Book Production for Editors
Dates:
12-13 October 2010 (a four-day residential course)
Price:
£719+VAT (a number of discounts are available)
Venue:
The Publishing Training Centre in Wandsworth, London (see a map and a list of local hotels)
Book course online or phone +44 (0)20 8874 2718 for availability
"I will recommend this course to our members and colleagues in related organisations."
Creative Writers Network delegate
"Yes (I enjoyed the course) very much so. Great group size, tutor very clear, friendly, flexible, and all aspects explained in as much detail as possible."
Nelson Thornes delegate
Editors need to be clear about the production process to understand the implications of their decisions. With this knowledge and understanding, costly mistakes and prolonged schedules can be avoided, saving the company much time and effort.
This two-day course will provide a big injection of confidence for all editors.
Please note that you should have at least six months’ experience before attending this course.
Programme
Day one
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Key stages of book production
- How books are produced; the role of the production department
- Schedules and budgets
- Book design
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Page layout
- Typefaces, type sizes and typesetting standards
- Calculating pagination
- Typesetting and DTP systems
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Graphics handling – monochrome and colour
- Image types
- File naming conventions
- Hard copy graphics
- Digital files types
- Digital photography: standards, checking and manipulation
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The proofing and correction cycle
- Proof types (galley, page, PDFs)
- Proofing methods
- The correction process
- Proofing systems
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Principles of colour
- Colour additive and subtractive
- Special colours
- Pantone
- Four colour process
- Measurement of colour
- Dealing with colour issues
- Introduction to case study
Day two
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Digital illustrations and storage in book publishing
- File formats
- Archiving
- Data types and compression
- Re-use
- Updating
- Asset and content management systems
- Pre-press operations
- Case study preparation
- Conventional printing techniques and methods for books
- On demand and digital printing techniques – for low run books, cost and quality comparisons
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Binding and finishing operations
- Processes for books
- Folding, gathering, limp binding, wirestitching, case binding
- Varnishing, laminating
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Materials for book production
- Paper for text and covers
- Characteristics and manufacturing
- Calculating paper sizes and weights
- Quality control – origination, printing and binding faults
- Case study presentations
- Likely technical developments in production technologies
Your tutor
Jeremy Mills was Group Sales and Marketing Director for the Charlesworth and worked in strategic development consultancy roles for publishing supply companies in the UK, USA and India prior to founding his own book publishing company, Jeremy Mills Publishing, in 2003, specialising in using modern, digital technologies and internet sales for non-fiction titles. In May 2007 he became co-owner and was appointed Finance Director of Riley Dunn & Wilson Limited, and has embarked on a programme of diversification into digital short run book printing. In addition to this position, Jeremy still fulfils the role of Publisher and Director of the book publishing business, which was incorporated into the Riley Dunn & Wilson Group of Companies in May 2009.
Note that most of our open courses can also be run as in-company events.
Send details of this course to a colleague.
Dates: 12-13 October 2010
Price: £719+VAT (a number of discounts are available).
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