SYP Conference: freedom, responsibility and the bottom line (Members Only)
The recent SYP Annual Conference tackled some major questions as it examined "the impact of publishing on society". Jon Slack and Alan Crompton report on the weekend's highlights
This report first appeared in BookBrunch...
A Day in the Life of a ... Cover Designer
What does a typical day as a designer involve?
A work day te...
The SYP Committee's favourite children's books
Publishing Newbie
Muffled discussions about The London Book Fair had been echoing around the office walls for a week before the main event. As none of these conversations were directed towards me, I assumed entrance was granted to big-players only. Never mind, I though...
The growth of Giglets
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The London Book Fair
When you haven’t been before, attending the London Book Fair seems like an attractive country that you always hear people talking about and, from afar, can only imagine is full of the most exciting and grand delights.
...Publishing Newbie
The universal dread for aspiring publishing stars is spending too long working for free on countless work experience placements or internships. Those publishing hopefuls amongst the audience at the SYP’s fascinating ...
OFF_Magazine
‘Travel shapes character.’
Polish proverb ...
Diary of a Publishing Wannabe
January is rarely the happiest of months in this part of the world. In the far-off days of my Australian childhood, January meant sun block, boogie...
A Day in the Life of an ... Educational Publishing Executive
Tell me a bit about Leckie & Leckie and your career there to date.
Leckie & Leckie is Scotland’s leading educational publisher and will be 20 years old next year! We publish revision books and course materials aimed specifically at the Scottish second...
Publicity Notes from the 2008 SYP Conference
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 product
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Diary of a Publishing Wannabe
The first weeks of my publishing course have whizzed past and I have decided – a...
The Giglets Success Story
As young publishers, most of us are focussed on getting that elusive first job or climbing the career ladder – starting up a publishing company is a distant dream. But...
Diary of a Publishing Wannabe
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A Day in the Life of a ... Commissioning Editor
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London SYP Speaker Meeting: The author's experience (Members Only)
Most people who work in publishing would agree that we’d have a bit of a problem without the authors, though we may curse them at times, so the SYP...
London SYP Speaker Meeting: "What do West Ham, toilet roll and giant salmon have in common?"
On a stifling summer evening such as the last day in June, many exhausted commuters are planning...
Oxford SYP Speaker Meeting: David Fickling, The DFC and the British Comic Book Renaissance
A Day in the Life of a .... Production Typesetter
Geek's Corner: The Subtle Nuance of the Oxford Comma
‘There are people who embrace the Oxford comma, and people who don't, and I'll just say this, never get between these people when drink has been taken.’
...Reprint of InPrint Crossword for you to print out (Members Only)
Across
1. Him and his big mouth (surname)
3. This publishing house is a French ax
6. Sur...
The Oxford Society of Young Publishers May Speaker Meeting
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A Day in the Life of a... Publicity Officer
What does an average day as a Publicity Officer for a small independent publishing house involve?
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Why More Book Shops Should Be Like 'Black Books'
[Click] [Tap-a-tap-tap] [Click] [Analogue rumble] [Procrastination] [Surprise at the manner in which ‘Eric A, Basingstoke’ deftly manipulates English into something entirely unrecognisable] [Analogue rumble] [Click]
...Interview with Alison Baverstock: How to Get a Job in Publishing
Book Review: The Second Plane by Martin Amis
How many lazy clichés are there to describe Martin Amis? ‘Teeth-obsessed’ is one. ‘Kingsley’s Heir&rsqu...
London Book Fair Mission: Tuesday 15 April
Whether you're into fiction or non-fiction, trade or academic, travel or sociology; the 2008 London Book Fair will cater for even the most exotic palate next week, showcasing myriad...
Book Review: This Book Will Save Your Life by A. M. Homes
Geek's Corner: Helvetica: How does it make you feel?
London Book Fair Retrospective
In the run up the Book Fair, InPrint Online will be running several articles about this unique event in the global publishing calendar. The event is from the 14th to the 16th April this year, and here, in a retrospective look, is what last year's Chair had to say about the 2005 LBF.
...Book Review : The Magic Toyshop by Angela Carter
The Magic Toyshop...
A Day in the Life of a... Men's Magazine Staff Writer
What does an average day as a staff writer on a men’s magazine involve?...
A Magazine Intern Writes
As I walked through the revolving doors of one of London’s most fashionable publishing houses, I must admit that I did so with my pre-conceived assumptions intact. It’s not my fault though, it’s Ugly Betty’s, and the timid Andy Sacks from the, The Devil Wears ...
The SYP Committee
With Christmas pending and another year drawing to a close, I’m looking forward to a new year in the SYP calendar. Every January, the London and Oxford Committees hold their ...
An SYP Christmas Q & A
Hello, it's me again. I did some digging around, after all, that's what Doggz do (see what I did there) and I unearthed this precious juicy bone!
...Scarf, gloves and woolly socks: the naked editor is cold!
The Naked Editor
I thought long and hard before coming up with a title for this column and when I finally settled for this I realised that, given the name of my business, the choice is actually a bit of an unfortunate one. Then again, I have already brought shame to myself by being &...
Girl About Town
After a long, not-so-hot Summer, it’s back into the party fray as Autumn approaches for the SYP’s Girl About Town.
GAT welcomed September&rsq...
Support Staff Bite Back
It's official. Computer users are more ignorant and rude to their IT departments than they appear to be in standard helpdesk report logs, reports A.N. Alyst.
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The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Editors
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“What does a Commissioning Editor do?” The 7 habits:
1. Understand market ...
On Becoming A Commissioning Editor
The Hachette Livre Graduate Scheme
Karen O'Brien is Training Manager at Hachette Livre UK, and she took some time out of her busy schedule recently to give InPrint Online the low down on their new Graduate Training Scheme. We asked some pointed and not-so-pointed questions, about life, office gossip, ideal books to commis...
Here or There extract
Here or There (published 28th July) is Rebecca Strong's debut novel. Rebecca is, of course, the former editor of InPrint, so we are delighted to present this extract to you. You can also check out Gurdeep...
Here ... Or There?
John Murray gets steamy
In February, I had the pleasure of completing 2 weeks work experience at the offices of John Murray. As I run a literary website, they were interested in getting my feedback on web marketing. I suggested that they start making promotional videos, since it's very cheap to make an effective video n...
Girl About Town
Girl About Town started the month with a very exciting party for the launch of Teenage by Jon Savage, held at the Wat...
Girl About Town
To kick things off on 1 March, Girl About Town went to the launch of Gerard Woodward’s new novel A Curious Earth at Daunt Bo...
Grumpy Old Bookman writes for the SYP
My acquaintance with the London Book Fair (LBF) goes back a good long way – certainly I remember the time when the big UK firms didn’t bother to attend. So I suppose that it must have been in the early 1980s when I first went along.
What I sometimes refer to (in ...
Diversity in Publishing
A recent article on news.bbc.co.uk has again raised an issue that it is always more convenient to sweep under the carpet – that of diversity in publishing. The statistics - contained safely as they often are in the little brown box on the right hand margin - are beguiling. The e...
Why the commercial ebook market is broken
(Note: In the following rant, I'm sticking to American currency and prices because (a) they're relatively familiar to non-Americans, and (b) they're where I've got the hardest data. Not to mention (c) being wher...
Girl About Town
Things got off to a flying start in February, with not one but two launches on the 1st…
First up...
Girl About Town
Whoever said December was the party season? Girl About Town has had a super-hectic January, and things are show...
Short Story I
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