Provisional schedule and faculty for 2009 course

Classes will take place four days a week (Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri) from 6 pm to 8 pm in the UG Arts Building. The technical classes will take place in the Arts Faculty Computer Room on the 3rd floor of the UG Arts Building

Note: This is a provisional timetable. Classes are likely to change depending on the availability of the external resource persons.


MODULE A: EDITING WITH HARD COPY
1. 29.12 M Registration and introduction
2. 30.12 T Basic proof mark-up and symbols-1
3. 1.1 Th Basic proof mark-up and symbols-2
4. 2.1 F Style sheets
5. 5.1 M Transliteration of Indian names
6 6.1 T Practice proofing
7 7.1 W Stages of a text: receipt of manuscript to camera ready copy
8 9.1 F What elements in the text need documentation? Details of format and punctuation of notes, bibliography, bracketed references, reference lists.
9 12.1 M Overview of elements of documentation and what they do. Systems of documentation (humanities, author date etc) and authorities (MLA, MHRA, CMS )
10 13.1 T Indexing
11 15.1 Th Documentation practice
12 16.1 F Indexing and proofing test/practice

MODULE B: WORKING WITH SOFT COPY; PAGEMAKING AND DESIGN
13 19.1 M Introduction to Word Processing in MS-Word
14 20.1 T Using and
15 21.1 W Pagemaker-1
16 22.1 Th Pagemaker-2
17 27.1 T Photoshop-1
18 28.1 W Photoshop-2
19 29.1 Th Book design-1
20 30.1 F Book design-2
21 2.2 M Book design-3
22 3.2 T TBA
23 5.2 Th Practice
24 6.2 F Practice
25 9.2 M Quark-1
26 10.2 T Quark-2
27 12.2 Th Test/practice
28 13.2 F Test/practice

MODULE C: PRINTING , PUBLISHING AND SELLING
29 16.2 M Formes and Reams: calculating paper needs
30 17.2 T Preparing camera ready copy and costing out
31 19.2 Th Checking printability of visuals and graphics
32 20.2 F Old methods of printing; printing terminology and procedures
33 23.2 M Jackets, covers and binding
34 24.2 T Managing procedures
35 26.2 Th Preparing blurbs (fiction and non-fiction) and catalogues
36 27.2 F Pricing books: booksellers’ discounts and author’s royalties
37 2.3 M Distribution and bookselling
38 3.3 T New retail and e-selling
39 5.3 Th Editing textbooks
40 6.3 F Publishing textbooks
41 9.3 M Genres: Scientific, technical, medical
43 10.3 T Genres: social sciences, references
43 12.3 Th Genres: fiction
44 13.3 F Genres: translation
45 16.3 M Commissioning
46 17.3 T Copyright and permission
47 19.3 Th Tact, libel, plagiarism
48 20.3 F Author’s rights, duties and dues
49 23.3 M Dealing with authors; office correspondence
50 24.3 T Commissioning
51 26.3 Th Understanding the market-1
52 27.3 F Understanding the market-2
53 30.3 M Media synergies
54 31.3 T Visit to press
55 2.4 Th Presentation by publishing houses
56 3.4 F Presentation by publishing houses
57 6.4 M Feedback
58 7.4 T Valedictory


Holidays
Muharram: 8 Jan
Netaji Birthday 23 Jan
Republic Day 26 Jan
Dol / Holi Mar 11


Faculty
• Abhijit Gupta, Reader, Department of English, Jadavpur University
• Aloke Roychoudhury, CEO, DC Publishers
• Ananda Lal, Professor, Department of English, Jadavpur University
• Angshuman Chakravarty, Manager, Marketing Intelligence, Pearson Educational
• Chandrima Bhattacharya, special correspondent, The Telegraph
• Deeptanil Roy, author and graphic artist
• Mandira Sen, proprietor, Bhatkal & Sen (Stree and Samya)
• Moitreyee Chatterjee, freelance editor and entrepreneur.
• Pinaki De, designer, illustrator, typographer; Lecturer, Department of English, Uttarpara College
• Rimi B. Chatterjee, novelist; Senior Lecturer, Department of English, Jadavpur University
• Ronnie Gupta, proprietor, Argee Printers
• Sachin Rastogi, proprietor, Worldview Publishers and Booksellers
• Sreyasi Dastidar, chief subeditor, The Telegraph
• Sudeshna Banerjee, freelance editor
• Sukanta Chaudhuri, Professor, Department of English, Jadavpur University
• Supriya Chaudhuri, Professor, Department of English, Jadavpur University
• Swapan Chakravorty, Professor, Department of English, Jadavpur University
• Trinankur Banerjee, freelance designer; Dorling Kindersley