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In Response To … eReaders

Posted on May 25, 2009 in Uncategorized

  I’ve recently taken to using an eReader of sorts because I realised that, as an commissioning editor of academic books, I had for some time been publishing electronic books. However, …

Outsource Publishing starts free consultancy for SYP members

Posted on May 21, 2009 in Uncategorized

Outsource Publishing is focused in its endeavor to provide maximum support to SYP and its members. Senior consultants from Outsource have agreed to provide their valuable time to help the …

Graphic Novels and the Rise of Manga Publishing in the UK

Posted on May 20, 2009 in Uncategorized

It was sweltering inside, and a gorgeous breezy evening taunted us from the other side of the window. Few people attended the Manga publishing talk, but maybe it was only …

New Bookcareers.com Salary Survey

Posted on May 14, 2009 in Uncategorized

The latest Bookcareers.com Salary Survey has just been released.  Click here to visit the Bookcareers.com Salary Survey.   There is also an analysis of the Salary Survey results on The Bookseller …

Getting Ahead in Publishing

Posted on May 12, 2009 in Uncategorized

A room of hopeful faces rose early for the Society of Young Publishers’ 9:30am seminar on ‘Getting Ahead in Publishing’, which kicked off the London Book Fair on Monday morning. …

Bring-A-Friend Social

Posted on May 12, 2009 in Uncategorized

On the 8th of April, members of the SYP came together at Digress in Soho for the first committee social of the year. There was a great turn out for …

How to Create InPrint Online pages

Posted on May 11, 2009 in Uncategorized

First off, please log into the InPrint Online admin pages that you have been given by the SYP website team via the following link: http://inprint.thesyp.org.uk/admin/ Once you’ve logged in, you can …

The growth of Giglets

Posted on May 10, 2009 in Uncategorized

  Forming a publishing company whilst at school and continuing to run it whilst full-time university students might seem like too much of a challenge to some, but not to …

Canon Tales: Chapter 2

Posted on May 10, 2009 in Uncategorized

After last year’s huge success, Jon Slack and Doug Wallace decided to take Canon Tales into the second round on 21st April at the London Book Fair 2009. The former …

The London Book Fair

Posted on May 10, 2009 in Uncategorized

When you haven’t been before, attending the London Book Fair seems like an attractive country that you always hear people talking about and, from afar, can only imagine is full …

SYP partners with Outsource Publishing for www.syp-60.org.uk

Posted on May 8, 2009 in Uncategorized

Website all set to launch at Groucho "Publishing Now and Then" event, 20 May The Society of Young Publishers is hard at work developing www.syp-60.org.uk, an ambitious new website project …

Psycho Commissioning Editor

Posted on May 6, 2009 in Uncategorized

I’ve been to a few London book fairs now. I’m ready to accept that, aside from walking around the scarily similar stands and buying five pound coffees, if you’re not here …