Open Courses

Training for the Publishing Industry

Imago has been running training courses for over seven years and has built an unrivalled reputation as the one of the UK’s leading provider of training to the book publishing industry.

We have a six monthly rolling programme running regular courses in the following areas:

Current scheduled courses.

Book Production
Proactive Production 12/08/2010 Imago,Thame
Basic Book Production 09/09/2010 Imago,Thame
Novelty & Books Plus Production 14/10/2010 Imago,Thame
CTP - Getting Files Right 11/11/2010 Imago,Thame
Proactive Production 18/11/2010 Imago,Thame
Colour
Colour - Improving Digital Images for Print 28/09/2010 Central London
Getting Colour Right 28/10/2010 Central London
Understanding Colour for Colour Correction and Press passes 24/11/2010 Imago,Thame
Product Safety
Essential Safety: Children's Books and Books Plus 02/09/2010 Imago,Thame
Advanced Safety Workshop - Children's Books and related products 29/09/2010 Imago,Thame
Preparing for the new European Toy Safety Directive 21/10/2010 Imago,Thame
InDesign
InDesign for Production 09/09/2010 Central London
InDesign for Editors - From QuarkXPress to InDesign CS 15/09/2010 Central London
InDesign Basics 21/09/2010 Central London
InDesign for Designers - From QuarkXPress to InDesign CS - 2 day course 05/10/2010 Central London
Improve Your InDesign Skills 12/10/2010 Central London
InDesign for Editors - From QuarkXPress to InDesign CS 18/11/2010 Central London
Getting the best out of InDesign - creating book files efficiently 23/11/2010 Central London
InDesign CS - Train the Trainer - 2 day course On application Central London
Paper for Book Production
Paper for Book Production 06/10/2010 Imago,Thame
FSC, PEFC and Ethical Paper Sourcing 30/11/2010 Imago,Thame
QuarkXpress
Bespoke Quark Courses On application Central London
QuarkXpress: Toolkit for Production On application Central London
Photoshop
Photoshop: Advanced Skills On application Central London
Photoshop - Cut-outs Shadows and Reflections On application Central London
PDFs
Checking PDFs in Acrobat Professional 07/12/2010 Central London
Creating PDFs for Book Printing On application Central London
Rights
Buying & Selling Co-editions 07/09/2010 Imago,Thame
Licensing Translation Rights 02/11/2010 Imago,Thame

The courses are held in small groups ranging from 6 -12 participants and those attending are often from related areas in publishing so you can share experiences and network usefully. You will gain sound practical knowledge and expertise, increasing your confidence and empowering you in your daily work. Our courses are designed to help you build the skills needed to help your company avoid costly problems and mistakes.

Imago’s trainers are all experts in their respective fields and together we have developed a set of unique courses specific to the publishing industry, unlike the open courses offered by other training establishments.

Most of our courses are structured as one day courses and the fee for the day is £325 - £365 plus VAT and includes a buffet style lunch and refreshments.

We are offering discounts on all our courses based in Thame as follows:

  • 20% discount for Freelancers
  • 20% discount for students
  • 15% for Multiple Bookings: 1st booking full price and thereafter 15% discount per person from the same organisation on the same course & date
  • 10% discount for early bookings 8 weeks prior to course date

NB: Only one discount per book per person

For details on Bespoke courses that we are able to offer companies click here.

We also offer Consultancy in many of the above areas, particularly in relation to improving digital workflow and product safety and compliance. For more details click here.

Imago Publishing has adopted the voluntary code of practice for suppliers of publishing training. This code has been designed by the Publishing Skills Group as a self-assessment process, to encourage quality provision amongst training providers. Imago Training has published its response to this code and encourages its clients and associates to view its commitment to service and quality, available on the website by clicking here.

Imago are listed on the Underoak Training Index .