YPG’s Bay Area Chapter Is in Love—with Books! Thank you to all of the YPG Bay Area members who came by the first Pal-entine’s Meet-Up at John Colins last week for libations and book talk. A special thanks and welcome to the new members! You made the party a great success; just take a look...
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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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Thank you to all the Bay Area YPGers who joined us for our Educational and Academic Publishing panel at the beautiful Cengage Learning office in San Francisco on September 24, 2015! We had a fantastic discussion surrounding the textbook and academic publishing world, lead by our incredibly knowledgeable and animated panelists: Serina Beauparlant, Editor-in-Chief,...
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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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From the YPG Bay Area team, a periodic list of words for those young (and old) to publishing to know. Distributor: Company, group or individual who sells products or services to retailers instead of to consumers. Imprint: The identifying name of a specific line of books available from the publisher. Publishers may have many imprints. POD...
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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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From the YPG Bay Area team, a periodic list of words for those young (and old) to publishing to know. Co-op Advertising: Advertising whose cost is shared between or among different companies. Such advertising is especially advantageous to smaller companies with limited budgets. Such ads are also called cooperative advertising. In some co-op advertising, a...
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