On the 15-17th April the London Book Fair starts. This is THE trade/business to business event for those within the book publishing industry. It costs £30 to enter if you register online now (£45 on the day).
If you’ve never been to the London Book Fair before, you can find some sage words of advice of how to use the fair here.
Throughout the London Book Fair there are lots of seminars to attend. Some you might need to pre-book for, so do check the link. Here are our favourites:-
Monday, 15th April 2013
Don’t Judge a Book by its Cover (but we all do!)
The Publishing Training Centre
10.00 – 11.00
How to Get Into Publishing *
The Society of Young Publishers
13.30 – 14.30
How to Get Ahead in Publishing*
The Society of Young Publishers
14-45 – 15.45
Delivering Equality in Publishing : Three Case Studies*
Equality in Publishing
17.30 – 18.30
Tuesday, 16th April 2013
What People do Publishers Need?*
Publishers Association and Creative Access
10.00 – 11.00
How to Set Up a Publishing House
Independent Publishers Guild
16.00 – 17.00
In all of the seminars marked * we will be giving away PRIZES – FREE bookcareers.com employability consultations (worth £45). We’ll be giving away 10 across the whole of the London Book Fair so make sure you are in the right room at the right time!