Top tips for freelancing from home

Julia Garvey has been freelancing and working from home for nearly 20 years. Here is her guide to surviving and prospering.

What does it take to be a freelance proofreader?

Professional proofreader and PTC graduate Louise Harnby gives us her expert view.

Introduction to Editorial Skills: A delegate's view

Chloe May of Osprey Publishing shares her thoughts on her time at Introduction to Editorial Skills, the PTC's flagship course for new editors.

Project management is at the heart of the publishing process

Jane Buekett, Editorial Manager at Hodder Education shares her thinking on why project management is a critical skill for all editors.

Even one day in the classroom sharpening up your editorial skills can be time well spent

Freelance journalist, editor and author Jasmin Kirkbride gives a personal perspective of attending a PTC course.

Digital publishing is now “fabric”, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy

Steve Connolly, Publishing Director for FE and Digital at Hodder Education, ponders on the current digital landscape.

Setting an achievable publishing strategy for your list

Rebecca Lovell of Cambridge University Press shares a five point guide for commissioning editors to create a successful publishing strategy.

Why do editors need to know about copyright and the law?

Richard Balkwill of Copytrain shares what delegates to Commissioning and List Management can expect to learn about copyright and why they need to know it.

Six gems about marketing that may seem obvious, but are you really acting on them?

Rachel Maund, founder of Marketability and tutor for the Publishing Training Centre, shares six nuggets of wisdom to make sure you set about your marketing planning and activity in a way that will lead to success.

Can social media make a difference for your authors?

BBIA 2016 Award winner Alison Barrow's take on social media

Transworld's Alison Barrow gives us her thoughts on the power of social media, and how publishers can harness it.

Marketing, does it make a difference to the reader?

Nina Pottell says it does.

So you want to work in Children's Publishing?

Download our free PTC guide to help you get started

A career in children's publishing is rewarding, creative and highly desirable - so how do you get yours off the ground?

Are book fairs still relevant?

As she shuttles from Bologna to London Book Fair, Julia Garvey asks whether the time, expense and effort is still worth it in 2016.

What's different about on-screen editing?

Download our free PTC guide to On-screen Editing to find out

To complement the Editing in Word course, we have published a free guide to on-screen editing, which gives you lots of tips for preparing for an on-screen copy-edit, as well as what you should know to save time and improve your work and its value.

Books empower and enrich our lives

Sheila O’Reilly: a booksellers perspective

Sometimes in our industry we forget that not everyone can read, or read easily. Sheila O'Reilly tells us how Quick Reads are looking to help.