10 years of Amazon.co.uk ‡ Amazon’s labour relations ‡ Amazon’s relationship with publishers According to November’s edition of the Ethical Consumer, Amazon sold 16% of all books sold in 2007 …
10 years of Amazon.co.uk ‡ Amazon’s labour relations ‡ Amazon’s relationship with publishers The distribution centre had a high staff turnover during the years, until the time came when I …
10 years of Amazon.co.uk ‡ Amazon’s labour relations ‡ Amazon’s relationship with publishers Ten years ago, I was working in Ottakars in Slough. I had just finished my Masters degree, …
As I walk into the office, trying to leave behind the frustration of the Tube journey, I notice one sad, lonely Christmas decoration that’s been pulled out of a box …
What you need to know… Every January, the London and Oxford Committees hold their AGMs to decide who will take up the committee positions for the following twelve months. With …
Giving an inside perspective on editorial at this year’s conference, Gurdeep Mattu from Continuum Books and Sara O’Keefe from Orion shared their thoughts on what it means to be a …
In the Publicity and Marketing workshop at this year’s conference, Claire Morrison, Senior Marketing Executive for CCV at Random House, and Truda Spruyt, Associate Director at Colman Getty, shared their …
(notes from the SYP Conference 2008) PR and marketing What is PR? At its most fundamental, it is • Getting to your target audience with the righ message about your …
The first weeks of my publishing course have whizzed past and I have decided – as I sit on a stationary Eurostar train stuck in the depths of the …
The biggest event of the SYP year has been and gone. In all, there were over 230 people in attendance, including 32 speakers, to thoroughly debate the questions surrounding the …
The first details have now been announced for a very special SYP Annual General Meeting on January 21st. As well as having the opportunity to vote on new committee members …
Dear Readers, As some of you might be aware, we had a conference on Saturday, the 22nd of November. It was the SYP’s Annual Conference – our biggest event of …