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Diary of a Publishing Wannabe

Posted on September 1, 2008 in Uncategorized

  I’m 21, I live in the centre of the country’s most exciting city (London, obviously) and am on the ridiculously long holiday (four months!!) that we students happily take …

A Day in the Life of a … Commissioning Editor

Posted on August 29, 2008 in Uncategorized

  What is an average working day for you?   As Commissioning Editor at JKP, responsible largely for our books on autism and associated therapies, a large proportion of my …

London SYP Speaker Meeting: The author's experience

Posted on August 28, 2008 in Uncategorized

Most people who work in publishing would agree that we’d have a bit of a problem without the authors, though we may curse them at times, so the SYP’s speaker …

Lightning source photos

Posted on August 28, 2008 in Uncategorized

London SYP Speaker Meeting: The author’s experience

Posted on August 28, 2008 in Uncategorized

Most people who work in publishing would agree that we’d have a bit of a problem without the authors, though we may curse them at times, so the SYP’s speaker …

SYP/Lightning Source Study Tour tickets now on sale

Posted on August 25, 2008 in Uncategorized

The SYP is excited to announce details of the first day trip in its revived Study Tours programme, during which we are offering members the chance to visit one of …

SYP now blogging at theBookseller.com

Posted on August 15, 2008 in Uncategorized

Our latest monthly careers blog is now up on The Bookseller website, with our SYP Publicity ‘Insider’ illustrating what you can expect to encounter in the high-flying, occasionally glamorous world …

CompletelyNovel Short Story competition

Posted on August 13, 2008 in Uncategorized

To celebrate the official launch of completelynovel.com, CompletelyNovel is joining forces with members of the Oxford Committee of the SYP to find the best short-story writers out there to feature …

Psycho Commissioning Editor

Posted on August 1, 2008 in Uncategorized

I guess it might have been time for a retrospective. Hardly holed up in a lavish hotel room, experiencing reflective bliss in the sunlight after the rain.  I’m in a blissed-out and …

Frankfurt Book Fair – Event Feedback

Posted on August 1, 2008 in Uncategorized

If you attended our inaugural ‘Practical Guide to Frankfurt’ event on September 17th, we’d like to thank you for coming along and also find out what you thought of the …

Careers Information: Getting into Publishing

Posted on July 27, 2008 in Uncategorized

This page gives basic information about publishing courses and training, how to get started in publishing, where to look for jobs, which books to read and where to look for …

Canon Tales report, Bent’s Notes, The Bookseller 25/07/08

Posted on July 27, 2008 in Uncategorized