PUBLISHING GUIDELINES
Writing and producing books is a complex, collaborative process and we believe that trying to get each stage in the production of your book right first time will save time, cost and frustration all round. Our aim is to make the editorial and production stages of your book’s life as trouble-free as possible and to publish what you have written as quickly, accurately and attractively as possible.

It is the responsibility of your project manager to make your text ready for typesetting, and unless instructed otherwise, he or she will automatically make it consistent with the imprint house style. If you feel strongly, therefore, that some particular aspects of the house style as described would be unsuitable in your book please discuss these with your commissioning editor.

Please remember that the time for alterations is prior to submission of your final copy. Please make sure that you are completely happy with the final copy before you send it to us. Your material may have been put together over a long period of time. Before you deliver the final copy read it through carefully for consistency and to make sure that there are no omissions. Pay particular attention to illustrations to make sure that all figures are numbered, that figure captions are consistent with what is in the text and that all figures mentioned in the text exist in the final version of your copy. Likewise, make sure that references listed in the text actually appear in the reference list.

If you have any queries about editorial or production matters our editorial and production staff will be more than happy to advise you. Please contact your commissioning editor in the first instance so that they can put you in touch with the appropriate person in our Production Department.