Professional Programme
Editing & Publishing
Editing is the least visible craft in publishing and the one that decides whether a book reads as though it was written by an adult.
- Duration
- 9 months · part-time
- Mode
- Evenings, Valletta or online
- Intake
- October
- Fee
- €3,600 total
What you will be able to do
- Structural edit a manuscript without rewriting it in your own voice
- Copy-edit to a house style and defend every change
- Cost and schedule a title from manuscript to print
- Write cover copy that sells without lying
- Run an author relationship through a difficult edit
Modules
| Block 1 | Structural editing Argument, pace, redundancy, the note that saves a book. |
| Block 1 | Copy-editing House style, consistency, fact-checking, proofs. |
| Block 2 | Production Typesetting, paper, print runs, unit cost, schedules. |
| Block 2 | Publishing Rights, contracts, marketing copy, metadata. |
| Block 3 | Project A full edit and production plan for a real manuscript. |
Aldermere awards a certificate of completion for this programme. It is not a degree and carries no accreditation from a national higher-education authority.