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receipt of proposals or manuscripts, the materials we receive may be
sent to two external referees, and their comments are then consulted,
and a decision is arrived at, for publication. If a work is approved
for publication, the ensuing process consists of:
Offering a contract to the author. In most cases,
this is 10 percent on the price of books aimed at the library market,
for all copies after the first 500 that have been sold. However, we are
willing to negotiate if authors believe they have good reason to ask
for better royalties.
Preparing the manuscript for the camera. How long
this process takes depends on how carefully our submission guidelines
have been adhered to.
When proofs are approved by the author, we send
the book to press. Printing takes anywhere from one to three months.
The book is listed in a number of databases and
approval plans, including Bibliographic Data Services which offers the
British Library cataloguing in publication service. In addition, the
book is made available on all the major online bookshops such as
amazon.co.uk, blackwell.co.uk, alphabetstreet.co.uk, and so on.
Review copies are sent to 15-20 journals. Flyers
are sent to all major and specialised libraries which we believe would
have an interest in purchasing the book as well as specialist bookshops.
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