Welcome to the Society of Young Publishers

Welcome to the SYPEstablished in 1949, the Society of Young Publishers is open to anyone in publishing or a related trade (in any capacity) - or who is hoping to be soon. Run by a team of dedicated volunteers our aim is to help assist, inform and enthuse anyone trying to break into the publishing industry or progress within it.

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Annual SYP BTBS pub Quiz

08 May 2008

Fancy yourself as a king or queen of trivia? Are you a mine of useless – soon to be proven useful – information? Whether you're a regular expert or a pub quiz apprentice, come and pit your wits against teams from throughout the industry in London Piccadilly's rather slinky Tiger Tiger, on Wednesday 28 May. A night of heated competition, fine beverages, still finer raffle prizes and of course, the critical wooden spoon awaits its new owners ...  Click here for more details.

Jobs

Events

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Editorial Publishing Assistants (2)
Crimson Publishing is a new, ambitious, non-fiction publisher specialising in quality books to improve the way you live. Our titles cover a variety ...more
Closes: 29 May 2008
Publishing Assistant/Graphic Designer
A small independent publisher producing graphic novels of the classics is looking for an intelligent, reliable, self-starting publishing assistant ...more
Closes: 30 May 2008
Publications Manager syp6061
An independent scholarly study centre, part of the University of Oxford, has a vacancy for a Publications Manager to take responsibility for their ...more
Closes: 30 June 2008
Assistant to the Intellectual Property Team
We now need a talented individual to provide day-to-day administrative support to the ELT Intellectual Property team, handling requests for licence ...more
Closes: 04 June 2008
Annual SYP BTBS pub Quiz
Fancy yourself as a king or queen of trivia? Are you a mine of useless – soon to be proven useful – information? Whether you're a regul ...more
28 May 2008
London Speaker Meeting: Book production – a matter of ethics?
In a world that is becoming increasingly environmentally conscious, production departments face huge challenges. They must continue to make books a ...more
02 June 2008
Oxford Book Club
"Heart of Darkness" has been considered for most of this century as a liter ...more
04 June 2008
London Book Club
"The Impostor is simply the finest work of fiction he has ever written: a gripping, claustrophobic novel of guilty secrets, obsession ...more
09 June 2008
Oxford Speaker Meeting: David Fickling - The Return of the Comic Book
In a fascinating talk for the SYP, David Fickling, publisher of the eponymous and highly successful imprint at Random House, will be presenting his ...more
24 June 2008
London Speaker Meeting: Sales - how to keep up with the market
Sales departments are the vital link between publishers and the market. As competition becomes increasingly intense sales teams are having to re- ...more
25 June 2008

Bridget Moans
Where Are All the Men?
Added: 25 April 2008
LBF Seminar 2008
Tuesday 15 April
Added: 22 April 2008
'Darling, never judge a book by its cover!'
Graham Marks and Kelly Hurst persuade us to reconsider this in light of the children's book market today. Especially now celebrities are sticking their oar in...
Added: 16 April 2008

Other News


New Oxford Committee Secretary needed

08 May 2008

We are looking for an enthusiastic and organised person to join the Oxford Committee as Secretary. The current secretary, Clare Caruana, is moving to London and we need to find someone to replace her who can attend monthly committee meetings and speaker meetings in Oxford.  For more details, click here.

The SYP Jobs Service is Expanding!

11 April 2008

We are pleased to announce the arrival of our new Members Ad page, an exciting new extension to our topnotch Jobs Service. The Member Ad page is a unique service; we aim to bridge the gap between talented potentials and a range of publishing houses, literary agents and publishing related companies.  Click here for more details.

Online Membership is back

11 April 2008

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 follow the instructions on our new membership page. Please bear in mind that it may take up to a week for your membership to become fully activated, however this is only a temporary delay which we are working to remove soon.

New Marketability Courses

11 April 2008

Marketability are offering SYP members an exclusive member price of £275 + VAT (full price £350). This price applies to three courses running this spring - click here for more details.

Free publishing seminar at Kingston University - date change

30 January 2008

Does the Book have a Future? - Speaker: John Peacock, Group Production Director, Macmillan Publishers.
Monday 19 May (rescheduled from previously announced date). The seminar will be held at Kingston University, Penrhyn Road, Kingston KT1 2EE, in John Galsworthy Building, room 3004 from 6-8pm (click here for details about how to get to Kingston University). Please rsvp to Alison Baverstock at a.baverstock@kingston.ac.uk. This is one of a series of Masterclasses organised by Kingston's MA in Publishing. Click here for a list of the Autumn term masterclasses.


The SYP is kindly supported by:
The Bookseller Oxford Brookes University Foyles University of the Arts London JFL Search and Selection Random House