Editorial Project Management

The course is aimed at people who have some experience in publishing. Editorial project managers do not have to do any of the specific project work but they have to know enough about how each aspect of it is done to brief and supervise the work of others. Therefore, the course assumes that you:

• understand the basic role of authors, commissioning or acquisitions editors, copy-editors, proofreaders, indexers, picture researchers, designers, illustrators, and production personnel (if you do not work in publishing, you might want to consider doing the Understanding Book Publishing online course)
• are familiar with the principles of editing and marking up copy (we offer Copy-Editing by Distance Learning)
• know the standard proofreading symbols and how they are used (we offer Basic Proofreading by Distance Learning)
• can collate read proofs
• know the basic rules of copyright
• understand the stages of production.

Computer and information technology have changed, and might continue to change, the way in which everyone on a project works, so you have to keep yourself up to date.

Course materials

You will receive a binder containing the first two units of the course on enrolment. As you work through the assignments, further units will be sent to you.

Your personal tutor

Solveig Gardner Servian has more than 20 years’ publishing experience, ranging from print production to editorial management. For a major part of her career she was Managing Editor at Gower Publishing Ltd and she now runs her own business. Solveig is also a tutor for PTC’s Copy-Editing by Distance Learning course.

Certificate

After successful completion of the course, your certificate (which will show the level of pass achieved: pass, merit or distinction) will serve as an excellent indication to employers, both current and future, that you’re more than equal to any project facing you.

Course fees:

Editorial Project Management by Distance Learning costs £485. If you are based outside the UK, you will be charged an additional £35 for postage. This price covers all course materials, marking of all assignments and professional tutor support. It does not cover your postage costs or the cost of telephone calls to your tutor.

Payments can be made in instalments. This option is only available on credit card purchases and the instalments are: £220 (or £255 if you are based outside the UK) immediately, followed by one instalment of £132.50 between the tenth and fifteenth of the next month and another instalment of £132.50 between the tenth and fifteenth of the following month. We accept Visa, Mastercard and Maestro.

How to enrol:

To enrol, you need to click on the Add to Cart button on this page. You will be asked to register (if you have not already done so). You will at that point be able to pay immediately by credit card, request a pro-forma invoice or download and print a PDF enrolment form for payments by cheque or instalments. This form can be faxed to us at 020 8870 8985 or sent to the Publishing Training Centre, 45 East Hill, Wandsworth, London SW18 2QZ.

Money back guarantee:

If, within 30 days of receiving your course materials (and before any assignments have been marked), you decide that the course is not for you, simply return the materials to us, in perfect condition, to receive a full refund.

Important note:

You must complete the course within 18 months of enrolment or, if you wish to continue the course, you can study for a further 18 months following payment of a re-registration fee. Any further extensions are at the discretion of The Publishing Training Centre.

Barbara Horn's career in publishing spans more than forty years. Beginning as a copy-editor in educational publishing, she later worked in trade publishing and packaging, eventually leaving her job as Editorial Director of an illustrated books division to work freelance as an editor, project manager and consultant. She began her work as a trainer at the London School of Publishing (LSP), which she co-founded in 1983. After selling LSP in 1986, Barbara created and tutored courses at The Publishing Training Centre, the Scottish Publishers Association (now Publishing Scotland), Clé (now Publishing Ireland), and companies and institutions throughout the UK and in China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Mexico, Russia, Singapore and Spain. She has also been a guest lecturer at West Herts College, Oxford Brookes, and the Centre for Publishing at Stirling University, and has run workshops at the Society for Editors and Proofreaders (SfEP) conferences.

Nominated by the SfEP to the Graphic Technology Committee at the British Standards Institution, Barbara managed the revision of the British Standard of Marks for Copy Preparation and Proof Correction, BS 5261: 2005. As part of the British delegation to the ISO Technical Committee for Graphic Technology, Barbara was the convenor of the working group on terminology and initiated the revision of the International Standard for Proof Correction Marks, ISO 5776.

Barbara is the author of The Effective Editor's Handbook (O/P), Editorial Project Management by Distance Learning and Copy-Editing by Distance Learning; and the corresponding books Editorial Project Management with exercises and model answers, and Copy-editing with exercises and model answers. She also was one of the authors of the National Occupational Standards in Publishing.

Barbara was made an Honorary Member of the SfEP in 2010.