Mark your calendars, because it’s finally here! The AAP’s Annual Young to Publishing Conference will be on Tuesday, December 6th at Penguin Random House (1745 Broadway). This is YPG’s premier event of the year, and we look forward to seeing all of our young professional members there. Planned topics for the conference include how...
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Has your wizarding obsession gotten a little bit riddikulus? We’ve got good news—the magical wizarding world is BACK and we’re switching things up with our Book-to-Film outings! Join us after work on Tuesday, November 29th at Regal Union Square Stadium 14 (850 Broadway) to watch the 7:30 PM showing of J.K. Rowling’s fantastical world...
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Join some do-it-yourself-minded YPGers on Monday, November 14 at 6pm for a night of canvas and cocktails! We’ll provide canvases, paint, and other supplies– you just bring a book whose cover will be your crafting inspiration, and drinks/snacks/etc. to share. Supplies will be $5-10. See you there! RSVP here and contact heather.job@macmillan.com with any questions. Event...
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Literary Landmarks is a series that invites YPGers to visit a place of literary significance in New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, or San Francisco. What combines books, fashion shows, prison, labor union strikes, Gothic architecture, Greenwich Village history, and more? The Jefferson Market Library, of course. Allow me to elaborate. As I approach this...
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It’s clear the publishing industry is in need of diversity—but how do we accomplish that? On Thursday September 8th Andrea Montejo, founder of the Indent Literary Agency, and Johanna Castillo, Vice President at Simon & Schuster’s Atria imprint, came to together to discuss their career paths, diversity in the workplace and market, and new...
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***NEW LOCATION***: November is coming up, which means it’s time for the only NBA that publishing folk care about! Join YPG for one of our most anticipated events of the year as we celebrate the NBA finalists with FREE BOOKS! Get there early to grab a copy of your favorite NBA title. We’ll be...
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What a time to be alive: Full House is back and Gilmore Girls is making a return. Ladies are wearing chokers and mom jeans like it’s 1999. And email newsletters are seeing a resurgence in popularity. Newsletters abound in the book and publishing world. You read them every morning, tweet out their content from...
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Calling all agents and editors! Whether you’re looking to make your first acquisition or sale, or moving on to your fifth, you won’t want to miss this editor/agent networking happy hour! Join us and our colleagues from the Association of Authors’ Representatives on Wednesday, November 2nd from 6:00-8:00pm at the Green Room at The...
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Are you interested in helping to identify the future members of the publishing industry? Please join us on Thursday October 13th at the AAP Office (71 Fifth Avenue, 2nd Floor) at 6:00 PM to get training as presenters for Bookjobs.com. This training will prepare YPG’ers to go to local colleges and universities to educate...
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The New York Book Show offers publishing and printing professionals an opportunity to mingle while honoring the best examples of quality book design and production from the previous year. In honor of the 30th Annual New York Book Show, the Book Industry Guild of NY is offering $30 tickets exclusively to 30 YPG members!...
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