Submitting a Proposal
Those interested in submitting proposals for new volumes in the series should write to either Maureen McNeil or Lynne Pearce in the first instance, and the proposals themselves should include the following information:
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A brief description/synopsis of the project as a whole. |
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A more substantive 'rationale' which situates the proposed volume within current debates and demonstrates in what ways it makes a new, and timely, contribution to those debates. |
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A chapter outline for the volume as a whole (normally not less than half a page, single-spaced, on each chapter). |
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A fairly detailed survey of related publications and likely competition, together with a general assessment of the volume's market potential. (It would be helpful if you could give some indication of the disciplinary destination(s) of the volume and what sort of courses are likely to adopt it. Please consider US/international markets here.) |
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A precise indication of the volume's intended readership and accessibility (e.g. undergraduate year 1/2/3; postgraduate; fellow scholars; general audience). Please indicate if you think your book has 'textbook' potential and/or whether it will represent 'required' or 'supplementary' reading on its target courses. (Please consider the US/international markets here.) |
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The intended length of the volume and whether it will require illustrations, together with the likely delivery date. |
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A brief Curriculum Vitae focusing, in particular, on previous publications. |
NB. When you are preparing your proposal, please remember that today's academic publishers are very dependent upon securing an international market for their books, and that the US market, in particular, constitutes a large proportion of their income. For this reason, you can substantially improve your proposal's chances of success by ensuring that it 'speaks', where possible, to an international audience, and that you take account of US and other markets when assessing your likely readership and/or competition.
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