Join PPN’s monthly happy-hour Meetup tomorrow at Drake’s Dealership, located in Oakland’s festive uptown neighborhood, a mere five blocks from the 19th Street BART station, where you’ll meet your publishing industry peeps! Turn off Zoom, relax outside, and enjoy a beer or soda with some of your local publishing peeps. It’s the perfect opportunity to […]
Best Practices: MSP (marketing, sales & publicity) with Michelle Sybert Overview Michelle Sybert knows that today’s shifting market demands persistence and ingenuity... Book publishing wouldn’t exist without marketing, publicity, and sales—separate but related practices to get books out to the world, to promote them widely, and not incidentally, to make money for the author and the […]
The PPN Monthly Meetup was started in 2019 as an informal gathering of publishing professionals at a rotating location. With the onset of the pandemic, the event moved online and became the Virtual Monthly Meetup. The Monthly Meetup has become a regular appointment for people who bring their insights, experience, and wit to friendly, warm […]
The PPN Monthly Meetup was started in 2019 as an informal gathering of publishing professionals at a rotating location. With the onset of the pandemic, the event was moved online to become the Virtual Monthly Meetup. The Monthly Meetup has become a regular appointment for individuals who bring their insights, experience, and wit to friendly […]
Publishing Professionals Network Picnic w/ Editorial Freelancers Association-SF & Bay Area Women in Publishing Overview PPN, EFA-SF, and BAWiP have long worked to promote and support the book publishing community through mentorship programs, book awards, meetups, educational conferences, and other professional development programs. Now, for the first time, we’re joining forces at PPN’s annual picnic to connect our […]
Join PPN at this month’s Noon Zoom, featuring Carla King, who will share her professional insider’s overview of ISBNs, PCNs, LCCNs, PCIP blocks, MARC records, BISAC codes, and barcodes. This professional-development event is FREE and open to the public, but registration is strongly encouraged to secure your spot. OVERVIEW One of the biggest mistakes independent […]
Who doesn’t like design that’s good enough to eat? Well, that’s exactly what Debbie Berne gave to cookbook enthusiasts here in the Bay Area and beyond! SAVE THE DATE If you’re in the Bay Area on Tuesday, September 1, join us for the release celebration of Cookbooking: A Fan’s Guide, by Debbie Berne, at book […]
PPN’s monthly Meetup began in 2019 as an informal gathering of publishing professionals at alternating locations. With the onset of the pandemic, we moved the group online, and it became what we now call Zoom Meetups. We’ve relaunched the in-person Meetup (held at rotating Bay Area locations) and continue our popular online Meetup, which supports […]
The PPN Monthly Meetup was started in 2019 as an informal gathering of publishing professionals at a rotating location. With the onset of the pandemic, the event moved online and became the Virtual Monthly Meetup. The Monthly Meetup has become a regular appointment for people who bring their insights, experience, and wit to friendly, warm […]
Come join us for PPN's monthly happy-hour Meetup this Thursday, September 17, at Drake’s Dealership, located in Oakland’s festive uptown neighborhood, a mere five blocks from the 19th Street BART station, where you’ll meet your publishing industry peeps! Turn off Zoom, relax outside, and enjoy a beer or soda with some of your local publishing […]
We’re thrilled to present our September Noon Zoom featured guest, award-winning children’s book illustrator and author Lily Williams, a 2021 Eisner Award nominee (Best Publication for Kids) and a 2020 Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist. Among her impressive clients are Macmillan Publishing, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins Publishers, Sony Pictures, and Warner Brothers Animation. Her latest publication, Exposures […]
PPN’s monthly Meetup began in 2019 as an informal gathering of publishing professionals at alternating locations. With the onset of the pandemic, we moved the group online, and it became what we now call Zoom Meetups. We’ve relaunched the in-person Meetup (held at rotating Bay Area locations) and continue our popular online Meetup, which supports […]