A large number of the entry level jobs at bigger publishing houses are something similar to fact checking. You vet materials for accuracy. In the case of non-fiction, you call sources to cooberate facts, with fiction, you make sure it hasn't slandered anybody who isn't aware/OK with it. Other entry level positions in publishing include event planning (magazine events, book signings). And then there's the whole world of advocacy publishing which deals with specialty fields that are little more the PR for businesses (ie: "The Galxo Bone Density Journal").
PR is always a field for ENGL majors, but I'd avoid it like the plague. You'd definitely do a lot of writing for companies that may suck.
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I think the Apocalypse is happening all around us. We go on eating desserts and watching TV. I know I do. I wish we were more capable of sustained passion and sustained resistance. We should be screaming and what we do is gossip. -Lydia Millet
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