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If you’ve never hired a freelance book editor before, you might be a little intimidated by the process - but don’t worry, it’s easier than you think! The first thing you need to do is determine which type(s) of editing your book requires. But where can you find professionals with the right experience in your genre?
MANUSCRIPT EDITING AND BOOK PUBLISHING PROFESSIONAL
While writing itself may be a solo activity, the best books are products of collaboration - and professional book editors are crucial partners, as they have the knowledge, talent, and revision skills to transform your book from a rough draft to a bestseller!įrom developmental editors, who give advice on story and structure, to copy editors and proofreaders, who hone the mechanics of your work, a strong team of literary editors is vital to your book’s success.
The romantic myth of an author sitting alone in their room and emerging with a perfectly polished book is just that: a myth. Technical revision and delivery of missing material by the author/editor.Book proposal Web design Translation Finding the right book editor.A native English speaking “Gatekeeper” will check your manuscript for completeness, consistency, and Style Guide conformity.permissions to use the images for print publication, e-book, and if applicable Open Access publication.completed author illustration checklist (provided to you by AUP in your Author Submission Pack).list of illustrations (or in manuscript text).graph and image and table captions / credit lines.name, affiliation, short biography, and contact details for each author / contributor.complete bibliography / list of works cited in addition to the chapter / essay ones.bibliography / list of works cited for each chapter / essay.cover image + explicit permission to use as cover image.Submission and Style Guide Academic Submitting the final draft of your manuscript for production - average time: 2 months Submission checklist
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Submission of the revised manuscript and evaluation by the Series Editors. Revision and Approval - deadline as indicated by Commissioning Editor On the basis of the reader reports (and any suggestions from the Series Editors), we will ask you for a revision plan and a revision timeline, which will be evaluated by the Series Editors. Your manuscript will be evaluated by 1 or 2 readers. Peer Review - average time: 2 to 4 months Please send your Commissioning Editor the complete manuscript with a title page and table of contents, list of (planned) illustrations, and abstracts + keywords + author bios. Please use our Style Guide (see the link below) and try to keep to the number of words agreed with us. Proposal form Preparing and submitting your manuscript for review Submission - deadline as indicated by author(s) Upon approval of the proposal, we will offer you a publishing agreement conditional on positive Peer Review of the manuscript. We aim to evaluate your proposal within 6 to 8 weeks after receiving it at the office. We will send you an acknowledgment of receipt. Send the completed proposal form to your contact at AUP, usually a Series Editor or Commissioning Editor (see the Series page or Staff page). MANUSCRIPT EDITING AND BOOK PUBLISHING DOWNLOAD
Download the proposal form from this page and carefully complete it. Submitting a proposal - average evaluation time: 6 to 8 weeks When submitting a proposal, it is often helpful to send along a sample chapter or a recent publication and a CV. In addition, we need to be able to gain insight into your method, the framework you (and your contributors) are using, the structuring of the material you envision, etc. Please bear in mind that market expectations heavily weigh in on decisions to accept a proposal. It is in your means to try and convince Series Editors, Commissioning Editor, and Marketeers alike of the value of your proposed publication, of what it adds to the existing literature, of why it is important, and who you think will read the book and benefit from it. Please take the time to prepare your proposal carefully. The academic quality of our publications will be ensured further by subjecting manuscripts to a stringent peer review process. In the case of academic publications, approval by a Series Board will usually be sought before recommendation at a Publisher’s Meeting. When a proposal is accepted, the author(s) or editor(s) will be offered a publishing agreement. Publishers, Editors, Marketeers and the Director meet once a month in a Publisher's Meeting to discuss proposals put forward by our Commissioning Editors and/or recommended by Series Boards. Academica University of Applied Sciences.
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