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Bookcareers Initiative to Continue

Posted on February 25, 2010 in Uncategorized

Bookcareers Initiative to Continue Bookcareers.com are continuing with their job club until at least June 2010.   The initiative which started in September has so far helped at least 10 people …

SYP Discount for Books & Consumers Annual Conference

Posted on February 25, 2010 in Uncategorized

Books & Consumers Annual Conference 2010 Tuesday March 16 | 9.30am – 12.45pm | One Birdcage Walk London SW1   With revolutionary changes in the ways books can be bought …

36% Discount for SYP Members for “Publishing Laid Bare” Conf

Posted on February 3, 2010 in Uncategorized

Legend Press’s 2nd annual ‘Publishing Laid Bare Conference’ is to be held on Thursday 24th June 2010 in Russell Square, Central London. The central aim of the publishing conference is …

Editing the bestsellers and trend-spotting

Posted on February 3, 2010 in Uncategorized

    The SYP’s final speaker meeting of 2009 focused on a skill that many young publishers would hope to cultivate – commissioning books that become bestsellers. But can an …

Commissioning Editor, London: 7

Posted on January 31, 2010 in Uncategorized

I have spent a long while thinking about it. That night. It’s been repeated once since then. I’d get into the office and ponder both of those nights for a while, whilst I …

Why is the publishing community so dismissive of Dan Brown?

Posted on January 27, 2010 in Uncategorized

Over the last six months, whenever I’ve heard publishers discuss Dan Brown, it’s usually been in quite a negative tone.  This is something that I’ve found quite surprising, since he is …

SYP Author Showcase

Posted on January 24, 2010 in Uncategorized

The penultimate London speaker meeting of the SYP’s 60th year took place in Foyle’s gallery. The event was a showcase of some of the best of today’s award winning authors …

Book Trade Charity Free Training Course Offer

Posted on January 19, 2010 in Uncategorized

The Book Trade Charity are offering a place for an SYP member, preferably someone who has been in the book trade for one year or more and is currently unemployed, …

Commissioning Editor, London: 6

Posted on December 24, 2009 in Uncategorized

So what shape do you think that a broken heart takes? In what sense can that phrase be construed? I’m serving breakfast in bed to Dorothy with a phrase running through my …

Book offers for SYP members

Posted on December 7, 2009 in Uncategorized

Eternity Press are offering SYP members £4.00 off Greg Hamerton’s fantasy novel The Riddler’s Gift.  SYP Web Content editor Kevin Mahoney is also offering SYP members free proof copies of the …

Reviews of the 2009 SYP Conference now online

Posted on November 26, 2009 in Uncategorized

If you missed out on this year’s SYP conference, then you can catch up with what happened via a couple of reviews that we have of the event on InPrint …

2 Awards for Publishing from The Stationers’ Foundation

Posted on November 25, 2009 in Uncategorized

Scholarships On Offer Francis Mathew Stationers’ Company Scholarships are offered again this year to young persons in the printing, publishing and paper industries and associated trades.  These scholarships were established …