Publishing Training Centre: Advanced Proofreading

Advanced Proofreading is a practical course for those who want to apply existing proofreading skills to challenging texts.

You’ll learn strategies for decision-making, how to carry through changes consistently, and how to deal with authors and finish jobs to a high standard, without compromising budget or schedule. These skills are transferable to all publishing contexts, print and digital.

Editors, proofreaders and editorial project managers who have some proofreading experience and want to know how to get the most out of the proof stage of a project while still staying within budget and schedule will benefit from this course.

Learn how to: plan a book-length proofread and carry it out thoroughly; decide what to change and what to leave alone; employ strategies for checking and cross-checking (as opposed to reading); deal with the author at the proof stage.