Enhance Your Editing Skills

The courses teach basic skills in editing, producing, promoting and selling print and electronic publications. They also cover advanced examine publishing methods and new technologies; copyright and other intellectual property rights; national and international sales and marketing of publications; publishing project commissioning and management. Having completed such a course, a student will be well-versed with the business of publishing and the work of an author, publisher, editor, designer, production manager, publicist, sales manager, sales representative and bookseller in the industry.
 
•    reviewing, rewriting, and editing the work of writers;
•    planning the content of books, journals, and magazines;
•    deciding what material will appeal to readers;
•    reviewing and editing drafts of books and articles;
•    offering comments to improve the work;
•    suggesting possible titles;
•    overseeing the production of publications;
•    reviewing book proposals and deciding