"This is the single most intensive course in publishing that I have ever attended. I'd recommend it to anyone wishing to move their career forward."

"An excellent opportunity to take off your day-to-day blinders and drink in the wholeness of the profession. There are lasting friendships and bonds to be made with colleagues, mentors and people in parts of the business you know nothing about."

"The Course is a great experience, especially for international participants. I learned a lot about the global publishing business and the American way of publishing too."

"A fortnight spent at the Stanford Professional Publishing Course might be intensive but is far from exhausting--it is invigorating. I left with my batteries recharged and a long list of ideas to try out and things to do. If only I could do this every year!"

"The Stanford Professional Publishing Course was my 'MBA.' It was the answer to my goal of adding graduate work to my overall publishing education."

"The course has radically increased the likelihood that our small press will not merely survive, but thrive."

"An intoxicating experience! A great all around boost to the senses."

"Unparalleled opportunity to meet some of the top names/personalities in the book, magazine and e-publishing in the heart of Silicon Valley."

"There is not a more intensive and thorough training program for publishing. The amount of information I learned, the wonderful people I met, and the great ideas I picked up were worth 10 times the cost. I would recommend this SPPC for anyone who is serious about publishing."

"The Stanford Professional Publishing Course is a rare opportunity, within a business-smart amount of time, for employees to get that all-important sense of completion about the nature of their industry and how it all fits together."

"The SPPC stirred me (shook me!) on to new insights, techniques, observations. I will now be more thoughtful in my work, think of the broader picture more often and continue my love affair with this business of publishing books."

"I've attended many different seminars, conferences, and conventions in my trade, but none of them have come close to the quality of this course. The faculty and participants are high caliber and generous with their expertise. The experience is global, timely, exciting, and extremely enriching, professionally, intellectually, and personally."

"The course proved to be a key motivator for me personally and played a large role in my appointment to CEO."

"My enthusiasm for the course is such that, at the risk of passing for someone totally lacking a critical sense, I daresay that I would not have rated any of the teachers under 9 on a scale of 10."

"This was far and away the best publishing course I've taken. Nowhere else will you find this intensity, this level of professionalism, and this kind of access to industry giants."

"The fact that both the students and the instructors are working professionals gives the course a hard edge, one that makes a difference in the real world."

"The opportunity to exchange ideas with designers whom I've admired for years was a rare experience."

"The course saved me three years of learning by trial and error, three million dollars, and my latest project."

"For people in developing countries, there could be no better way of understanding how publishing functions in the developed world, and how the future will look."

"The lack of sleep is well worth it! I could go another week--no kidding!"

"If you work for a large New York publisher and you need a fresh perspective on the industry, the Stanford Professional Publishing Course is for you."