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SYP/Lightning Source Study Tour tickets now on sale25 August 2008 |
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 the UK’s largest print-on-demand suppliers, Lightning Source, with a full day coach-and-tour package at its new processing plant in Milton Keynes. To find out more and purchase your ticket, click here |
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Production Editor syp6416 A leading academic book and journal publisher, based in Oxfordshire, is looking to appoint a Production Editor to handle the production of journal ...more Closes: 29 August 2008 Production Editor syp6415 A leading academic book and journal publisher, based in Oxfordshire, is looking to appoint a Production Editor to handle the production of journal ...more Closes: 29 August 2008 Editor This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated editor to join our rapidly expandin ...more Closes: 08 September 2008 Production Editor syp6394 A leading academic publisher based in Oxfordshire has a vacancy for a Production Editor to help manage the production of books within the Humanitie ...more Closes: 29 August 2008 |
Oxford Book Club When Mala, old and notoriously crazy, arrives at the Paradise Alms House, she is placed in the tender care of Tyler, a gay male nurse, and an extra ...more 03 September 2008 London Book Club 'It had been almost a year since I’d found Hannah dead, and I thought I’d managed to erase all traces of that night within myself. I wa ...more 10 September 2008 A Practical Guide to Frankfurt Book Fair Acting as an extension of the Frankfurt previews published by the trade press, this exciting collaboration with the organisers of Frankfurt Book Fa ...more 17 September 2008 Oxford Speaker Meeting: Academic and the E-reader - Oxford's Digital Age? The end of the printed textbook? Professors with digital-only monographs? Want to know exactly what the arrival of the e-reader has in store for yo ...more 17 September 2008 Oxford SYP Immense Pub Golf Tour 2008 - Welcome to Brookes! As a very warm welcome to the new Brookes publishing MA students, we invite you all to the SYP Immense Pub Golf Tour ...more 19 September 2008 SYP/Lightning Source Study Tour The first event in the SYP's revived Study Tours programme offers a chance to see print on demand (POD) technology first-hand at Lightning Source, ...more 01 October 2008 London Speaker Meeting: Publicity - Staying in the public eye Books are being published in larger amounts and at a higher pace than ever before. The role of the publicity department is to get the book and the ...more 22 October 2008 Oxford Speaker Meeting: Publishing Milkround 2008 Tired of never finding any graduate schemes for publishing - well on 22nd October, we'll be presenting the cream of the publishing internship crop ...more 22 October 2008 |
London SYP Speaker Meeting: "What do West Ham, toilet roll and giant salmon have in common?" Sales: How to keep up with the market. Added: 18 July 2008 Oxford SYP Speaker Meeting: David Fickling, The DFC and the British Comic Book Renaissance Added: 18 July 2008 Canon Tales: Promoting Creativity in Publishing Added: 18 July 2008 A Day in the Life of a .... Production Typesetter Added: 02 July 2008 |
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 of a trade publicity department. Last month our Editorial Insider analysed the ups and downs of an editorial career, and revealed how the job involves a great deal more than rearranging words on a page and reading books. You can reach the blog by clicking www.thebookseller.com/sypblog, and if you’ve got an opinion to share then please do comment on their website. Written anonymously, the blog highlights what it really takes to get ahead in the industry, by drafting in well-placed publishers to deliver frank accounts of their daily book grind. |
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 in the CompletelyNovel Launch Anthology publication. This collection of short stories from up-and-coming writers will be selected by rising stars from right across the publishing industry. The winning entries will be published in an anthology using CompletelyNovel publishing processes and this anthology will be available for sale at the CompletelyNovel launch and on the website. The theme for the competition is... 'And now for something completely different...' We are looking for stories that touch on the themes of change, innovation and imagination...all of the things that the launch of CompletelyNovel.com will promote! Entries should be no more than 2500 words. Please send all entries to comp@completelynovel.com Deadline: 1st September 2008 So, time to get out those pens and start writing! Tell all your creative friends about it too...the deadline is 1st September! For more information, see www.completelynovel.com/home/competition |
The bookcareers.com CV Clearing House originally started out as the industry's unemployment register, where those who are losing their jobs or who wish to join the industry, can register for free and all employers know instantly where to find them. In recent years those wishing to change their jobs or seek a change of direction within the industry have been welcomed too. Click here to find out more about the CV Clearing House. |
For a limited time only, Routledge is pleased to offer a 25% discount, with free P&P included, off Inside Book Publishing to all Society of Young Publishers members. Click here for more details. |
Publishing 2.0: The Reader Revolution As the 'Web 2.0' trend of users collaborating and sharing information continues to grow on the internet, the changing ways in which publishers and readers relate to each other online is already having a real impact on content and how it is delivered. This year's Conference will examine the approach already taken by web-savvy publishers and the potential that remains to harness this revolutionary collaboration in the years to come. The conference is on Saturday 22 November 2008, at University College London. Click here for more details. |
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