If you would like to submit a foreign language book proposal or a manuscript to Yale University Press, please mail it to Mary Jane Peluso (address below). We do not accept proposals via email.
Please include:
-a covering letter (please specify in your cover letter if you would like your manuscript returned.)
-a prospectus
-your curriculum vitae
-if you want your manuscript returned, a self-addressed, stamped envelope
If available, please include:
-A description of the content
-number of components (text, workbook, teachers manual, audio, CD ROM, etc.) and approximate length (number of pages/minutes) of each component
-nature of the exercises
-source of reading passages
-description and number of illustrations
-A rationale for the publication of the text. Please explain the goal you hope your book will achieve
-A comparison of your book to others in the field currently on the market, how your book differs from the current offerings, and what place your book will have in the market
-An estimate and description of the potential audience for your book
-A tentative table of contents in English
-1-3 sample chapters
Please mail your manuscript to the following address:
Mary Jane Peluso
Yale University Press
PO Box 209040
New Haven, CT 06520-9040
U.S.A.
Preparing Your Manuscript: A Guide for Authors
All of us at Yale University Press are pleased to work with you in bringing your manuscript to publication. The first step in this process is the careful preparation of your manuscript. Please read this guide thoroughly. We cannot begin editing a manuscript until it has been prepared according to these guidelines (unless specific waivers have been granted).
In General
For matters of style, including capitalization, abbreviation, notes, and bibliography, consult The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed.
Spelling, hyphenation, and punctuation should follow American rather than British rules. The Press follows Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th ed.
The Elements
Assemble your manuscript in this order (* indicates items present in all books):
*Half-title page: main title (without subtitle) or series title, if book is part of a series
*Title page (i.e., complete title, including subtitle; your name; Yale University Press, New Haven and London)
Dedication and/or epigraph
*Contents page
List of illustrations
List of tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction (place here unless it appears as first chapter of text)
Abbreviations (if used in text)
*Text
Appendixes
Abbreviations (if used only in back matter)
Endnotes (end-of-book notes): use short-form citations for works listed in your bibliography
Glossary
Bibliography
List of contributors and their affiliations (for edited volumes only)
Footnotes (foot-of-page notes)
Tables
List of captions for illustrations, including credit lines
Photocopies of illustrations or figures
Illustrations, tables, and/or figures in as final shape as possible, including permissions
Printout
Paper and printer Send two complete copies of the manuscript with dark, letter-quality print (i.e., no dot matrix) on quality 8½-´-11-inch paper. Use a ragged right-hand margin, as on this page.
Spacing All text should be double-spaced, including contents, extracts, notes, bibliography, and tables. Allow generous margins.
Diacritics If your manuscript is prepared on disk, code all diacritics that your software does not support by inserting the name of the diacritic in angle brackets before the letter (e.g., "<macron>u" before letter "u" with a macron over it).
Notes Combine citations for works mentioned in a single paragraph. Number all notes consecutively beginning with 1 in each chapter, and group them in a separate section at the end of the manuscript, regardless of whether they will appear as endnotes or footnotes in the printed book.
Pagination Number front matter (all pages before the beginning of the first text chapter) with roman numerals (i, ii, iii, etc.). Number the text and back matter consecutively with arabic numerals (1, 2, 3, etc.).
Disk If your manuscript is prepared on a computer, provide a disk or CD that matches the printed manuscript exactly.
Tables, Illustrations, and Captions
Tables Type tables double-spaced, one per page, and number them consecutively within each chapter (1.1, 1.2, etc.). Mention all tables in the text with such phrases as "(table 1.1)," and indicate on a separate line between text paragraphs approximately where they should appear (e.g., "table 3.4 near here"). Group the tables in a section at the back of the manuscript.
Illustrations If illustrations (e.g. photographs, color transparencies, line drawings, maps, figures, etc.) are an essential part of your book, please refer to our Guidelines for Submitting Art. Please mention all illustrations in the text, with such phrases as "(fig. 1.1)," and indicate on a separate line between text paragraphs approximately where they should appear (e.g., "fig. 12 near here"). Group the original illustrations and their photocopies in two sections at the back of the manuscript.
Captions Provide a double-spaced list of captions or legends, along with complete credit lines, for all illustrations.
Permissions
Send along, with the manuscript, letters of permission to reproduce quotations, artwork, tables, etc. Consult your editor about which items require permission. Permissions must be in order before your book can be typeset.
For more information on manuscript preparation, see The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed., chapter 2.
Please call your acquisition editor's assistant if you have any questions.
Remember that a carefully prepared manuscript moves most expeditiously through the editing and production process. Thank you for your cooperation.
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