An ideal book proposal by william frucht, executive editor, yale university press ive always considered the ideal book proposal to consist of four elements. First and foremost, a good book begins with a good idea and a clear sense of who you are writing it for. Available from the student guild, first floor east wing, quadrangle building, the university of new south wales. George williams ao is the dean, the anthony mason professor, and a scientia professor at unsw law. Tips for book proposals tips for book proposals a proposal is the most effective method by which to tell a prospective editorpublisher about your work. Instead of writing the entire book, then trying to interest an editor or agent which is how it works with novels, you write the proposal first. Give a fairly brief summary of your book here, using a few paragraphs. Potential authors should include a cover letter, a copy of their cv or resume, a prospectusproposal, and sample chapters from the work if available. If theres another book youre interested in, you can browse our website, send us an email, or call 02 9385 6689 business hours and well be happy to help. Academic performance of international students problems. Please read the information on each of these imprints to assess how your book might fit our program. Cup and oup, provide trainings for government officials, and comment on contemporary iel matters e. While uc press editors prefer electronic submissions, you may send hard copy proposals to editors name at the uc press.
How to write a book proposal is the resource for aspiring nonfiction authors. Contact the press for book proposals and general information, contact. Book proposal guidelines university of california press. Much has been written about the white australia policy, but very little has been written about it from a chinese perspective. Unsw press ltd, operating since 1962, is a notforprofit company whose board of directors is appointed by the council of unsw. Sure, some parts of psychology and economics and other fields are not book. Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, and cross platform group chat into one easytouse platform. May 28, 2017 a book proposal argues why your book idea is a salable, marketable product. While our program is broad, we are not currently accepting submissions for new textbooks, personal memoirs or books.
Print books and e books are boosted by revenue earned in other parts of the business, such as retailing, a model that is unusual among most university presses, which rely on annual subsidies from their host. Proposal submission policy oxford university press. What is the difference between a masters and a doctorate thesis proposal. Submitting a book proposal please submit a book proposal of no more than twelve pages, and email it to the appropriate subject editor. Proposals will need to fit our current nonfiction publishing program, which falls under three imprints. A rabbis notes are available from the publisher, amazon, the book depository free worldwide shipping, and elsewhere online. Posted in book proposals and contracts, landing your tenure track job, promote yourself. Select publications by dr annie herro unsw research. Our mission is to publish books that make a difference, books that get people talking and books that can change peoples minds. To receive full consideration, please submit the following. A book proposal for an academic press has seven basic components. Drawing on visual culture studies, the book also considers recently declassified government files, memoirs and interviews to explore hsras place in indian history.
It details how our constitution was drafted, and shows how aboriginal peoples came to be excluded from the new political settlement. Fortunately, book proposals are relatively easy to write and will help you think through perhaps for the first timethe focus and slant of the book you want to write. Newsouth publishing is the publishing arm of the company. Its one of the most exciting moments in a professional career. Newsouth publishing is the publishing arm of unsw press. Newsouth publishing specialises in literary and illustrated nonfiction, with around 50 new books published annually. Herro ae, 2015, norm entrepreneurs advocating the responsibility to protect and peacekeeping reform proposals, in curran d.
Writing in cyberspace, by moira allen, was submitted to allworth press in 1998, and became the book. Include any subhead or taglines that your books title may contain. The history and future of the referendum in australia unsw press, 2010 vii. While uc press editors prefer electronic submissions, you may send hard copy proposals to editors name at the uc press mailing address. At unsw press and its sister imprint newsouth publishing, we have embarked on innovative ways to crosssubsidise publishing activities.
Please understand that it can take two months or more to evaluate your book proposal. The enormous growth in the number of such students is unequaled around the world. How to write a book proposal posted on july 2, 2015 by karen kelsky you all know that the book proposal is the cornerstone to a successful tenure track career in most areas of the humanities and social sciences. Submitting a textbook proposal to oxford university press guidelines for authors we are very pleased that you are considering writing for oxford university press. What follows is a brief description of what the editors in the higher education department might expect of a proposal for a new textbook and how they will consider it for publication. Congratulations to editors julie cracknell, peter lonergan and sam rickard, and designer daniel new. Evolution, challenges and prospects, in the europa directory of international organizations, routledge. Melbourne university press, the miegunyah press, and custom books. Hook invite the reader into your proposal with an interesting anecdote or some surprising data. Guidelines for a book proposal for an academic book.
Being already published and something of a realist, i knew from the outset the concept was a long shot. Feb 27, 2018 unsw president and vicechancellor professor ian jacobs is pleased to announce the appointment of two new directors to the board of its awardwinning university press. The main activities of the company are book publishing, representation and distribution services, and retail bookselling on the unsw campus in kensington. Structuring your thesis proposal unsw current students. The guidelines below offer general suggestions for the preparation of publication proposals, but you should check with the editor by sending an inquiry first. Gordon warnock, partner, fuse literary agency take it from someone who has seen a lot of book proposals. We offer a range of digital and print products to suit different subject areas, information types and customer needs. Nyu press welcomes the submission of book proposals for the fields in which we publish. A clearly written, well argued proposal enables an editor to best determine whether or not your proposed book is suitable for the publishing program she oversees. See, eg, john chesterman, defending australias reputation. He suggests we move forward from relying solely on individual virtuous action to improve our environment. These notes are intended to help you put together a detailed outline of your book and to give you an idea of the process that cambridge follows once the proposal has been submitted. Despite government inquiries, fierce debate and legislative, illicit drugs remain a major social and political problem in australia.
We encourage you to look carefully at our range of books and send us a wellprepared submission making reference to the points outlined below. You have a new idea for a book that you think could make a real difference to your discipline. The document should give ubc press a clear and detailed idea of what your book will be about. Select publications by professor robert brander unsw. Submitting a book proposal to cambridge university press. Our solution offers the best video, audio, and screensharing experience across zoom rooms, windows, mac, ios, android, and h. It acts as a business case or business plan for your book that persuades a publisher to make an investment. In 2012, unsw recorded the highest median atar of any university in nsw and attracted the highest number of top 500 students from the state. The university of new south wales press unsw press. These featured books are only a small selection from our extensive range. University of wisconsin press 728 state street, suite 443, madison, wi 53706 usa phone.
Guidelines for funding and dissertations in the social and behavioural sciences. We publish general, literary and illustrated nonfiction, and selected scholarly titles. Your proposal should establish the area of your research project, your central research question and the methods you will employ. While our program is broad, we are not currently accepting submissions for new textbooks, personal memoirs or books based on family history research. Oxford university press oup welcomes submissions of book proposals in the core areas in which we publish. The softcover and ebook editions of new testament people. Every day we publish a new book is worth a celebration, chief executive kathy bail. Dylan lino holds a ba llb hons from the university of new south wales. A book proposal argues why your book idea is a salable, marketable product. With a preference for general, illustrated, and literary nonfiction, as well as for scholarly works, the publisher also released all titles produced since 2010 in digital format.
University of new south wales unsw press has celebrated 50 years in publishing this year. A book about refugee law coauthored by unsw s jane mcadam is one of three unsw titles shortlisted for the 2015 nsw premiers literary awards. Dec 04, 2014 here i provide generic suggestions for what should go in an academic book proposal, and then suggest a method for writing such a proposal. Planets, pluto and prague, published in his book starcraving mad.
It breaks down what we are looking for as agents with useful examples and tips from our side of the desk. Proposals for publishing a book with newsouth publishing will need to fit our current nonfiction publishing program. Click here to download catalogues of our most recent titles. Your school may also have a postgraduate handbook or specific guidelines on thesis proposals.
Dont feel that you have to follow this framework exactly. Preparing your proposal will be an iterative process. How indigenous australians won civil rights, part two 2001 32117 australian historical studies 201. Established in 1949, it is ranked 4th in australia, 43rd in the world.
The last two decades have seen a second wave statistics of international students coming to australian universities. The inquiry, which may be sent by post or email, should simply describe the project, the author, and the reasons for writing the book in a few paragraphs. Fred watson has won the 20 bragg unsw press prize for science writing for his piece here come the ubernerds. Unsw press appoints new board members unsw newsroom. It is clear that where there is a strong demand for drugs, sources of supply will inevitably emerge.
My book, book title will be a genre work which will center around the topic of book topic. While experienced authors may prepare perfectly constructed proposals, more frequently book. Big white lie shifts our understanding of the white australia policyand indeed white australiaby exploring what chinese australians were saying and doing at a time when they were officially. Short listed for the prime ministers prize for australian history. Unsw press ltd, operating since 1962, is a notforprofit company whose board of directors is appointed by the council of the university of nsw. Thank you for considering submitting your proposal to melbourne university publishing. Guide for writing thesis proposals unsw current students. Although we generally commission the books we publish, occasionally we consider book proposals from other authors. Following are examples of two successful book proposals.
You all know that the book proposal is the cornerstone to a successful tenure track career in most areas of the humanities and social sciences. Jun 12, 2019 newsouth the publishing arm of the independent unsw press is a small yet mighty publisher that wont overwhelm debut authors. The war against drugs has failed resoundingly here and in most other countries. The most important aspect of this onepage description is the argument you will set forth. Newsouth publishing publishes a select list of scholarly titles each year under the unsw press imprint. Jul 02, 2015 how to write a book proposal posted on july 2, 2015 by karen kelsky you all know that the book proposal is the cornerstone to a successful tenure track career in most areas of the humanities and social sciences.
You will discuss a number of drafts with your supervisors. As the sales and representation arm of unsw press, newsouth books distributes a wide range of titles for local and international publishers in australia and new zealand. If an acquisitions editor responds with a request for a book proposal, please follow the proposal guidelines below. Proofreading, copy editing, indexing, lineediting, developmental editing, proposal writing editing, book packaging, permissions, research, writing, cover design. He is currently working on the constitutional reform and indigenous peoples project at the indigenous law centre. You can consider this a draft preface, except that you should avoid the tiresome practice of taking the reader through a chapterbychapter description.
A big congratulations to meredith lake who won the 2019 chass australia book prize for the bible in australia. Based in sydney, australia, newsouth publishing is unsw presss publishing arm. The thesis proposal helps you focus your research aims, clarify its importance and the need, describe the methods, predict problems and outcomes, and plan alternatives and interventions. Creative intenet strategies to advance your writing career first edition 1999, second edition may 2003. Geoff wescott in this book dr geoff wescott proposes a new approach to environmental decision making.
Electronic submission is preferred, but paper proposals are acceptable. The book also features penandink drawings by david wansbrough, a sydney and moscowbased poet and exhibiting artist. Jul 29, 2010 a very wellwritten explanation here, with several veins of gold for wouldbe elt writers to mine i think, however, that it is worth elaborating a little more on some of the aspects mentioned bearing in mind that my own take on these matters is only really representative of one elt writer who has worked with one major elt publisher in addition to having a range of, erm, interesting. Discover book depositorys huge selection of unsw press books online. This book explains everything that australians need to know about the proposal to recognise aboriginal peoples in the constitution. Whether your book idea is speculative or fullyformed we would be delighted to discuss it with you. Juvenilia press school of the arts and media university of new south wales sydney, nsw 2052 australia telephone. Although this is not an exhaustive list, the following are the. Writing a book proposal is an important first step in writing a book. A bibliography 19622002 unsw press, 2002, for her work on the entries up to the end of 2002 in the bibliography that follows. Danny ong, 2009, a unsw press book, the international students handbook, living and studying in australia.
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