Basic Proofreading by Distance Learning by Gillian Clarke and Margaret Aherne
Gillian has been a freelance proofreader and editor for many years. A founder member and honorary member of the Society for Editors and Proofreaders (SfEP), she was also responsible for setting up its training programme. Margaret has worked as a freelance editor and project manager since 1986, specialising in the arts and humanities. She is a founder member and advanced member of the SfEP and is also a tutor on its mentoring scheme.
Fee: £395
Estimated time to complete the course: 35 hours over 5–6 months
The position of enormous responsibility in which proofreaders find themselves makes proper training essential.
Basic Proofreading by Distance Learning begins by taking you through the proofreader’s place in publishing and the differences between proofreading and editing. You will learn the British Standards Institution symbols and, more importantly, how and when to use them. It is not just about spotting mistakes! An important aspect of the course is understanding the implications of the changes you make and knowing when it’s best to leave good enough alone.
You will cover different kinds of proofs and proofreading and learn how to deal with some common problems. There are five units, each containing four self-check exercises and a marked assignment. These will get harder as the course goes on, ensuring that you are always challenged and always improving.
The course includes examples from different areas of publishing, giving you the confidence to deal with anything from children’s fiction, to promotional material, to academic and educational texts. It is designed to give you the skill, judgement and understanding of the publishing process that you will need to be successful as a proofreader.
Programme summary
Programme summary • The place of a proofreader in publishing • The difference between proofreading and copy-editing • The British Standards Institution proof-correcting symbols • Punctuation, spacing and merging • The role of the designer and the design specification • How to deal with non-standard characters and other special cases • Types of proofs: galley proofs and page proofs • Promotional material • Proofs from authors’ e-files, scanning and electronic mark-up • Illustrations and tables • Passing the page proofs for press • Indexes, references and bibliographies • Widows and orphans, page numbers and running headlines • The cost of corrections and authors’ amendments • After page proofs • What to do when you complete the course • Glossary • Book list.
Who will benefit from this course? Your tutor Your tutor
When you begin the course, a tutor will be assigned to you. All tutors for Basic Proofreading either are or have been working as proofreaders and/or editors and have considerable experience.
All students will be sent a free copy of the Oxford A-Z of Grammar and Punctuation. On successful completion of the course, you will receive a graded certificate, indicating the level you have achieved (pass, merit or distinction).
Who will benefit from this course?
New editorial staff, aspiring freelance proofreaders and anyone who proofreads as part of their job, but who has had no formal training.
Additional online support at
www.train4publishing.co.uk
Copy-Editing
by Distance Learning by Barbara Horn
Barbara worked in publishing for more than 40 years, in-house and freelance, as a copy-editor, project manager, consultant and trainer. She was a regular tutor on short courses at The Publishing Training Centre and at other organisations and publishers around the world. She is the author of Editorial Project Management by Distance Learning, Copy-Editing with exercises and model answers, and Editorial Project Management with exercises and model answers.
Fee: £550
Estimated time to complete the course: 70 hours over 7–9 months
This course is thorough, up-to-date and covers the entire copy-editing process. Editors face huge variations in the kind of work they are expected to undertake, depending on the type of publication they are dealing with, and this is reflected in the course materials. You’ll work on examples from fiction, academic texts, reference books and even instruction manuals. By the end of the course, you’ll know how to approach anything from a novel by a bestselling author to an article for a scientific journal.
Each unit contains four or more self-check exercises plus a longer assignment that you send to your tutor, who will mark it and provide you with the feedback you need to progress to the next unit.
The mixture of assignments and self-check exercises will give you the guided practice you need. Each assignment tests the knowledge and skills you’ve developed in the unit that you’ve just completed. The final assignment is also a consolidation exercise, which tests what you have learned in the preceding units.
Programme summary Programme summary
• The copy-editor’s world – House and book style – Different jobs in publishing – Stages of production – Copy-editing marks – Resources
– Glossary
• Unit 1 Marking up – Designers and typesetters – How to mark up
– What to mark up
• Unit 2 Grammar and punctuation – Syntactical issues – Punctuation – Hyphens, ems and ens
– Quotation marks
• Unit 3 Cover to cover – Covers and binding – Prelims – The body of the book – Endmatter
– Running heads Who will benefit from this course? Your tutor Your tutor
When you begin the course, a tutor will be assigned to you. All tutors for Copy-Editing either are or have been working as proofreaders and/or editors and have considerable experience.
All students will be sent a copy of the New Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors. On successful completion of the course, you will receive a graded certificate, indicating the level you have achieved (pass, merit or distinction).
Who will benefit from this course?
Editorial secretaries, editorial assistants, assistant editors, and proofreaders interested in editing.
– Copyright – Other legal issues
• Unit 4 Style and level – Capitals – Italics – Numbers
– Purpose and level
• Unit 5 Specialist texts – Poetry – Plays – Manuals
– Jacket or cover copy •
Unit 6 Tables, technical figures and copy-fitting
– Tables – Technical figures – Cutting and expanding
• Unit 7 Endmatter – Notes and reference systems – Indexes.
Additional online support at
www.train4publishing.co.uk
www.train4publishing.co.uk •
publishing.training@
bookhouse.co.uk • 020 8874 2718
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