The Press Forward Blog


A Day in the Life of … a Press Officer

Posted on January 14, 2011 in Uncategorized

Tell us a little bit about what your job involves. A publicist has to get a book as much coverage in the media as possible. This can be in the …

Largest Book Give-Away Ever Attempted

Posted on December 11, 2010 in Uncategorized

20,000 passionate book lovers will give away 1,000,000 books on the inaugural World Book Night The Society of Young Publishers supports ‘World Book Night’, which will take place on Saturday …

SYP Conference 2010

Posted on November 30, 2010 in Uncategorized

Julia Kingsford, Head of Marketing at Foyles Bookshop now has her dream job, but the transition wasn’t a smooth one, with bumps along the road to the final destination. Having …

London Book Club: October

Posted on November 30, 2010 in Uncategorized

  After reading this year’s Man Booker-longlisted The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas, it resulted in the October discussion having two main focuses; there was the obvious theme of childrearing (child …

Work Experience: Trent Editions case study

Posted on November 23, 2010 in Uncategorized

Skillset is the Sector Skills Council (SSC) for Creative Media which comprises TV, film, radio, interactive media, animation, computer games, facilities, photo imaging, publishing, advertising and fashion and textiles. A …

Publishing in einer globalisierten Welt

Posted on November 23, 2010 in Uncategorized

Carolin Klemenez has written an article on the SYP conference for the website of the German Network, looking at publishing in a globalized world.

Winner of the Penguin Bookchase competition

Posted on November 12, 2010 in Uncategorized

The SYP are pleased to announce that Isabella Ferrario is the lucky winner of the Penguin Bookchase competition.   The answer was 2004. Congratulations to all of you who got …

Info for Author Event – Tuesday 2nd November

Posted on November 1, 2010 in Uncategorized

Our highly anticipated author event has featured in Timeout with an advert at the below link. Please pass it onto your friends and colleague. http://www.timeout.com/london/books-poetry/event/205209/926786/society-of-young-publishers-event Also, unhelpfully, the author event is …

Twitter and the Publishing Industry

Posted on October 18, 2010 in Uncategorized

As I sit here at my computer with the internet explorer open in front of me, I absent-mindedly start to type in the familiar addresses I visit everyday – Facebook, …

Home-grown Talent

Posted on October 13, 2010 in Uncategorized

We hear from members of our very own SYP committee, past and present, who have realised the dream to see their work appear in print. Nikki Dudley is Commissioning Editor for …

The Great Penguin Bookchase Competition

Posted on October 10, 2010 in Uncategorized

Find the answers to some literary questions to be in with a chance of winning The Great Penguin Bookchase, the world’s first board game about books. Only SYP members can …

InPrint – Design the Front Cover

Posted on October 5, 2010 in Uncategorized

Inprint, the magazine for the Society of Young Publishers, are looking for a cover designer to revamp their Christmas end of year issue. This is a brilliant opportunity to gain …