Before you submit your book proposal

Are you in the process of writing or editing your proposal? You can find useful tips on how to improve your academic writing on De Gruyter Conversations.

The next step is to contact the relevant acquisitions editor who will help you understand exactly how to prepare your proposal, as we require different information for different subject areas. You can find the contact details for each acquisitions editor at contacts for authors.

During the acquisitions conversation, we will discuss how to prepare your proposal or manuscript, and can advise you on:

1. editor and author contributions
2. language of publication
3. proposed title and subtitle
4. content structure; topical, alphabetical or organized differently
5. the best format for your book: textbook, handbook, encyclopaedia or monograph
6. the target audience within your subject
7. market perspectives
8. workflow and contact people in the publication process
9. publication schedule
10. requirements and expectations on both sides of the partnership
11. advice on peer review processes
12. all manuscript submission guidelines
13. our accessibility guidelines

This initial acquisitions conversation is part of our friendly and personal approach to authors and will help you prepare your submission to the highest possible standard, ensuring it can be shared with editors and reviewers at the next stage.

You can get some useful advice from publishing consultant, Laura Portwood Stacer on how to write an academic book proposal, one of our many useful blog posts for authors on De Gruyter Conversations

Read our guidelines on how to submit a book proposal to De Gruyter and view our manuscript submission and accessibility guidelines