Publish a book or series

Publishing your book

1. Submit proposal: Complete the Emerald new book proposal form and send it to the editor for your discipline. Your editor will acknowledge safe receipt as quickly as possible.

2. Internal editorial review: Your editor assesses your book’s ‘fit’ for our publishing list and raises questions or queries with you.

3. External peer review: Your proposal and any additional material will be sent out to a subject specialist for external, single-anonymous peer review – we aim to get feedback to you in 4–6 weeks.

4. Response to peer review: You send your editor a full response to the review. You may need to revise and resubmit your proposal based on our peer review and discussions with your editor.

5. Contract: After approval by our internal Editorial Board meeting, your Editor will send you terms of our contract including extent, royalty and manuscript delivery date.

6. Writing your book: You will be contacted regularly by our editorial team and we will be on hand for guidance and support as you prepare the manuscript for submission.

7. Manuscript submission: Your editor may commission a final review of your manuscript before we put it into production. Our editorial team will then check through your final manuscript. From proposal to publication

8. Production: Your book will go through copy editing, typesetting and indexing. You will be issued proofs. Your cover design will be fnalized. We will publish your book 6 months, or on a fast-track schedule if your book is an Emerald Point.

9. Sales and marketing: When your book enters production our marketing and sales team start work to promote your book through our sales channels, and to support you with self- promotion.

10. Publication: You will be sent your free copies of your book, and additional information on how you can best help us promote it to the widest possible market. emeraldgrouppublishing.com