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Publishing Starter Kit

Launch your career with essential insights and tools

Kickstart your publishing career with our essential training kit, offering insights and tools to help you step into your role with confidence. Ideal for anyone new to publishing, or aspiring publishers. You'll learn all about the industry today, along with the core skills of copy-editing and proofreading.

The Publishing Starter Kit includes three e-learning modules and a guide. Each module is broken down into units for easy study, with quizzes and tests to reinforce your learning.

The Publishing Starter Kit includes:

An Introduction to Publishing

Gain an understanding of the departments, roles, functions and processes within the UK book and journal publishing industry.

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An Introduction to Proofreading

Learn how proofreading fits into the publishing process, what the role involves and gain first-hand experience with a trial exercise.

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A Comprehensive Guide to Copy-Editing

Discover the work of a copy-editor, its place in producing a book and try a sample yourself.

> Find out more

Getting Ahead in Publishing

Publishing insiders share their top tips on how to get into and get on in publishing. 

> Find out more

Individually these items would cost £120. Buying the Publishing Starter Kit saves you £70.

How to buy

To buy the package, click on the Enrol now button below. You will be asked to register with the PTC (if you have not already done so). You will, at that point, be asked to pay by credit/debit card.

You will have access to the package for eight months from the date of your enrolment.

The Publishing Starter Kit

Kickstart your publishing career with our essential training kit, offering insights and tools to help you step into your role with confidence. Ideal for anyone new to publishing, or aspiring publishers. You'll learn all about the industry today, along with the core skills of copy-editing and proofreading.

The Publishing Starter Kit includes three e-learning modules and a guide. Each module is broken down into units for easy study, with quizzes and tests to reinforce your learning.

An Introduction to Publishing

Gain an understanding of the departments, roles, functions and processes within the UK book and journal publishing industry.

> Find out more

An Introduction to Proofreading

Learn how proofreading fits into the publishing process, what the role involves and gain first-hand experience with a trial exercise

> Find out more

A Comprehensive Guide to Copy-Editing

Discover the work of a copy-editor, its place in producing a book and try a sample yourself.

> Find out more

Getting Ahead in Publishing

Publishing insiders share their top tips on how to get into and get on in publishing. 

> Find out more

To buy the package, click on the Enrol now button below. You will be asked to register with the PTC (if you have not already done so). You will, at that point, be asked to pay by credit/debit card.

You will have access to the package for eight months from the date of your enrolment.

£50.00