Posted in book proposals and contracts, landing your tenure track job, promote yourself. Materials will be shared and redistributed among editors if appropriate. Harvard university press is proud to publish works on a wide range of subjects. Browse through the 8 best book proposal specialists in manchester. Areas of expertise are history, politics and international law, literature and theatre studies, and visual culture. Manchester university press publisher queens university. To submit, email your proposal together with your sample material as word documents to the commissioning editor for your subject. A beginners guide to getting published for hss authors.
Founded in 1903 and publishing our first books in 1904, our distinctive brand is known globally for publishing excellent research in the humanities and social. The manchester university press mup progress in political economy ppe book series, which is associated with the blog by the same name provides a new space for innovative and radical thinking in political economy covering interdisciplinary scholarship from the perspectives of historical materialism, feminism, political ecology, critical geography, heterodox economics, decolonialism and. You may need to complete a proposal form, like the proposal guidelines document used by manchester university press and available via mups website. The publisher needs to understand your planned content and style of writing, and so is likely to want to see. Tauris and then at arc humanities press as senior acquisitions editor. Choose the editor most appropriate for the subject of your work. Being already published and something of a realist, i knew from the outset the concept was a long shot. University of michigan press, 2004 postmodern american poetry anthology, new york. Send proposals in film and media studies, latino studies, and american studies to. Salc guidance on writing a research proposal for pds 2017 type.
Interact with our authors about hot topics from your field of interest. 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. Book proposal guidelines edinburgh university press. Sep 20, 2017 in the back of my mind, i was thinking about submitting the book to manchester university press so i sought advice on their website for book proposals and then i just sat down and wrote it. Comparative public policy and institutions cppi school of. Thank you for your interest in syracuse university press. Susan ferber executive editor, history oxford university press susan. Manchester university press supports the open access publishing of monographs. School of arts, languages and cultures contact email. 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. Manchester university press publishes monographs and textbooks for academic teaching in higher education. 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. Initial inquiries about publication should be made directly to the appropriate editor at the press.
If you are interested in submitting a proposal, please follow these guidelines. Proposal submission policy oxford university press. Manchester university press book series progress in. Nov 12, 2015 peter barry, author of the landmark mup book, beginning theory, reflects on how his twenty year old creation came to be by peter barry i am delighted to be asked to do a blog piece on bt at 20, and also struck by an echo of how bt started, around 1982. University presses academic publishers humanities journals. A comparative study of referendums provides a starting point for anyone interested in referendums and direct democracy. Once your title has been contracted, we will send you a copy of our editorial and production guidelines.
University of wisconsin press 728 state street, suite 443, madison, wi 53706 usa phone. For more information on putting together a stellar book proposal and navigating the publishing process, consult william germano, getting it published. 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. Framing and proposing an edited volume for publication. 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. Manchester university press is known globally as a publisher of humanities and social sciences research. Email your book proposal as a word document, together with your sample material, to the commissioning editor for your subject. Manchester university press blog publicity news from the press, including new titles, upcoming events, launches, conferences, and newsworthy information. Manchester university press is part of the university of manchester. A guide for scholars and anyone else serious about serious books, 2 nd edition university of chicago press. 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. Because of the volume of submissions received, we regret that we cannot confirm receipt of your submission. If the work is based on a phd thesis please contact our. Authors the university of exeter press the university of.
I have never been more surprised in my life the book was actually there, it had a. In the back of my mind, i was thinking about submitting the book to manchester university press so i sought advice on their website for book proposals and then i just sat down and wrote it. How to submit a book proposal 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. Peter barry, author of the landmark mup book, beginning theory, reflects on how his twenty year old creation came to be by peter barry i am delighted to be asked to do a blog piece on bt at 20, and also struck by an echo of how bt started, around 1982.
Jul 29, 2010 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. When you visit any of the university websites including this one, the following information is received and stored by our web servers. Manchester university archives vice presidents box. I have never been more surprised in my life the book was actually there, it had a form, it even seemed to have an argument. Proposals and manuscripts may be submitted to uhps press manager. This is a detailed guide to the publishing process with. Please allow three to four weeks for an initial response. Its interesting, challenging and intellectually stimulating, and it tries to answer questions that other subjects just cant reach. We currently publish over 170 books each year, as well as seven journals. We recommend that a book prospectus include the following.
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. 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. Your commissioning editor will read your proposal and decide whether it fits within the scope of our publishing. How to write a phd proposal the university of manchester.
If the work is based on a phd thesis please contact our editors for our guidelines on making the transition from thesis to book project. Combining an account of the political history and philosophy of the referendum, with a thorough assessment of the practical experiences with referendums in western democracies, this book has established itself as the. As mentioned by others below, the effort they put into cover design and copyediting was impressive. University proposal to decarbonise its investment portfolio. Find out more about each stage of the publishing process at bristol university press and policy press in this interactive infographic. A book proposal publishers provide guidelines for authors on their website.
Yale university press editors yale university press. Vintage contemporaries, 1988, a chapter of which appeared in the new yorker. Publishing your book with mup how to submit a book proposal. 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. Acknowledgements published on 07 apr 2020 by manchester university press. Submitting a textbook proposal to oxford university press guidelines for authors we are very pleased that you are considering writing for oxford university press. Please give the names of two people who you feel would be qualified to comment upon your book proposal. Macdougall, philip, islamic seapower during the age of the fighting sail, woodbridge 2017, boydell press, xvii u. You can consider this a draft preface, except that you should avoid the tiresome practice of taking the reader through a chapterbychapter description. All proposals are assessed internally to establish whether the book is a good fit for uhps publishing programme. 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. If you would like to submit a proposal, you can do so by downloading our publishing proposal. This website is dedicated to the project violence against womens health, a project book for the manchester university press, forthcoming in 2020.
Submissions lund university press, lund university. Oxford university press oup welcomes submissions of book proposals in the core areas in which we publish. An ideal book proposal by william frucht, executive editor, yale university press ive always considered the ideal book proposal to consist of four elements. Well, if youve spent some time studying it at school, or have checked out some of the resources above, you should already know the main reason to study philosophy at university. The most significant change is a commitment to staged decarbonisation of the investment portfolio in alignment with the universitys 2038 zerocarbon. Looking back over emails, i sketched out a timeline of the publishing process in. He is the director of the manchester jean monnet centre of excellence jmce, the coconvenor of the ecpr standing group on southeast europe and the coeditor of the book series on european policy manchester university press and contemporary greece hurst publishers. Top 8 book proposal specialists in manchester reedsy. Home research research explorer researchers dr anke bernau.
Publications research explorer the university of manchester. If you have any questions about your book proposal, contact the commissioning editor for your subject and well be. 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. Our partner manchester university press will offer support and advice on book proposals in english. Submitting a book proposal to cambridge university press. As mentioned by others below, the effort they put into cover design and copy. A special relationship harold wilson, lyndon b johnson and angloamerican relations at the summit, 19648. Publishing your book with mup manchester university press. Nyu press welcomes the submission of book proposals for the fields in which we publish. Editorial director and senior commissioning editor, manchester university press. Please be advised that we no longer publish fiction or poetry. Since then she has spent time working on list development at i.
Dont feel that you have to follow this framework exactly. It explores why publishing is considered so important. Potential authors should include a cover letter, a copy of their cv or resume, a prospectusproposal, and sample chapters from the work if available. In this chapter, i use the term monograph to refer to scholarly books on a single.
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