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3. Give it to an impartial reader and get feedback. To make that happen, the book has to read well. It’s a market that we, as the publisher, want to get your book into. Readers are increasingly consuming books in their car, at the gym, while doing the dishes, and while falling asleep. Audiobooks are the fastest-growing medium for book publications. So, read your manuscript out loud and listen to the words you speak.Īnother important reason to read your manuscript aloud is that books aren’t just read any longer people listen to them. And you know that voice thing that writing books and classes always talk about? Part of your voice is how your writing sounds. Typos, clunky dialogue, those words your spellchecker thought were correct, and those incredibly long, run-on sentences that never seem to end, jump out when read aloud. Our eyes become accustomed to our words and gloss over mistakes. If you haven’t done this exercise on your work before, you’ll be amazed at what your ear can pick up that your eyes miss. After a reasonable length of time, you can… 2. Get it out of your sight and go work on your next book for a month. So, if you just typed The End and hit Save, stop. You need distance from the piece to be able to look at it objectively.īecause there’s going to be flaws, and errors, and typos, and you’re not going to see them. It’s that whole forest-through-the-trees thing.

After looking at it every day for weeks (or months, or years), you’re too close. You need to put some distance between you and your manuscript. But first, there are a few things we’d like you to do to it. Our editors are here to provide support and guidance throughout the publishing process.Are you considering submitting your manuscript to us? Terrific! We can’t wait to see it. After Publication: For more information on the tools and features available to authors post-publication, please find our Author Services page.Publication: Your book is brought to the world in print and eBook format!.Production: Deliver your final manuscript along with supplementary rights and permissions forms and your book will be handed over to the production department for cover design, copyediting, proofreading, and binding.Contract: You will receive an offer letter followed by a contract with an agreed upon delivery date of your final manuscript. After signing the contract, your editorial contact will send you more information about preparing your work for publication and our Manuscript Guidelines or Textbook Manuscript Guidelines.Board Approval: With the original proposal, sample material, review, and response in hand, your editor will present the book to our Editorial Board for approval to publish.Author Response: When the review is complete, your editor will send it to you and invite a formal response from you.Peer Review: Your editor will send your proposal and accompanying material to qualified scholars in your field of research for peer review.Submission: Once you’ve submitted your book proposal, sample material, and CV to a Palgrave editor, your editor will contact you to discuss it.Publishing a book is an exciting and monumental achievement. On this page you can find links to useful forms, templates and answers to frequently asked questions about the publishing process.