 Bloomsbury Academic publishes world class research across the humanities and social sciences, with a strong commitment to the traditional virtues of scholarly publishing, including rigorous peer-review. But we plan to use current technologies and licensing developments to establish an innovative publishing model that will better meet the needs of the academic community.
In addition to publishing in both print and e-Book format, we are the first commercial company committed to putting our books online, using Creative Commons non-commercial licenses. If you are not familiar with CC licensing, please see creativecommons.org
These licenses enable us to make the full text of your book available free of charge on our digital platform. Unlike some open access journals we are not looking for authors (or their research funders) to pay for the publishing process. Discussions with academic librarians, and smaller-scale precedents have indicated that we can sell enough copies of the print version of our books to cover the publishing costs. We also believe that the availability of the online version will act as additional promotion for the book, allowing much wider dissemination of important scholarly work than traditional models have achieved. We welcome feedback on our publishing model.
Submitting your proposal
We would be delighted to hear from authors with ideas for books that might suit our programme. Please find below our proposal form:
Publishing Proposal Form as PDF
Publishing Proposal Form in Word® .doc
Alternatively, you may construct your own proposal template, which should include the following information:
- Title and subtitle
- Your name affiliation and contact details
- Proposed length and delivery date
- Illustrative material and special features
- A description of the aims and scope of the book
- A synopsis of the argument (250-500 words)
- A list of contents with a brief abstract of each chapter (150 -250 words)
- An indicative bibliography
- A description of your target audience including information about likely course adoption
- A list of competing titles and what makes your book distinctive
- A recent version of your CV (including previous publications)
There is no need to submit the whole manuscript at this stage, though we'd be happy to see up to two sample chapters if they are available.
Once completed, please e-mail your proposal to one of our editorial team:
Frances Pinter: International Political Economy, Science, Technology and Innovation, Global Governance and Global Policy
Caroline Wintersgill: Politics and International Relations, Sociology, Literary Studies, Cultural Studies, Environment
Emily Salz: Media and Communication, History, Sociology, Asian Studies
Once we have received this, we will be able to respond quickly to you to let you know whether or not your proposal fits within our publishing interests. We look forward to hearing from you.
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