Useful Links

The following organisations and individuals offer training, initiatives, support and/or advice about different areas of publishing or being an author. Please note that the PTC is not responsible for content on other websites.

*Denotes a PTC partner organisation.

Advice and support

• BookCareers 
• The Book Trade Charity (BTBS) 
• Louise Harnby 
• The Printing Charity*

Corporate membership organisations

• Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP)*
• Cyhoeddi Cymru (Publishing Wales)
• Independent Publishers Guild (IPG)*
• International Publishers Association (IPA)*
• The Publishers Association (PA)*
• Publishers’ Licensing Services (PLS)
• STM Association

Individual membership organisations

• Association for Cultural Enterprises (ACE)*
• Association of Freelance Editors, Proofreaders & Indexers of Ireland (AFEPI)
• BookMachine 
• Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP) 
• Editors Canada
• Publishing Ireland* 
• Publishing Scotland*
• Society of Indexers*
• The Society of Young Publishers*

Working as a freelancer

• CIEP suggested minimum rates
• Copy-editor: explore careers
• ELT Publishing Professionals
• Freelance Corner
• Getting ahead in publishing
• GOV.UK
• Proofreader: explore careers
• Reedsy.com
• Successful Editorial Freelancing
• SYPLaunch mentorship scheme*

Working in publishing

• BookBrunch (paid subscription)
• Creative Access
• Female Leadership in Publishing (the FLIP)
• First Chapter Awards
• LDN Apprenticeships*
• Living Wage Foundation 
• National Careers Service 
• National Occupational Standards
• Publishers’ Licensing Services (PLS)
• Rising Star Awards
• The Bookseller (paid subscription) 
• The Publishing Post

• Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook 

Writing for a living

• Irish Writers Centre*
• London Writers’ Café
• The Literary Consultancy*
• The Society of Authors 
• Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook