Useful links

The following organisations and individuals offer training in all areas of publishing and running your own business. Others offer career and development advice, or events where you can meet people working in publishing and find out more about what the industry involves.

 

ACEVO – https://www.acevo.org.uk/

Bloomsbury Institute – https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/authors/bloomsbury-institute/

Blueprint for all (previously Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust): Guide to Publishing (a toolkit for careers in publishing) – https://www.blueprintforall.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/A-guide-to-publishing-1.pdf

Book Careers – https://www.bookcareers.com/

BookMachine – https://bookmachine.org/

Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading – https://www.ciep.uk/ 

Imago – https://imagogroup.com/

LDN Apprenticeships – https://ldnapprenticeships.com/publishing-assistant/

Living Wage Foundation – https://www.livingwage.org.uk/

Louise Harnby, Fiction Editor & Proofreader – https://www.louiseharnbyproofreader.com/

  Louise Harnby's courses – https://www.louiseharnbyproofreader.com/courses.html

  Books by Louise Harnby – https://www.louiseharnbyproofreader.com/books.html

National Careers Service – explore careers:

                                  Commissioning Editor – https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/job-profiles/commissioning-editor

                                  Copy-editor – https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/job-profiles/copy-editor

                                  Proofreader – https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/job-profiles/proofreader

National Occupational Standards – https://www.ukstandards.org.uk/

Publishers’ Licensing Services – https://www.pls.org.uk/

Society of Young Publishers – https://thesyp.org.uk/

Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook – https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/discover/superpages/non-fiction/writers-artists/

 

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