Announcements:

Publishing law focus group / networking event

We are pleased to announce the:

Publishing Law, Contracts and Rights
FOCUS GROUP and NETWORKING EVENT
To be held on 2nd July between 4:30pm – 5:30pm at Book House, East Hill, Wandsworth SW18 2QZ.

If your work requires a knowledge of publishing law or contracts, or if you are involved in selling rights, come and join us for a drink and a discussion of some of the latest trends at our next focus group. You’ll be involved in shaping the new courses we will be offering in this area for 2009, and we’ll even invite you back on the pilot courses when we get them up and running.

In addition, and as a thank you for your time, all those who attend will be offered a voucher for a free one-day training course redeemable against any of our one-day courses running at Book House or Said Business School in Oxford.

Reply by email to catherine@bookhouse.co.uk. Spaces are limited and will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis.

Special courses for independent publishers

PTC has once again teamed up with the Independent Publishers Guild to offer a range of courses specifically tailored to independent publishers.

Working with XML: extra course

An extra course in Working with XML has been scheduled for 18 September.

Course date changes

Proofreading for Editors (Oxford) has been moved from 15 April to 15 May.

Managing Projects has been rescheduled from 18 June and 13 October to 30 June and 28 October 2008.

Working with XML has been moved from 23 July to 10 July 2008.

Editorial Project Management has been moved from 22-23 September to 11-12 September 2008.

Vacancy - Marketing Manager

Salary – Competitive + generous benefits

Required as soon as possible, a dynamic and innovative marketing manager to join a small team in this thriving educational charity providing training services to the publishing community. Knowledge of publishing would be a plus but is not essential.

The ideal candidate will have formal marketing qualifications together with solid experience, both of business-to-business and consumer marketing. They must be familiar with the opportunities presented by the Web and be comfortable with managing and running the PTC website. They will be responsible for the whole of the marketing function from planning and budgeting to implementation and staff management.

Key skills will include:

• Database management and interrogation
• Website management and familiarity with HTML
• Knowledge of Web 2.0
• Excellent copywriting and proofreading
• First-class communication skills

Please apply in the first instance by email to the Chief Executive, John Whitley, john@bookhouse.co.uk by 18 May, attaching your CV and stating in your email why you feel this job is right for you.

Poll results

Our online poll has been running for more than six months now - see the latest poll results here.

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News archive:

The news archive contains many of our older articles and news items.

Articles:

The PTC and the IDM join forces

Learn about the new digital marketing course created just for publishers.

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.

Do you need further training?

Suzanne Collier on identifying your training needs.

We'd like to hear from you...

...if you're interested in joining a focus group or in teaching for us.

How to Market Books

Read a review of the fourth edition.

Tutor focus - Mirjana Misina

An interview with Mirjana Misina, who teaches our Management of Production course.

Skills and the common man and woman

John Whitley on how publishing fits in to the government agenda for skills in the workplace.

New courses

Find out about the new courses being launched in 2008, including an exciting joint venture with the Institute of Direct Marketing.