Description : What is the best way to make a connection, develop an "in," and ultimately get work as a freelance book designer/page layout artist with the big publishers, like Bertelsman, Rowman & Littlefield, Harcourt, HarperCollins, etc.?
Last Answer : Let them know who you are. Send them your portfolio - your motivation why you want to work for them (...don't mention 'paycheck' though =]...), create muck-ups of things they already published in the past, etc...