Submissions

Although The Universities Press is happy to accept unsolicited manuscripts for publication, we prefer working with sample chapters and a summary.

Please submit the following if you are proposing a new book:

Introduction to and summary of the work (we recommend that this be no longer than one thousand words, but are prepared to receive longer introductions and summaries where you judge this to be appropriate).

A sample chapter (in the case of collections of essays where it is not possible to provide an introduction, or where a sample chapter is not yet available, published works of medium-sized article-length on the same subject as the proposed book should be submitted).

A survey of other works in the field which might compete with the proposed one, and a brief argument demonstrating why the proposed work will, despite competition, be of value to libraries and scholars.

A survey of the market for the book: who will read it and why they will want to buy it.

The approximate length of the book, including all endmatter such as appendixes, bibliographies, and indexes.

The amount of any artwork, tables and figures that might need to be included.

The number of photographs that might be required.

The Universities Press will ordinarily take between one and two weeks to respond to proposals.