Speed networking: Adult trade edition! Dealmakers is a fast-paced night of networking for young acquiring editors and young agents with clients: think 15+ lunches in an hour, minus the restaurant anxiety (“do I chew funny? I think I chew funny.”), plus a free drink. Bring a stack of business cards and be prepared to...
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Welcome to the third edition of Dear YPG! In this segment, we address the arduous process of gathering blurbs for your books, as well as the way publicists decide who to solicit for print, TV, and other reviews.
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Hosted at Professor Thom’s in the East Village, YPG’s Editor/Agent Mixer on September 6 from 6-9pm was chock-full of editors and agents keen to make connections and find the next “Big Book.” Wheeling and dealing is alive and well this autumn!
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As a young agent addressing junior-level editors in the book business, this writer is making it his mission to debunk the more persistent agent myths and ensure editors out there of one thing: agents are people too, and they love books as much as you do. Read on for a few key facts to...
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On Tuesday, February 23, the Young to Publishing Group hosted “Cooking Up the Books,” a brown bag lunch discussion on the editing and marketing of cookbooks with Pamela Cannon, Editor-at-Large of Ballantine Books and Pamela Cortland, Assistant Marketing Manager at Knopf. The dynamic duo discussed everything from what factors are considered during the cookbook...
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