Caslon Publishing and Consulting for Language Educators

Submitting a publishing proposal

We welcome publishing proposals in language and literacy education that further our mission. All works offered to us are carefully reviewed for their quality, suitability, and originality. Before you send us a full manuscript, please first send us a proposal. We will then contact the appropriate reviewers. The following questionnaire is intended to help us to assess your proposal in terms of intended readership, the market, and suitability in our publishing program.

In order to insure the quality of our publications, proposed manuscripts are subject to peer review. A decision on publication will be based on referee reports, series editors' assessments, and market expectations. When a proposal is under review we ask you for the first option on the publication. All information supplied will be confidential and is only intended for our use.

About the author/editor
Full name
Professional title
Professional affiliation

Address
Home
Street
City &Postal/Zip code
Country
Phone/Fax
E-mail

Work
Name of institution
Street
City & Postal/Zip code
Country
Phone/Fax
E-mail
Please indicate which address you prefer for correspondence: Home / Work.

Personal profile

List your degrees, former academic and/or professional affiliations, etc., and/or attach your CV. Include the titles, publishers, and publication dates of any previous books, journal articles, or presentations you have (co-)authored or (co-)edited which do not appear in your CV. Also please list your fields of academic interest.

The proposed book

Author(s)/Editor(s)names
Title (tentative)
Estimated length (in number of words and pages)
Number of tables
Number of figures and/or plates
Other special features: Describe any special features of the book that would be of interest to readers. For instance, "each chapter contains a list of suggestions for further reading", or “each chapter contains a series of discussions or activities for professional development”.

Outline of the book

It is important for the evaluation process, and later for promotional purposes, to know the exact nature of your book. For this reason we would like you to focus on the following aspects related to the outline of your book:

• What type of book is it (e.g. case study, collection of cases, text book)?
• What do you see as the main selling points? Emphasize the original or unique aspects of your book in terms of content, style, and/or methods. Also be sure to mention your motivation and particular qualifications to write/edit the work.
• Include any new findings, theoretical developments, and/or or viewpoints that the book contains.
• If the book is a textbook, clearly mention the intended level and size of its target audience.
• Are you going to use the textbook yourself for a course, and do you know of other places where the book may be used?
• If your book is (based on) a Ph.D. thesis, explain how you intend to rewrite it. If your book is a revised edition, please list the main differences between this and the previous edition.
• Provide the table of contents and a concise description of the volume.
• Indicate the intended readership of your book.
• List any publications your manuscript is related to or will directly compete with. Please include author(s)/editor(s), title, publisher, and price if known

Possible reviewers of your manuscript

List up to three professionals in your field (with their addresses) who are qualified to read and evaluate your work. Provide names, addresses, fax numbers and/or e-mail addresses. We may or may not approach the suggested reviewers as we may be using our own network of reviewers or those suggested by our series editors.