Latest Offers from the SYP
BookBrunch are offering a 15% discount off the subscription prices to members of the SYP; in order to get this you would need to quote the following discount code when you subscribe (via the subscribe tab on the top menu bar):
NWVHYW
Punked Books are offering free proof copies of their debut novel,
Abattoir Jack, to SYP members who can review on Amazon. All SYP members need to do is email
editor@authortrek.com with their name and address, along with the link to a review that they have previously posted on Amazon.
The publishers of
The Writer's Handbook 2010 are offering SYP members a 50% discount off the cover price. To take advantage of this discount, quote code
WBOOK2010a when ordering via
http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?PID=281381 (RRP £14.99). Of particular revelance to SYP members is a chapter by our former Chair Jon Slack entitled
The Ins and Outs of a Publishing House – A Tale of Two Sides.
Members receive a 10% discount at Foyles bookshop when they show their membership card.
The Publishing Training Centre gives SYP members a 20% discount on their day courses (ie all except residential). For more details, contact
publishing.training@bookhouse.co.uk.
The Society for Editors and Proofreaders are waiving their £25 joining fee for SYP members, so you will just have to pay the annual £88 subscription fee if you want to join the SfEP.
Oxford Brookes University is running a range of publishing courses throughout the year as part of an expanding professional development programme. Courses include an introduction to Indesign, a 'Roadmap for New media Projects', Publishing Finance courses, Marketing to Libraries, Video Production and 'Contracts, Copyright and Rights: the basics'. They are offering 10% discount on these courses for all SYP members when booked through their companies. The website is undergoing work at the moment, but if you would be interested in future courses, please keep an eye on it at
http://opdm.brookes.ac.uk/ - and join the mailing list if you would like to be kept up to date with developments.
Editorial Training are currently offering a 20% discount for SYP members off all their short courses, which include:
Copy-editing for Publishers
Proofreading for Publishers
Editing and Writing for the Web
Know Your Grammar
All courses are priced at £195 per day, or £156 per day including the discount. Don't forget to mention that you're a member of the SYP when applying for any of the courses.
More details can be found on
www.edittrain.co.uk
