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10 July 2020

Our training courses

Publishing Scotland runs about 20 publishing and business courses every year. We generally run several proofreading and writing digital content courses, as well as marketing and business courses. We also organise bespoke in-house courses. We add to our programme throughout the year. If you have any suggestions for training courses, talks etc, please email joan.lyle@publishingscotland.org.

Courses in May and June will take place online. An announcement as to the format of courses later in the year will be made as soon as possible.

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  • BookMachine Successful Freelancing course banner
    Successful Freelancing - BookMachine
    13 August 2020
    Course, Business

    Publishing Scotland members can get a 20% discount on this BookMachine course which takes place online on 13, 20 and 27 August.

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    Writing Digital Content - September
    2 September 2020
    Course, Workshop, Digital, Marketing

    Writing digital content is a core skill in the rapidly changing and increasingly important area of digital marketing. This course will ensure that your web content is written in a style that works online and a tone that is just right for your readers. This course will be delivered online (Zoom) in two 3-hour sessions on 2 and 3 September.

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    Introduction to Proofreading - September
    7 September 2020
    Course, Workshop, Editorial

    No previous knowledge is required for this one-day introduction to proofreading. The emphasis is on practical exercises using a variety of accessible texts. This course will be delivered online (Zoom) in four 90-minute sessions (one per day) on Monday 7, Thursday 10, Monday 14 and Thursday 17 September 2020,

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    Introduction to Copy-editing - September
    21 September 2020
    Course, Editorial

    This course is suitable for people in the publishing industry, those who want to work in editing on a freelance basis, and anyone else who has responsibility for the presentation of written material. Some proofreading experience is desirable. This course will be delivered online (Zoom) in four 90-minute sessions (one per day) on Monday 21, Thursday 24, Monday 28 September and Thursday 1 October 2020.

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    Further Copy-editing - November
    2 November 2020
    Course, Editorial

    This 4 hour course picks up where 'Introduction to Copy-editing' left off. It assumes that delegates have attended this course or are familiar with the methods and techniques it contains. It will take place over two sessions on Monday 2 and Thursday 5 November 2020.

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    Further Proofreading - November
    9 November 2020
    Course, Editorial

    This 4 hour course picks up where 'Introduction to Proofreading' left off. It assumes that delegates have attended that course or are familiar with the methods and techniques it contains. It will take place over two sessions on Monday 9 and Thursday 12 November 2020.