In a continuing effort to make sure that we provide educational programming and opportunities for our academic and educational publishers as well as our trade publishers, the AAP is hosting its third annual Young to Educational Publishing Conference this fall. We always want to cater the programming to the needs and desires of our...
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New Little big Mouth List: LGBTQ Interest
Hopefully you are all receiving occasional galleys and ARCs through the YPG Little Big Mouth lists. Occasionally, we have had publishers request the creation of special interest lists such as: Audiobooks, Games/Puzzles, Memoir, Netgalley, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, and more. We are developing the creation of a new Little Big Mouth list for people with LGBTQ Interest...
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Mt. Sinai’s Reach Out and Read Program
YPG Cares is collaborating withMt. Sinai Medical Center’s Reach Out and Read (ROR) Program for a third year, so if you have summer Fridays (either half-day or full day Friday options, which vary from house-to-house), please consider using one of them to read to sick children. YPG Cares is organizing small groups (2-3 members...
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YPG Book to Film Club: Twilight
Thanks to those of you who joined us for our last film club viewing and discussion of SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK by Matthew Quick. It’s summertime, and our next YPG Book to Film Club selection is a classic beach read: TWILIGHT, based on the novel by Stephanie Meyer (Little, Brown, 2005).
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Join us TOMORROW NIGHT for YPG’s Spelling Bee Extravaganza and c-o-c-k-t-a-i-l-s!
Think you have what it takes to take down your fellow YPGers in a Spelling Bee Extravaganza? Come out to Village Pourhouse for some sweet drink specials, test your skills and see how much you actually rely on that spell check… High fives and free books (donated by Random House) will be awarded...
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YPG Spotlight: Digital Books Assistant Producer
Each YPG Spotlight features a different position in our industry. Whether you’re looking to move over to a new department, break into the industry, or just learn more about each step in the publishing process, we hope you find this series informative and interesting!
Here we talk to Ellen Maddy, a Digital Books Assistant Producer...
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YPG Special Edition Book Club: Lean In
Everybody’s talking about it, your coworker’s been trying to get you to read it, and now the moment is here! Join YPG for a special book-club discussion of LEAN IN: WOMEN, WORK, AND THE WILL TO LEAD by Sheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer of Facebook. In Lean In, Sandberg examines why women are underrepresented...
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YPG’s Spelling Bee Extravaganza
Think you have what it takes to take down your fellow YPGers in a Spelling Bee Extravaganza? Come out to Village Pourhouse for some sweet drink specials, test your skills and see how much you actually rely on that spell check… High fives and potentially other goodies will be awarded to the...
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Women In Book Publishing: Career Opportunities, Challenges And Advice
Across the U.S., full-time working women make about $0.77 for ever dollar made by men and in many industries they are not afforded the same opportunities. In book publishing, however, women hold positions of power at every level and seem to have the same opportunities as men. Join Digital Book World, Workman Publishing and...
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