Course curriculum

  • 1
    Welcome
    • Welcome
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    Chapter One – Introduction
    • Lesson 1 – Welcome
    • Lesson 2 – What is publishing?
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    Chapter Two – The potential of your project
    • Lesson 3 – Identifying a viable book
    • Lesson 4 – Can we afford this book?
    • Lesson 5 – Is there an audience for this book?
    • Lesson 6 – How have our books performed before?
    • Lesson 7 – Is this book right for our organisation?
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    Chapter Three – Who do you need to publish your book?
    • Lesson 8 – You don’t need to go it alone
    • Lesson 9 – The writer
    • Lesson 10 – The editor
    • Lesson 11 – The designer
    • Lesson 12 – The printer
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    • Lesson 13 – Is that it? Who else do I need?
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    Chapter Four – The publishing process, from concept to delivery
    • Lesson 14 – How do I actually publish this book?
    • Lesson 15 – Timescales
    • Publishing Schedule Template
    • Lesson 16 – What kind of book is this?
    • Lesson 17 – Budget: Expenditure
    • Lesson 18 – Budget: Income
    • Lesson 19 – Content: Copy
    • Lesson 20 – Content: Images
    • Lesson 21 – Content: Editorial
    • Lesson 22 - Design
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    • Lesson 23 – Production
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    Chapter Five – Your sales strategy
    • Lesson 24 – The books are coming; how do we make sure they sell?
    • Lesson 25 – Maximising sales
    • Press Release Template
    • Lesson 26 – Distribution: self-distribution
    • Lesson 27 – Distribution: third-party
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    Chapter Six – Evaluation
    • Lesson 28 – Evaluation
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    Chapter Seven – Review
    • Lesson 29 – What did you learn?
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    Testing your learning, and thank you
    • Test your knowledge
    • You have now finished the course – Publishing: How anyone can get in to print
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