Book proposal guidelines university of california press. You can consider this a draft preface, except that you should avoid the tiresome practice of taking the reader through a chapterbychapter description. Submit a book proposal west virginia university press. Learn more about submitting an article to the inaugural issue of the international journal of security studies servicelearning component. We are pleased to evaluate proposals for books and book series within the subject. Indiana university press welcomes submissions in our fields of publication. Authors wishing to present a proposal should write to the editorial department with a brief prospectus, including a description of the work and its intended audience, table of contents, introduction or sample chapter, expected length and number of. If you would like to submit a book proposal or a manuscript to yale university press, please send it, along with the following information, by mail or email to only one editor.
What will happen after i submit an academic book proposal. Central european universty press is pleased to evaluate book proposals which suit the publishing program and the list of titles of the press. Yale university press editors yale university press. So, authors sometimes assume that a successful proposal including one to two sample chapters can result in a book. How to write a book proposal posted on july 2, 2015 by karen kelsky you all know that the book proposal is the cornerstone to a successful tenure track career in most areas of the humanities and social sciences. Your proposal should include a cover letter that includes a narrative description 24 typescript pages of the proposed book s content and scope and an argument for the book s importance, as a rationale for publishing by the ohio university press. Authors interested in publishing with us can find instructions for submitting proposals here.
Interested in publishing your book with the university of washington press. What follows is a brief description of what the editors in the higher education department might expect of a proposal for a new textbook and how they will consider it for publication. Please do not phone the office to discuss proposals. As a servicelearning press, any proposal or manuscript may be used in ungs publishing courses as publishing project examples. If you are interested in submitting a proposal, please follow these guidelines. If you would like to submit a proposal, you can do so by downloading our publishing proposal guidelines, following them in preparing your proposal, and then sending it to the correct commissioning editor for the subject area. If your project seems better suited to another editors list, it will be passed along to them for consideration. The table of contents including estimates of chapter size in either manuscript or printed pages for the proposed volume. If you wish to present a book proposal, please write to one of our acquisitions editors, by post or email, sending a letter of introduction, curriculum vitae, table of contents, and a prospectus. We recommend that a book prospectus include the following. An argument for the book s importance, as a rationale for publishing by the university of virginia press. An ideal book proposal by william frucht, executive editor, yale university press ive always considered the ideal book proposal to consist of four elements. Duke university press welcomes the submission of book proposals in the areas in which we currently publish.
Materials will be shared and redistributed among editors if appropriate. Please do not send original art or other irreplaceable materials. But you cannot submit your full manuscript to more than one press at a time. Many university presses ask authors to submit one to two sample chapters with their proposal. Submitting proposals for publication consideration. Below is a link to our proposal submission form, but before you complete this, please. Cambridge university press publishes academic books in 29 subject areas spanning the humanities, social sciences, and science, technology and medicine. Acquisitions editor sage house, 512 east state street ithaca, new york 14850. Submission guidelines johns hopkins university press books. Publishing your book with mup manchester university press. Guidelines for authors university of massachusetts press.
We will acknowledge receipt of your proposal in a timely manner. Your proposal may be read at various points by a wide range of people within the press including marketing, sales, publicity, foreign rights, and production staffas well as. Please spend some time browsing our book section to see if your project would be a good fit. To submit, email your proposal together with your sample material as word documents to the commissioning editor for your subject. Potential authors should include a cover letter, a copy of their cv or resume, a prospectus proposal, and sample chapters from the work if available. New york university press 838 broadway, 3rd floor new york, ny 34812. The university of massachusetts press publishes scholarly books and serious nonfiction by both established and new authors. Proposal submission policy oxford university press. Note that we do not publish unsolicited original fiction or poetry, with the exception of some latin american and middle eastern literature in translation. The university of oklahoma press welcomes book proposals or manuscripts in any of the fields of publication that constitute our list, about which see our mission. Preparing your proposal edinburgh university press. Columbia university press is a leading publisher of scholarly and trade books in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
Your commissioning editor will read your proposal and decide whether it fits within the scope of our publishing. If an acquisitions editor responds with a request for a book proposal, please follow the proposal guidelines below. Book proposal submission guidelines university of north. Write in a direct style and highlight whats distinctive, interesting, and relevant about your work. We ask that you submit your proposal to only one editor.
Publishing your book with mup how to submit a book proposal. How does it compare with extant literature on the subject. When to submit academic book proposals to university presses. Just to add a quick hopefully relevant note here, considering the name of the publisher responsible for this blog i did in fact submit what could be termed a more experimental or even slightly radical proposal for a series of readers to oxford university press a few years ago. Should you your topic fall within these areas, kindly complete a new book proposal form pdf and email to the appropriate acquisitions editor, along with your current curriculum vitae. Please submit your full proposal through our online submission form, which will direct your proposal to the appropriate editor. While uc press editors prefer electronic submissions, you may send hard copy proposals to editors name at the uc press mailing address. The university of minnesota press is currently accepting proposals for book projects specifically developed for manifold scholarship.
Oxford university press oup welcomes submissions of book proposals in the core areas in which we publish. Publishes books and journals especially in american history, the american west, and native american studies. Information about our editors, proposals process, and manuscript preparation guidelines intended for current and prospective authors of harvard university press books. Submitting book proposals auckland university press.
Outline for a book proposal the university of virginia press. We request that you not submit your complete manuscript unless an editor has invited you to do so. Book proposal guidelines edinburgh university press. If your field is not among those listed, its likely that that field is no longer an active area of publication at uip. While penn press staff are currently working remotely, all of our departments remain fully operational.
Please complete this form and return it to us with as much background information about the project as you can provide at this time, specifically a preliminary table of contents if available, and a sample chapter. We generally do not publish books outside the areas listed with the contact information for our a cquisitions editors. Choose the editor most appropriate for the subject of your work. Please choose your subject below to find commissioning editors publishing in your area of study. Indiana university press office of scholarly publishing herman b wells library 350 20 e. Authors who would like west virginia university press to consider their nonfiction work for publication should contact. You can learn more about our publishing programs across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences by clicking on individual editors photos below. Narrative description 24 typescript pages of the proposed book s content and scope. Thank you for your interest in publishing with princeton university press, where we welcome proposals for new books in a wide range of disciplines. Publishing with the university of washington press. Both prospective and current authors can find helpful resources here. Book proposal guidelines because of the volume of proposals received, the press cannot normally return material to authors.
If you have any questions about your book proposal, contact the commissioning editor for your subject and well be. Our areas, particularly trade fiction, offer students a wide range of experiential. The book is set within the governance and regulatory literature. How to submit a scholarly book proposal, from university of minnesota press. If you would like information on how to submit a book proposal, you can read our guide here. The book also is one of the first a priori designed systematic qualitative comparative mediumn studies in the field see further pp. Initial inquiries about publication should be made directly to the appropriate editor at the press.
Thank you for your interest in syracuse university press. If you are interested in submitting a proposal we strongly recommend that you contact the relevant editor in your field as early as possible. Author hub how to submit a book proposal 24 cambridge university press is always pleased to consider new proposals for print andor digital projects in all the major areas in which we publish. You may include a sample chapter, but please do not send a. Through our bright leaf imprint, we also publish regional titles aimed at general readers. Our editors actively encourage the submission of book proposals and make a point of responding. We are delighted you are interested in submitting a book proposal to lup. If you would like to submit a proposal, please read our author guide to ensure it fits our publishing programme. If you would like to submit a proposal, you can do so by downloading our publishing proposal.
Clearly written proposals best enable us to determine whether books are suitable matches with our publishing program. Typically, if this is in the context of submitting book proposals, yes, you can, unless the publisher explicitly prohibits it. Email your book proposal as a word document, together with your sample material, to the commissioning editor for your subject. Harvard university press publishes thoughtful books for both scholars and educated general readers in history, philosophy, literature, classics, religion, law, economics, public policy, physical and life sciences, technology, history of science, behavioral sciences, and education, along with reference works in a wide range of fields. Because we receive a large volume of proposals each year, often with substantial accompaniments, we ask for your patience in waiting to hear from us.
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