Standard book publishers receive far
more manuscript submissions than they could possibly print, so considerably more proposals are rejected than accepted.
It has a dedicated editorial department that
handles manuscript submissions from authors on specific areas of interest namely, faith and spirituality, prayer help, spirituality, and Catholic culture.
The production of timely publications demands the tight management of each and every link along the publication chain,
from manuscript submission to article publication.
Note that some of these instructions (with respect to format and resolution) differ from the instructions for figures with
initial manuscript submission.
Authors should submit manuscripts through Manuscript Central, the
online manuscript submission system for Voices of Practitioners and Young Children.
Twenty years or so ago this process was managed mostly on paper, but over time it went electronic and — thanks largely to email and online
manuscript submission systems — became quicker and more interactive.
Lowell Goldsmith, a dermatological geneticist at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and the editor of the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, and colleagues looked at 228
consecutive manuscript submissions to the journal in 2003.
Fedor: I'd like to look at the
entire manuscript submission and review process to see how we can optimize authors» experiences and better evaluate our performance.
In addition, John also offers a number of freelance literary services, including editing (copy editing, line editing, developmental editing), writing (assignment pieces and ghostwriting),
manuscript submission guidance, and ongoing writing career mentorship.
Manuscript submissions without illustrations: We will provide a referral and assist with price negotiations but the author is fully responsible for the cost of the illustrations.
It does make me wonder though, how eager were the trad pubs to adopt
electronic manuscript submissions and take advantage of electronic distribution of advance reader copies?