12 month Self-publishing Fellowship

What you get:

  • 25 x on-demand videos, released fortnightly.

  • 5 x software demonstrations

  • 12 x online group-mentoring sessions

  • 24/7 access to an online forum

  • 1 x 2 hour one-on-one mentoring session

  • Access to handouts and reading lists - all resources provided

Places available:

  • 2 x fully funded fellowships

  • 2 partial fellowships, pay $250 for the whole course

  • 20 paid places at $1500. That’s less than $30 a week!

What you’ll get

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    Access your own way. Watch our accessible on-demand videos anytime. Pause, rewind, use close captioning. Or read the transcripts.

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    We provide hands-on support. Join our group mentoring sessions to ask questions. We want to make sure you understand how to apply the on-demand videos to your own work-in-progress.

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    Your experience is personalised. Use the forums to share your work in progress with peers.

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    Ultimate flexibility. Book your one-on-one session any time throughout the year.

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    Learn from the experts. Taught by a seaonsed university tutor and lecture, with guest lectures including an award-winning graphic designer.

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    All readings provided, plus exclusive templates!

What’s inside

Module 1: The publishing Industry

  1. An overview of the publishing process

  2. Understanding copyright and the permissions brief

  3. What is distribution?

  4. Writing a publishing brief

  5. Printing cost basics

  6. What about e-books?

  7. Working with other experts: what to expect and how to act as your own project manager.

Module 2: Preparing your manuscript for typesetting

  1. Structural and copy-editing basics

  2. Understanding electronic styles

  3. Software demo: copy-editing and electronic styles in Microsoft Word

  4. Images, tables and graphs. How to develop an illustration brief and when you’d need one. How to prepare images for typesetting.

Module 3

  1. Typesetting basics

  2. Software demo: A beginners guide to using Velium to typeset your manuscript

  3. Software demo: Advanced typesetting in Indesign

  4. Cover design: How to develop a cover design brief. DIY Cover design and finding royalty free images.

  5. Software demo (guest lecturer): Image manipulation in Adobe Photoshop

  6. How to prepare your work for the printer

  7. Software demo: How to prepare Print-Ready PDFs in Velium, InDesign and Microsoft Word

Module 4: marketing

  • Understanding the difference between publicity and marketing activities

  • How to to develop a marketing plan for your book

  • Writing a press release

  • How and why you should send out ARC copies

  • Guest lecturer: Developing a social media presence

  • Guest Lecturer: Your author branding

  • Should you pay for online ads?

  • Keeping track of sales

Limited Enrollment

Limited Enrollment

✺ Frequently asked questions ✺

  • It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.

  • It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.

  • It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.

  • It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.

  • It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.

  • It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.