Western’s Publishing MFA and M.A. include a thorough study of the publishing industry—editing, design, production, marketing, ... distribution and bookselling, including new technologies that have changed the industry for writers, publishers, booksellers and readers. Students will work hands-on to create books that will be released by a commercial publisher by the end of the program—an original anthology they have jointly edited and produced, as well as a public-domain “classic” reissued from scratch in print and ebook formats. read more