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Information about Zed Books for Prospective
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Zed's
Publishing Programme
Zed is an independent scholarly publishing house, catering
predominantly to the needs of academics and students, and occasionally
to a wider audience of activists and policy-makers.
We aim for all our books to reach the broadest possible audience, and
therefore only publish books which are likely to have a substantial
market, in hardback and paperback. Our commitment as a quality
non-fiction publisher is to books of intellectual distinction and
originality; books that embody Third World and internationalist
perspectives, interests and commitment; and books that relate to
neglected issues of all kinds and to disadvantaged social groups.
We publish books on the following subjects:
- Politics and International Relations
- Economics
- Development Studies
- Gender Studies
- Area Studies (Africa, the Middle East, Asia and
Latin America)
We publish a variety of student textbooks, polemics and
original research.
If you have a proposal which you think meets these criteria, please
read the next section and contact the relevant editor at Zed. We’d be
delighted to hear from you.
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Book
Proposal Guidelines
Please send Zed a proposal via email (not hardcopy) detailing the following information:
Provisional book title
Author Information
- Name
- Address, telephone number and email
- Current position
Synopsis
- What will the book be about and how is it original?
- What will its main argument be?
- Why is this book necessary?
- Please suggest three unique selling points for the book
- Which Zed categories would you suggest it falls within
(maximum three, delete as appropriate)
Area studies (Africa, Middle
East, Latin America, Asia)
Development
Economics
Environment
Gender
Politics
Outline
- A 200-word summary of the book that might be used for
marketing and back cover purposes
- Provisional table of contents
- Short descriptions of the contents of chapters
- Provisional word length
- Figures, tables and illustrations
- Provisional manuscript submission date
- Details of any deadlines we should be aware of, e.g. an
impending conference, meeting or book launch
Readers and Marketing
As the author/editor, you have valuable insight into the readership and
markets for your book. Please provide as much qualitative and
quantitative detail as possible about the prospective primary markets
for your book.
- For whom is the book intended and what level is it aimed at
(undergraduates/postgraduates/academics & researchers/activists
& policy-makers, general readers)?
- Will the book be a main text, supplementary reading, or a
research monograph (please choose one)?
- Why will they buy this book?
- What existing books compete with this one and how will this
book differ from the competition?
- How you can help promote and market the book?
Additional Information
- Has any or all of the work been published before, such as
in a
journal, report, conference proceedings or online? If so, please
give
details.
- Have colleagues seen this work before? Can you share
their comments with us?
- Have you submitted the book to any other publishers?
- In what form will you be able to supply the final
manuscript?
- Who is the copyright holder of the material?
- Is there any institutional support for the publication, or
other prospects for discounted bulk purchases of the book?
- Please suggest two possible referees (we are also likely to
gather our own)
- Please attach a short author biog as well as your CV
Please note that due to the very high volume of unsolicited proposals
we receive we are not able to acknowledge receipt of every one
individually. If your proposal is of interest we will be in touch with
you within eight weeks to express interest and give feedback before the
proposal goes out for external review. If you have not heard from
us after eight weeks, please assume that your proposal has not been
successful on this occasion.
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