When: Wed, June 20, 2018 from 6 – 7:15pm Where: Lonely Planet 124 Linden St. Oakland, CA RSVP HERE Description: Travel publishing and guidebooks have been a mainstay in the industry for the better half of a century – but a lot has changed since the days of paper maps. Join...
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YPG Bay Area and Open Windows Cooperative invite you to attend a Letterpress Notebook Workshop on Saturday, April 28th, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm (cost is $30, all materials provided). Join publishing colleagues to learn the basics of letterpress printing and bookbinding using 19th century equipment. Led by Ava Sayaka Rosen at Open Windows Cooperative...
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Our holiday party this year was a blast! Some of the most exciting books we saw at the book exchange: a Harry Potter coloring book, The New Yorker Book of Literary Cartoons and Step Aside Pops. Thank you all for contributing to our new ideas board! We’re not sure that we can make a buffalo chicken wing contest book-related,...
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Join YPG Bay Area this December for our 3rd annual Holiday Party and Book Exchange! We hope you can join us to raise a glass to a wonderful year—cheers! Who: YPG members What: Enjoy a holiday party and book exchange (bring a gift-wrapped book to give away and take another one home with you!)...
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When: Thursday, September 24th at 6:30pm Where: Cengage Learning, 500 Terry A. Francois Boulevard, 2nd Fl, SF It’s back-to-school season and if you’re a student, that can mean books, books and more books! The Bay Area is home to one of the most innovative academic presses in the country, and boasts branches of three...
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Who: YPG Bay Area (Feel free to bring along your friends, loved ones, co-workers, etc.) What: Name that author! Label that cover! Test your literary knowledge with your fellow YPG’ers as we play against other teams in Pegasus Books’ Second Annual Literary Trivia Night. When: Wednesday, April 29th @ 8pm Where: Ben ‘n Nick’s...
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Thanks to the 20+ Bay Area YPGers who were able to join us for Be Your Own Boss: How to Successfully Freelance in Publishing on Wednesday April 15th from 6:30pm to 7:30pm at the Berkeley Public Library, South Branch. It was one of our most successful panels to-date, thanks to our all-star panelists: Debbie Berne, Founder...
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Create your own hours, hand pick your projects, and do work you love—freelancing in publishing sounds like a dream come true! With the added benefits of potential extra income and deciding your own work locale, it’s no wonder more and more publishing professionals are going the freelance route (either as a full-time career or...
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Kick off the holiday season at the YPG Bay Area Holiday Party! Start the parade of publishing holiday parties off right and join us for drinks and a book exchange on December 4th at 6pm. Who: YPG members What: Enjoy a holiday party and book exchange (bring a gift-wrapped book to give away...
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WHEN: Saturday, October 18th at 12:20PM (arrive 20 minutes early for tickets and snacks) WHERE: UA Berkeley 7 Theater 2274 Shattuck Ave Berkeley, CA 94704 GONE GIRL has taken the book industry by storm. Known primarily as a mid-list mystery author, Gillian Flynn rose to the top of the charts with her third book, a haunting...
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