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:

Categories Description
Book Production Basic Book Production, Proactive Production, File Problems: Getting CTP Right
Colour Understanding Colour and Colour Correcting, Colour: Improving Digital Images for Print
Product Safety Essential Safety: Childrens Books and Books Plus, Advanced Safety Workshop: Childrens Book and related products, Preparing for the new European Toy Safety Directive
InDesign InDesign for Editors: From QuarkXPress to InDesign CS, InDesign for Production, InDesign for Designers: From QuarkXPress to InDesign CS - 2 day course
Paper for Book Production Paper for Book Production, FSC, PEFC and Ethical Paper Sourcing
QuarkXpress QuarkXpress: Toolkit for Production, Bespoke Quark Courses
Photoshop Photoshop: Advanced Skills, Photoshop: Cut-outs Shadows and Reflections
PDFs Creating PDFs for Book Printing, Checking PDFs in Acrobat Professional
Rights Buying & Selling Coeditions, Licensing Translation Rights

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 .