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The Publishing Training Centre
- Unwin Charitable Trust Grants available for another year
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The Unwin Charitable Trust Grant scheme for small businesses and freelancers has been extended for 2012.
- New cookies policy
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The Publishing Training Centre's cookies policy has changed since the launch of our new website.
- We have relaunched our website
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We have improved and updated our website and have added many new interactive features.
- The Publishing Training Centre celebrates 30 years
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We reminisce as The Publishing Training Centre turns 30.
- Birthday wishes from Tim Hely Hutchinson and Richard Charkin
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As The Publishing Training Centre turns 30, we look back at how far it has come.
Courses
- Training Courses for Supply Chain Professionals
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The Publishing Training Centre and BIC will be conducting joint training for supply chain professionals.
- Another extra date for Creating E-Books course
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Another extra date has been added for the very popular course, Creating E-Books.
- Interview with Sue Davis, tutor of the Content Strategy for the Web course
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Sue Davis, tutor on the Content Strategy for the Web course, tells us more about the course and why this area is so important now.
- New Residential Course - The Complete Digital Publisher
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The Publishing Training Centre is launching a new residential version of the popular The Digital Publisher.
- Share your digital publishing experiences
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Do you have a success story or are you particularly proud about what you have been doing?
Tutors
- Speaking from Experience: Jon White
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We talk to tutor Jon White about his publishing experience.
- Speaking from Experience: Sarah Sodhi
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Sarah Sodhi, our Digital Editing tutor, tells us about her experience in this field.
- Speaking from Experience: Lindsey Charles
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Lindsey Charles, our Developing E-learning Products tutor, tells us about her experience in this field.
- An intrepid tutor continues teaching despite evacuation of Book House
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Web tutor Sue Davis recalls how a gas leak resulted in a course being moved to the pub.
- PTC Tutor Awarded Licentiateship in Editorial Skills
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The Publishing Training Centre's tutor Anne Waddingham is awarded a Licentiateship in Editorial Skills.
Industry
- The digital publishing landscape - 2012
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Publishing Training Centre tutor, Katie Roden, recently presented a round-up of digital publishing trends that she believes will be important in 2012.
- Appy New Year? No thanks...
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David Attwooll, Director of Attwooll Associates, a publishing consultancy and licensing agency specializing in electronic and print media, gives his take on the brave new world of Apps.
- Kim Scott Walwyn Prize 2012 launched
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The Kim Scott Walwyn Prize has launched its annual search for talented female publishers. Women who have worked in any role in the UK publishing industry for up to seven years are invited to enter.
- The Royal Society of Literature Winter Programme
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The Royal Society of Literature's Winter programme of events 2011-12.
- New Careers Advice Line launched
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A new careers advice line, to help job seekers, those in jobs, and those curious about publishing and related areas has been launched by bookcareers.com.
Books
- The Professionals’ Guide to Publishing
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An article on The Professionals' Guide to Publishing by tutors Gill Davies and Richard Balkwill.
- How to Get a Job in Publishing
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How to Get a Job in Publishing will help you decide if publishing is the right industry for you and provide you advice from leading industry figures.
- How to Market Books
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A review the fourth edition of Alison Baverstock's book, How to Market Books.
- A new way to learn copy-editing skills
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The Publishing Training Centre has co-published Barbara Horn's Copy-Editing book to accompany the Copy-Editing by Distance Learning Course.
- Is there a book in you?
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Tutor Alison Baverstock's article about unlocking your ability to write.