Discover
some of the visits we can offer you on thePgDip/MA Publishng Course
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Macmillan
One
of the UKs largest privately owned publishing house and is over 150
years old. They publish an extensive range of titles in many genres
including:Fiction
and non-fiction
Childrens
Academic
Reference
ELT (English Language Teaching)
Nature magazine and associated journals
Macmillan
give lectures on campus and at their London office. The topics covered
this year included costing, digital books, production and warehousing.
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Intellect
Books
The
expanding academic publishers Intellect is an independent company
based in Bristol. They publish books, journals and magazines of scholarly
and general interest. The titles cover topics such as digital creative
media, education and gender study.Chairman
Masoud Yazdani gives visiting lectures on the development of Intellect,
starting a publishing business and working in a small publishing
house. The company has very close links with the university and
they offer students several opportunities to carry out work experience
at their offices.
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Rooks
Books
Rooks
books make handmade bindings and sculptured objects. They are well
known for their leather bindings and increasingly for their work on
ornate and unusual commissions.Owner
Gavin Rookledge designs and makes the commissioned pieces and spends
several days at the university demonstrating
how to make a hand-bound book.
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Butler
& Tanner
Founded
in 1850 as an integrated repro house and printers. Since then it has
developed a reputation as one of the print industries leading companies.
They produce nearly 20 million books per year for some of the worlds
leading publishers, and for the past five years have been voted 'UK
Book printer of the year'.
During
a day visit you will be given an introduction to the work they do
and a tour of the premises.
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David
& Charles
Are
a Devonshire based publishers who pride themselves on their range
of illustrated books. They established themselves during the 1960s
and became famous for their classic books on railways and canals of
the UK. Today they produce a wide variety of colour illustrated books
on leisure activities for an illustrated market.David
& Charles offer placement opportunities, they also employ many
graduates from the course.
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