ADVICE FOR NEW AUTHORS

Download Proposal Guide (PDF)

We are always interested in viewing any new book ideas from potential authors. If, having viewed our website, you feel you have a proposal which may be of interest to us, please read the guideline below which provides an overview of the proposal procedure at Russell House Publishing.

Publishing proposal guide

To consider any proposal from you or your colleagues, we require the following information, submitted as an e-mail attachment. Usually between 2 and 6 pages of A4 will suffice.

PLEASE INCLUDE THE HEADINGS (shown in bold here) on your proposal.

1. Title and any sub-title.

2. Author/editor details.

3. The audience: Who is the work for? What can they hope to gain from reading it?

4. A blurb about the book that speaks to this audience, for example as on a back cover.

5. Marketing: how can the audience be reached? Don't dwell on this at length if the book relates closely to our existing marketing activities. Please contact us if in doubt.

6. The competition: in what other ways can the audience obtain information and advice that is similar to, or competes with, what your work will offer. (This might include competitive publications, academic or professional courses, training packages, etc.)

7. An outline of the contents.

8. Do you own (or can you obtain) copyright to all the material?

9. Likely length (words and/or pages).

10. Illustrations: numbers of photos, drawings, diagrams, charts, etc.

11. Format: what size of page and type of binding do you envisage?

12. What sort of price range do you envisage?

13. Timetable: what is a realistic target date for you to submit the completed work? Please note that we will need to receive the completed manuscript on disc and as hard copy.

14. Backing: it can sometimes help if people/organisations are willing to lend their name(s) to the publication. There is no need to respond on this, if you have no strong link-ups.

15. Please add any other information that you may want to supply in support of the project.

If you have finished, or nearly finished, writing the manuscript, we would be very pleased to see that also. But it is still very important that you submit a proposal as suggested here.

If the project has already been published in the same or similar format, please let us know: how many were printed; how many have been sold and/or given away; at what price the sales were made.

The Theory into Practice Series

This exciting new series fills a significant gap in the market for short, user-friendly texts - written by experts - that succinctly introduce sets of theoretical ideas, relate them clearly to practice issues, and guide the reader to further learning. They particularly address discrimination, oppression, equality and diversity. They can be read either as general overviews of particular areas of theory and practice, or as foundations for further study. The series will be invaluable across the human services, including social work and social care; youth and community work; criminal and community justice work; counselling; advice work; housing; and aspects of health care.

Download Theory into Practice proposal guide (PDF)

Thank you very much for your interest in Russell House Publishing.

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