Manuscript Submission Guidelines

Use these guidelines as you prepare your manuscript. This will help us publish the final product more efficiently.

1. Print out your manuscript on one side only of 8½ x 11" paper.
2. Always send the original copy to us; keep at least one photocopy for your own reference.
3. Number all text pages consecutively from beginning to end or use a double numbering system of chapter and page numbers (for example, page 2-4 for Chapter 2, page 4). Do not number the front matter-title page, preface, foreword, dedication, or contents. Assemble the manuscript in the order elements should appear, including manuscript placeholders for part openers, cases, appendixes, etc.
4. Make sure head levels are easily recognizable. The easiest way is to make main heads all capital letters, second level heads with initial caps, third level heads with underscored initial caps, and so on. These heads should provide an outline of the text and will comprise the detailed contents.
5. Prepare a title page with your name and affiliation exactly as you would like them to appear in the finished book.
6. Prepare a brief table of contents listing part, chapter, and appendix numbers and titles. Include such back matter as notes, references, glossary, and list of credits. It is important that you communicate the proper sequence of material even though you may still be working on some of it.
7. Send clearly labeled disks with the manuscript, and be sure the disks exactly match the hardcopy you send us. For an error-free book, it is important that we avoid working with multiple, electronic versions. If you need to make a minor change or update after submitting your manuscript and disks, hand write the change on a printout of the page and send it to us. The typesetter will input the change. Never send revised disks while a manuscript is in production.