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Editing children's books is not just a watered-down version of editing for adults. There are some specific things the editor must keep in mind when editing children's books.

Here is a round-up of the questions some of you asked at our Live Q&A session with The Children's Illustrated Book Editor course tutor Jane Walker.

Style guides, also known as house styles, have been used in the preparation of printed documents for many years. In the new world of texting, tweeting, blogging and all things online, do you still need to create a style guide for your digital communications?

Lynette Owen, Copyright Director at Pearson Education Ltd, shares some top tips for selling rights.

Permissions for Profit tutor Kevin Stewart discusses the role of the Permissions Administrator.

One of the best things a freelancer can do is to create a business plan to give you a clear idea of where you are going and how you aim to get there.

A few top tips for those starting out as freelancers.

Feedback from our first live Q&A session, held on our forum on Thursday, 24 May 2012, focusing on the issues surrounding Editorial Freelancing.

Feedback from our first live Q&A session, held on our forum on Thursday, 24 May 2012, focusing on the issues surrounding Editorial Freelancing.

Feedback from our first live Q&A session, held on our forum on Thursday, 24 May 2012, focusing on the issues surrounding Editorial Freelancing.

Cassie Fox talks about returning to work after maternity, job sharing and how many parents working in the publishing industry find maintaining a work-life balance difficult.

Five reasons for publishers and those wishing to get into publishing to do vocational training.

The Guardian careers section ran a live Q&A session to help those wanting to break into publishing.

Courses manager, Cassandra Fox offers advice for graduates considering a career in publishing.

A new networking group has been launched to help and support those who have lost jobs in the publishing and bookselling industry.

Grammar Bites - a series of blog posts examining grammatical issues. This post looks at modifying absolutes.

Grammar Bites - a series of blog posts examining grammatical issues. This post looks at plurals in compound nouns.

Grammar Bites - a series of blog posts examining grammatical issues. This post looks at why hence why is just wrong.

Grammar Bites - a series of blog posts examining grammatical issues. This post looks at malapropisms.

Grammar Bites - a series of blog posts examining grammatical issues. This post looks at disinterested vs uninterested.

Changing teaching styles - and do PowerPoint slides help or hinder?