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New Courses:
Even more new digital and web courses launching soon
New courses launching in 2010
Articles about some of our recently launched courses:
Successful Editorial Freelancing
Tutor Mary James shares some of her extensive freelancing experience in this helpful article.
Selling and Marketing Digital Products
This course is aimed at the educational publishing industry and will focus on the specific opportunities and challenges faced by sales and marketing teams in this competitive area.
A masterclass designed for copy-editors who have significant experience in their field or who have already passed through our Copy-Editing Skills training course, or similar.
Our exciting new digital project management course explores agile methods and iterative change. It is aimed at those that manage, or may in the future need to manage, the publication of digital material.
Announcements:
Extra courses
Picture Research - 10 August 2010
Editing in Word - 19 August 2010
Illustrator - 1 September 2010
InDesign 2 - 6-7 September 2010
Developing an E-book Strategy - 9 September 2010
XML and InDesign - 17 September 2010
Working with XML - 23 September 2010
Course date changes
Getting into Grammar - changed to 27 September 2010.
Successful Editorial Freelancing - changed to 16 November 2010.
Engaging Leadership - changed to 29-30 November 2010.
Better Business Writing - changed to 6 December 2010.
Grappling with Grammar - changed to 7 December 2010.
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News archive:
The news archive contains many of our older articles and news items.
Articles:
Spotlight on Developing Mobile Apps
The PTC, in partnership with Winged Chariot – a pioneer in digital picture books - are launching a new course on 15 October, entitled Developing Mobile Apps. We talk to tutor Neal Hoskins about mobile apps.
Top tips for getting into publishing
Cassandra Fox, the PTC's short courses manager, shares some advice on how to get your first publishing job.
Speaking from Experience: Sarah Sodhi
Sarah Sodhi, the tutor of the exciting new Digital Editing course, tells us about trends in the industry and her experience.
Speaking from Experience: Anne Waddingham
Anne Waddingham, the tutor of the exciting new Digital Proofreading course, tells us about trends in the industry and her experience.
Speaking from Experience: Lindsey Charles
Lindsey Charles, the tutor of the exciting new Developing E-learning Products course, tells us a bit about her experience and future trends in this area.
Speaking from Experience: Jon White
Jon White, course director of the PTC's new course – The Digital Publisher – tells us about his experience, digital publishing and future trends.
Human Resources in Publishing
A research study for The Publishing Training Centre conducted by BML on behalf of the publishing industry.
SfEP 2010 Conference
The SfEP AGM and 21st annual conference - Succeeding through innovation - will be held at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow on Sat–Mon 4–6 September 2010.
Can Permissions be Profitable?
Tutor Kevin Stewart tries to demystify the arcane art of permissions management and the role of the Permissions Administrator.
Initiative for older writers and readers launched by Booktrust
A new reading and creative writing project for people aged 60 and over from the reading charity Booktrust launched on 8 February 2010 with the distribution of more than 100,000 Bookbite magazines throughout England and the unveiling of the new easily accessible Bookbite website www.bookbite.org.uk.
PTC celebrates 30 of training excellence
The Publishing Training Centre was set up as a not-for-profit training resource for the UK publishing industry 30 years ago. We lift the veil on some of that long history. Also read birthday wishes from Tim Hely Hutchinson and Richard Charkin.
It shouldn't happen to a tutor
Tutor Sue Davis continued teaching her SEO course despite a suspected gas leak and building evacuation at Book House. Read about her experience.
New Networking Group to help unemployed
A new networking group has been established by to assist publishing industry staff who have lost their jobs and are currently unemployed.
Freelancers - Thrive, don't just survive!
FreelanceAdvisor, one of the fastest growing freelancing advice websites in the UK, is designed to help freelancers and contractors in all aspects of the freelancing lifestyle including detailed setup advice and ongoing help that even the most experienced freelancers and contractors will find useful. Read more about this helpful resource for freelancers.
E-books: Input wanted
E-books: everyone has something to say about them these days. Whether you’re thinking about setting up a strategy or already involved in clearing rights for them, arranging new production systems, deciding what platforms to use and how to sell them... whatever your angle, get in touch and let us know. We’re setting up new courses in this fast-moving area of publishing, and we’d like to talk to you if you have something to share. Email Catherine Barnes with your thoughts.
How to get a job in publishing
Publishing is a notoriously competitive industry with thousands of graduates trying to get a foot in the door each year. How to Get a Job in Publishing is an invaluable guide to making yourself stand out against the other competing applicants, and getting your first publishing job.
We'd like to hear from you...
...if you're interested in joining a focus group or in teaching for us.
A new way to learn copy-editing skills
Details of new copy-editing book, jointly published by the Publishing Training Centre and Horn Editorial Books.
How to Market Books
Read a review of the fourth edition.