Book Proposal Form

This book proposal form will allow our reviewers to make an informed decision about whether to publish your book. If we accept your proposal, it will also form the basis of any ‘intent to publish’ agreement we make with you. So it is important that you provide us with enough information to build up a detailed understanding of your proposed work. The following questions are intended to be helpful guidelines for the kind of material we need. They are not meant to be prescriptive, and you also can provide other information. If you prefer, you can simply email us and let us know what you have in mind. 

Make sure you have read the Information for Authors/Editors before you send us your proposal. Please email us separately any attachments you would like to include with your proposal.

Name *

First

Last

Title

Affiliation

Email Address *

Website/URL

Postal Address

Phone Number

Short Biography *

Please provide a short biography (around 250 words). Feel free to provide a link to your CV.

Title of the Proposed Book *

Is this a monograph or an edited volume? *MonographEdited VolumeOther

If you select other, please explain the nature of the book as part of the Brief Summary.

Current State of the Proposed Book *

• Completed draft
• Initial draft
• Completed research/notes
• Initial Ideas
• Other

If you select other, please explain the state of the work as part of the Brief Summary.

Length of the Proposed Book (Number of Words) *

Approximately and including bibliography, appendices and any other features. Please note that, at least in principle, we do not have any constraints on length.

Proposed Date of Submission *

Brief Summary *

Please provide a brief summary (around 250 words) of the book. This may take the form of a blurb.

Summary of Chapters

Please provide a list of proposed chapters along with any sub-chapters, appendices and any other features. Feel free to include as much information as possible about the content and argument of each chapter.

Figures and Illustrations *

Please provide information about any pictures, graphs, tables, maps, diagrams, etc. you would like to include in your book. Please consider whether you hold the rights to these images, or are likely to be able to secure them.

Additional Features *

Please provide information about any other features you have in mind. For example, resources such as photos, maps and datasets or features such as a blog, forum and wiki that can be linked to the online or the digital version of the book.

What is the context for the proposed book? *

How does the book fit into the existing literature? Are there any comparable works? What are the primary and secondary audiences? Is it aimed at a specific country or region?

Why should we publish this book? *

Please explain why you think the book is important, or what it has to say that is new.

Do you have access to institutional funds? *

Please note that we do not charge for processing nor does access to funding for processing charges affect our decision on whether or not to publish a book. If an author has allocated funding to cover publication costs by their university, funding body or similar, we use this funding to make the book fully open access (also called Gold OA) or lower the cost of the print version or similar. See the Information for Authors section on our website for more details.

Can you name two or three referees who are able to comment on your existing work? *

Please include their names, institutions and contact details including email addresses.

Can you name two or three experts who are qualified to comment on your proposal? *

Please include their names, institutions and contact details including email addresses.

Additional Information

Please provide any other information that should be taken into consideration by the editorial team here.

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