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Date:
Title and subtitle of book:
Author's/Editor's name
as it is to appear on title page:
Current position (faculty rank, department, etc.):
Please keep us informed of any position changes.
Addresses (please check the one you prefer to use)
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Home address and
telephone number:
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Business address and
telephone number:
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Fax number:
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E-mail address:
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If possible, please enclose a clear black-and-white
glossy photograph for publicity purposes. We would
prefer a photo reflecting personality to a formal studio
portrait, but either will do. Be sure to label the back with
your name and credit line, if any. Do we have permission to
use the photo? (We are not able to pay for photos, and we
cannot return them.)
Previous books (Title and subtitle, publisher, quantity
published, current price, and publication dates of hardcover
and paperback editions. Note if out of print. List sales
figures in both cloth and paper if applicable. If you do not
have sales figures, please write your publisher to obtain
this information):
Please indicate any awards received, including "Best Books
of the Year" listings, book club adoptions, foreign editions
(and publishers). If you have any reviews, we would like to
see copies of the most important and useful ones.
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Very Important:Please attach a brief but
comprehensive synopsis of approximately 200 words
(double-spaced) describing your book, stating its themes,
method and scope, and focusing on its best selling points.
This information will be our primary source for preparing
catalog, advertising, and dust jacket copy. Please rememnber
that your audience will include librarians and general
readers as well as fellow scholars.
Describe in a general way your anticipated audience for this
book. Is it exclusively academic and scholarly? Does the
subject have any appeal for a general or trade audience?
Does its appeal cross disciplines? If so, which ones?
List competing books (author, title, publisher, year, and
you commments about them).
Does your book lend itself to excerpting? Have any sections
been published previously?
Which conventions will you be attending during the next two
years?
Do you have any speaking engagements scheduled? (please send
us information on additional engagements as they occur)
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List prominent persons (scholars, authors) who might give
us an advance comment to use in promotion. Indicate with an
asterisk any you know personally and elaborate if necessary.
Please provide addresses (including e-mail address if
possible).
Mailing lists and Announcements
a. Provide names and addresses of groups or associations
that you feel should be contacted. (Include contact people
and addresses for any internet discussion groups that may be
interested in your book.) What membership lists can you
supply?
b. Attach a list of all those who should receive an
announcement about your book's publication: individuals,
alumni associations, school newspapers, hometown newspapers,
bookstores, etc. Please provide these names and addresses
on pressure-sensitive labels.
Do you think your book lends itself to course assignment? If
so, please be as specific as possible in naming courses and
providing names of anyone you know who teaches them.
Please provide these names and addresses on
pressure-sensitive labels.
Advertising:
Which do you feel are the two or three most appropriate
periodicals in which to advertise your book?
Review Copies:
List periodicals most likely to review your book. If you
list newsletters and lesser known publications, please
include addresses.
Are there any book clubs or other places with large
sale-potential that you think we should contact?
Are there any awards for which your book may be eligible or
especially suited?
Are you willing to make author appearances? If so, are there
any particular stores or venues you would recommend for this
purpose? In addition, please list the names of any local
bookstores you frequent.
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