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LCC to host conference on reading trends

Posted on February 28, 2008 in Uncategorized

The London College of Communication (LCC) is hosting its annual Publishing Innovation conference on the afternoon of Thursday 13 March. This year’s conference is entitled Still Reading? – a debate …

LCC’s Publishing Innovation Conference 2008: Still Reading?

Posted on February 28, 2008 in Uncategorized

Alternative media sources and modern culture are seducing conventional readers away from their traditional reading habits. Will today’s concept of reading disappear? How can book and magazine publishers keep their …

Psycho Commissioning Editor

Posted on February 28, 2008 in Uncategorized

      I’m wasted again in a pub the wrong side of the M25, called something ridiculous like the Cock Tavern or maybe it was the Cock and Hen, …

Online Membership is back

Posted on February 27, 2008 in Uncategorized

We are pleased to announce that you can once more join the SYP or renew your membership online. All you need to do is to fill in the boxes and …

Careers Conference 2007 – Lunchtime Guest of Honour: Gordon Graham

Posted on February 25, 2008 in Uncategorized

As soon as the panel debate wound up, we welcomed our lunchtime guest of honour, Gordon Graham, Editor Emeritus and Founder of LOGOS, the premier publishing journal, and his wife …

BML’s 2008 Books & the Consumer Conference

Posted on February 22, 2008 in Uncategorized

SYP members are entitled to a 15% discount off the entry fee for Book Marketing Limited’s 2008 Books and the Consumer Conference, which will be held on the morning of Tuesday, 11th …

SYP to have seminar at 2008 London Book Fair

Posted on February 22, 2008 in Uncategorized

The London Book Fair is one of the publishing calendar’s most important dates (14-16 April 2008). This year, for the first time ever, the SYP is hosting its own seminar, …

InPrint Correction

Posted on February 22, 2008 in Uncategorized

In the current issue of InPrint the article on OUP (OUP Children’s Books: Commissioning and Development pp. 14-15) suggests the company has just celebrated its centenary, when in fact it …

London Word Festival 22 Feb – 13 March

Posted on February 22, 2008 in Uncategorized

The London Word Festival is now up and running.  Of particular interest to publishers will be the Book Futures debate (Thursday March 13th 7pm at the Bishopsgate Institute), featuring Scott …

A Day in the Life of a… Men's Magazine Staff Writer

Posted on February 18, 2008 in Uncategorized

What does an average day as a staff writer on a men’s magazine involve? I work for Maxim, a monthly men’s magazine. Most people imagine it’s a right doss; a …

A Day in the Life of a… Men’s Magazine Staff Writer

Posted on February 18, 2008 in Uncategorized

What does an average day as a staff writer on a men’s magazine involve? I work for Maxim, a monthly men’s magazine. Most people imagine it’s a right doss; a …

Book Review : The Magic Toyshop by Angela Carter

Posted on February 18, 2008 in Uncategorized

  The Magic Toyshop tells the surreal “rites of passage” story of Melanie and her transition from innocent girl to sexualised woman. After a tragic event ends her comfortable, idyllic …