Submission Guidelines

First, please make sure your manuscript fits our standards for content.
Provide entire manuscript in one document (if you have each chapter in a separate file, you will need to combine them all by cutting and pasting the text from each chapter into one manuscript named title full manuscript).
Please use double-spaced lines and a 12pt font. This makes it easier for our typesetters and editors to handle your initial text.
Do not use the space bar to indent a new paragraph. Instead, use the TAB button or the automatic feature.
Do not include special formatting or layouts such as pull-quotes, tables, diagrams, illustrations, font decorations, etc. - we will handle those details during typesetting. Please submit the text for these features in plain format, along with clear instructions on how you want them to appear.
Begin each chapter on a new page. For fiction books, number the chapters. For nonfiction, list the chapter title under the chapter number.
Place a page heading in the upper left corner which includes the title of the book and your last name (in Word, select view, then header/footer, and then type in the title and your last name).
Place a page number in the upper right corner, numbering the pages consecutively from beginning to end (in Word, select insert and then page numbers).
Include a complete table of contents. Do not include page numbers as these will change in typesetting.
If your manuscript includes illustrations or photos, do not place the image in the manuscript. Simply state {Place illustration 1 here - brief description of image}. Then make sure your images are named consecutively, illustration 1, illustration 2, etc. State within the brackets whether you want the image only on the page, or the text to wrap around the image, or the text to be above and below the image.
If you have footnotes, please convert to endnotes by cutting and pasting them into the last page of the manuscript.
If you are not utilizing our editorial services, be sure to proofread your manuscript carefully, following the Chicago Manual of Style 15th Edition (most libraries have copies of this useful tool). If your computer has a grammar check or spell check, run your manuscript through it to catch errors. Ask someone else to read your work or read it aloud to catch further mistakes.