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Introduction to Publishing

Dates:

A two-day course

21 May 2012
28 November 2012

Price:

£685+VAT

A number of discounts are available

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Venue:

The Publishing Training Centre,

All courses are scheduled to run from 9.30am to 5.00pm at Book House in Wandsworth, Southwest London
(see a map and a list of local hotels)

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"Brilliant introduction."
Taylor & Francis delegate

"I enjoyed the course. It provides an excellent overview of publishing and will be a great asset to me in my everyday work."
Institute of Education delegate

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Understanding Book Publishing

If you are new to publishing, this course will get your career off to a great start. In just two days you will discover:

what every department in a book publishing company does
what is involved at every stage of the publishing process
how the stages fit together
how the departments work together to create a successful business.

The course will give you the best possible introduction to what publishing is all about. You will receive a wider perspective of the industry presented by a variety of experts from different publishing backgrounds. And you will see exactly what all of these people do:

authors
commissioning editors
copy-editors and proofreaders
production staff
members of the sales, export and rights departments
promotion and publicity personnel
booksellers.

In the final session you will consolidate your learning through a practical group exercise, where you will 'publish' a title, making all the publishing decisions, from setting the price and print run, through to putting together a marketing campaign.

Programme

Day One

Industry overview
Project development
- Developing new ideas into workable projects
- Researching and costing new projects
- The decision to publish
- Managing authors
- Editing (substantive and copy) and proofreading
Design
- Book design overview
- Text design
- Illustration
- Design planning
- Cover design
- Digital books
Production
- Outline of the book production processes
- Managing and controlling the cost, time and quality
- Interface with other departments
- Quality control

Day Two

Rights
- Copyright
- What rights can you sell?
- Major book fairs
- Contracts
Sales and marketing
- The market place
- The supply chain – routes to market
- Sales and marketing’s role in the decision to publish
- Selling the publication
- Publicity and promotion
- Margins
Finance
- Cost breakdown
- Annual company budget
- P&L
- Practical exercise.

Who will benefit from this course?

Anyone new to the publishing industry, or anyone considering a career change or move into book publishing.

Your Tutors

The course is led by Tom Hardy and Peter Oates, who are joined by a range of experienced publishers, each offering insights into their own specialist area.

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