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The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Editors

Posted on September 28, 2007 in Uncategorized

So here’s something that came to the SYP – author unknown.  Some of it makes a lot of sense; pass it on!  The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Editors   …

On Becoming A Commissioning Editor

Posted on September 28, 2007 in Uncategorized

On Becoming a Commissioning Editor   I think that it is fair to say that almost all entrants into publishing, once they have chosen editorial from amongst the variety of …

Gurdeep's Column

Posted on September 24, 2007 in Uncategorized

  2007 for me has been a year of chasing. I’ve chased the Royal Mail for non-delivery of parcels. I’ve chased insurance companies, online electronics stores, British Gas, the National Grid and …

Gurdeep’s Column

Posted on September 24, 2007 in Uncategorized

  2007 for me has been a year of chasing. I’ve chased the Royal Mail for non-delivery of parcels. I’ve chased insurance companies, online electronics stores, British Gas, the National Grid and …

Free Masterclasses for SYP members

Posted on September 20, 2007 in Uncategorized

    Programme of speakers for Master Classes Kingston University Autumn Term 2007   Timings: 6-8pm, Monday evenings, at their Penryn Road campus (John Galsworthy Building Room 3004 from 6-8pm). …

SYP Careers Conference

Posted on September 20, 2007 in Uncategorized

Registration is now open for this year’s Careers Conference, which is being held on Saturday 10th November – see the conference website for more details. Please note that our Membership …

SYP Careers Conference

Posted on September 19, 2007 in Uncategorized

Registration is now open for this year’s Careers Conference, which is being held on Saturday 10th November – see the conference website for more details.

The Boys in the Backroom

Posted on September 19, 2007 in Uncategorized

As we warm up for the SYP Careers Conference, here is an article about Editorial and Production to whet your appetite. Yes, that’s right – Production, the department that doesn’t …

New funding for training small publishers

Posted on September 19, 2007 in Uncategorized

Thanks to a generous donation from the Unwin Charitable Trust (UCT), The Publishing Training Centre has been able to introduce a new scheme to help small publishers pay for training. …

SYP and JFL Search & Selection Career Evening

Posted on September 9, 2007 in Uncategorized

Date: 19th September Guest Speaker: Louise Rhind-Tutt, Publicity Manager at Random House, and former SYP Chair Whether you are a recent graduate looking to get into publishing or a first …

Apples & Snakes in Soho

Posted on September 9, 2007 in Uncategorized

A night of anarchic performance-poetry, starring the mischievous John Agard alongside raunchy Salena Godden, loquacious Rhian Edwards and scary Mancunian duo Thick Richard. Prepare yourselves for the verbal cannonade. When: …

SYP Careers Conference

Posted on August 31, 2007 in Uncategorized

Registration for this year’s Careers Conference begins on the 1st September, see the conference website for more details.