Manchester university press publisher queens university. Manchester university press is a name trusted by students and scholars worldwide as a clear indication of the best scholarly content. Winning the bookseller industry award and ipg award for academic publisher of the year, the only university press to win both awards, lup is an innovative academic publisher who combines a distinguished 120year history with the forwardthinking mindset of a young startup. Book proposal guidelines edinburgh university press. Materials will be shared and redistributed among editors if appropriate. Jul 02, 2015 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.
To submit, email your proposal together with your sample material as word documents to the commissioning editor for your subject. We are always on the lookout for academically rigorous, accessible textbooks that fill gaps in the market and provide convenient, affordable texts for busy course tutors to set for their students. Top 8 book proposal specialists in manchester reedsy. We recommend that a book prospectus include the following. Manchester university press guarantees that the book will stay in print in paper form for at least three years, and with the developments in electronic publishing, it can potentially stay available for ever. Send your information to the alumni office for inclusion on this special web page. Nyu press welcomes the submission of book proposals for the fields in which we publish. If you are interested in submitting a proposal, please follow these guidelines. Posted in book proposals and contracts, landing your tenure track job, promote yourself. Proposals and manuscripts may be submitted to uhps press manager. May 17, 2018 this website is dedicated to the project violence against womens health, a project book for the manchester university press, forthcoming in 2020. Yale university press editors yale university press. Since then she has spent time working on list development at i.
A guide for scholars and anyone else serious about serious books, 2 nd edition university of chicago press. Email your book proposal as a word document, together with your sample material, to the commissioning editor for your subject. Find us the university of manchester oxford rd manchester. Your commissioning editor will read your proposal and decide whether it fits within the scope of our publishing. Old medical school on coupland street photographed in 1908one of the. Publishing your book with mup how to submit a book proposal. Authors the university of exeter press the university of. Winning the bookseller industry award and ipg award for academic publisher of the year, the only university press to win both awards, lup is an innovative academic publisher who. As i wrote my book to refute xxx, and to be explicitly in dialogue with xxxx, i anticipate that. Submitting a book proposal to cambridge university press. Jul 29, 2010 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.
Initial inquiries about publication should be made directly to the appropriate editor at the press. I am a board member of manchester university press. The core of the publishing process is the book proposal. Name job title address telephone number fax number email address. It furthers the universitys objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. This form contains a summary of the book, its aims, its goals and main features.
This website is dedicated to the project violence against womens health, a project book for the manchester university press, forthcoming in 2020. Failure to do so in a timely manner may delay the books release. Publishing your book with mup manchester university press. Is your book appropriate for one of our active series. University presses academic publishers humanities journals. Home research research explorer researchers dr anke bernau. If you have any questions about your book proposal, contact the commissioning editor for your subject and well be. To submit a book proposal please contact the relevant editor below.
Please be advised that we no longer publish fiction or poetry. A guide for firsttime academic authors, 2nd edition, edited by eleanor harman et al. Proposal submission policy oxford university press. In order to submit a book proposal to oxford university press oup pakistan, please send the following information. Susan ferber executive editor, history oxford university press susan. Potential authors should include a cover letter, a copy of their cv or resume, a prospectusproposal, and sample chapters from the work if available. Liverpool university press use code ebooklup at the checkout oxford university studies in the enlightenment published in association with the voltaire foundation. This is a detailed guide to the publishing process with.
The speaker in god had a body considers how the image of a higher power is presented to her, beginning with a catholic upbringing in kentucky speckled with stars and peopled with creatures, these poems employ a trinity of sequences that address a present, past, and possible futurefrom a troubled reckoning with belief to loss and promise. Liverpool university press lup excels at publishing thoughtprovoking and engaging research that challenges and contributes to knowledge and debates. Preparing your proposal edinburgh university press. Areas of expertise are history, politics and international law, literature and theatre studies, and visual culture. Europes preeminent publisher of englishlanguage academic books in jewish studies since 1965. For style guidelines, refer to cbe scientific style and format complete the art inventory log.
If this is a work of scholarship, make clear how each chapter serves to support and advance the books central. Submitting a textbook proposal to oxford university press guidelines for authors we are very pleased that you are considering writing for oxford university press. 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 please do not send entire manuscripts in the first instance. Materials research society mrs and cambridge university press book proposal. The university of georgia press publishes scholarly and generalinterest books in the following areas. Because of the volume of submissions received, we regret that we cannot confirm receipt of your submission. Oxford university press oup welcomes submissions of book proposals in the core areas in which we publish. Under the title of each chapter, offer a paragraph summarizing its contents. You will write something like, my book investigates similar themes to those in xxx by xxx, recently published by university of california press.
Manchester university press is the university press of the university of manchester, england and a publisher of academic books and journals. 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. Liverpool university press is the uks third oldest university press, with a distinguished history of publishing exceptional research since 1899. Each year, utp publishes approximately 200 new scholarly, course, reference, and general interest books. Tauris and then at arc humanities press as senior acquisitions. Click the photos below to find out more about each editors areas of interest and see recent works that are representative of their publishing programs. A listing of publications by manchester university alumni. Manchester university press the university of manchester. Please give the names of two people who you feel would be qualified to comment upon your book proposal. Additionally, please include one or two sample chapters preferably the introductory chapter, your current c. Suny press does not publish unrevised dissertations. Tauris and then at arc humanities press as senior acquisitions editor. Any book proposal has to contain information relating to the length and general parameters of the book, and these are the factors that affect the cost to the publisher of producing the book. Roches insistence on the queerness of desire, romance, and love between women takes.
Select your shipping destination to estimate postage costs based on standard shipping costs. Vawh violence against womens health in international law. Southampton solent university and bournemouth university. Manchester university press has developed into an international publisher. For further information on the series, including an outline of the series. The outside thing, by hannah roche introduction feb 14, 2020 this theoretically sophisticated reading of three lesbian writersstein, hall, and barnesis at once playful and serious. How to write a research proposal the university of. Join us in a celebration of the 50th anniversary of temple university press where friends of the press and press authors will present a panel discussion. Browse through the 8 best book proposal specialists in manchester. These notes are intended to help you put together a detailed outline of your book and to give you an idea of the process that cambridge follows once the proposal has been submitted.
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. For information on marketing at manchester university press. Dont feel that you have to follow this framework exactly. Many of these books are available on as well as on the publishers websites. The homepage for penn state university press psu press, a nonprofit academic book and journal publisher associated with penn state university libraries and penn state university. You can consider this a draft preface, except that you should avoid the tiresome practice of taking the reader through a chapterbychapter description. For more information on putting together a stellar book proposal and navigating the publishing process, consult william germano, getting it published. Oxford university press remains a department of the university, and all proposals must be. Manchester university press publishes monographs and textbooks for academic teaching in higher education.
Send proposals in film and media studies, latino studies, and american studies to. Please feel free to attach any further information or documents that you feel are relevant to the proposal. 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. Skip to main content we use cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. For a quick overview of how we go about publishing books, see this handy infographic. Please allow three to four weeks for an initial response. Authors of science books should generally follow the standard press guidelines for manuscript submission, but there are a few important differences. Once your title has been contracted, we will send you a copy of our editorial and production guidelines. Founded in 1901, university of toronto press utp is canadas leading academic publisher and one of the largest university presses in north america. Utp has published over 6,500 books, with well over 3,500 of these still in print.
Thank you for your interest in syracuse university press. We do, however, consider book proposals that have their origins in dissertation research and are suitably revised. University of wisconsin press 728 state street, suite 443, madison, wi 53706 usa phone. Harvard university press is proud to publish works on a wide range of subjects. Anna initially worked in magazine publishing and then for university of exeter press as a commissioning editor before leaving to do a phd in public history at manchester university in 2012. Being already published and something of a realist, i knew from the outset the concept was a long shot. Your degree and professional qualifications present appointment previous appointments of relevance and dates.
As mentioned by others below, the effort they put into cover design and copyediting was impressive. Framing and proposing an edited volume for publication. Oxford university press is a department of the university of oxford. Find out more about each stage of the publishing process at bristol university press and policy press in this interactive infographic. Ideas for books are as varied as the books themselves. All proposals are assessed internally to establish whether the book is a good fit for uhps publishing programme. To contact an editor, click here to submit a book proposal, click here for guidelines for a quick overview of how we go about publishing books, see this handy infographic areas of. To submit a book proposal, click here for guidelines.
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