess I'm glad they never did hire me. I'm better off being retired. :)

phkrause

When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; But when a wicked man rules, the people groan. Proverbs 29;2
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I have a friend who believes that the publishing, both R&H as well as Pac. Press will be outsourced overseas because of the loss of income.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if it is. People don't buy as many books as they used to, either. I know people who don't buy any books any more because they get everything they want on the Internet or in audio-book. It's a different world. I still love real books-- of the kind that Ray Bradbury wrote in his famous novel-- but too many other people don't.

Wouldn't it be something if they were outsourced to China?!! I doubt that will happen but theoretically it could. More likely it will outsourced to somewhere like the Philippines (or the Congo?), I think.

John 3:16-17

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. [17] For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

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Wow, unreal! I guess I'm glad they never did hire me. I'm better off being retired. :)

When did they almost hire you? What would you have done there?

Back in the early 70s, I went to the publishing house in Mt. View, California, and asked about work, but that was before they moved to Idaho. That was while I was a student at Pacific Union College. I remember their pay was really low then. I had the feeling they were mostly interested in almost-volunteer workers. lol

John 3:16-17

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. [17] For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

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When I got out of HS I got hired at FFT when they were in NY. When they moved to California back in '72, we moved there. While there I would drive up to San Jose every other weekend. On one trip we drove to the PP officies and took a tour of the place, I asked what it would take for me to work there. They said I'd have to go through the proper channels, I could not just fill out an application. I moved back to NY and was offered a job up at AUC press. Have been here ever since. But have applied to the R&H, PP, and the Media Center since but never heard from them. The only time I did hear from them was within the last few years only to tell me they where not hiring. I would've liked to end my career working for the church. Not that its better than other places but only because that's where I started.

phkrause

When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; But when a wicked man rules, the people groan. Proverbs 29;2

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