"In recent years, the once-stately book trade has reeled from one dramatic change to another - from the rise of powerful online retailers to the emergence of digital books and the downsizing of venerated publishing houses.

But one thing hasn't changed. Hundreds of impassioned book lovers want to be part of the action.

Enter the Denver Publishing Institute, which turns 40 this year. Every summer, it runs a four-week program on the University of Denver campus, immersing about 95 students from all over the country in the nuts and bolts of publishing.

'We open their eyes to everything that goes into making a book,' says the institute's director, Jill Smith (MBA '07). Smith, who joined the institute in 2003, took over the directorship in early 2015, succeeding Joyce Meskis, founder of Denver's much-beloved Tattered Cover Bookstore."