If sample material is availablewhether a draft chapter or other writing. The proposal form is the first step along the road to getting your book published. Publishing proposal form the purpose of this form is to get a general idea of your publishing proposal and introduce your proposal to our advisory board for their consideration and approval. Clearly written proposals best enable us to determine whether books are suitable. A book proposal generally includes a completed chapter of your forthcoming book. To date our community has made over 100 million downloads. All proposals should be submitted through the eeditorial discovery tm online submission manager. If you have an idea or proposal for a book, please con. Collaborate with international experts in your field. Hello there, i got a chance to write a book chapter and i have to. Speakup15 5 secondary audiences who, in addition to the target audience, might read or purchase this book.
Intechopen format for intechopen chapter in a book. The following is my book proposal template you can use to write your proposal. Publisher this book is scheduled to be published by igi global formerly idea group inc. To work with a traditional publisher, you are in effect asking them to invest a lot of money into your book. So this book proposal template is meant to give you a birdeyes view of the process. When you selfpublish, you dont need to write a book proposal. Open access is an initiative that aims to make scientific research freely available to all.
Explore our book authors and editors pages to learn more about publishing a book with springer. For example in introduction part of the proposal you specify what you are going to. Manuscript length should be 16 to 26 pages, font 9pt, arial or times new roman, single spacing. If your book is partly or fully completed at the proposal stage, let us know. How to write a nonfiction book proposal with template. To me a book chapter proposal is analogous to the concept note of a. In addition to your core target audience, who might be the next most interested targets. These systems may be processcentric or datacentric, and they may represent the workflow as graphical maps. A book proposal has a title page also called a cover page, a table of contents for the proposal, and several sections. Since this guide and the book proposal template were meant to be complementary, we recommend perusing them sidebyside, or one after the other. Author guidelines book chapters these guidelines are intended to help you with the preparation of your manuscript. This communication is part of intechs publishing activity and is not intended for unauthorized use or distribution.
Since editors generally expect to see about onetenth of a book, your sample chapters length should reflect that in these building blocks of your book. Bear in mind that this template is only a general guide. Its based on principles of collaboration, unobstructed discovery, and, most importantly, scientific progression. Give approximate page numbers for each chapter, and provide a summary of.