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Camera-ready copy
As a general practice, we ask our authors to prepare camera-ready copy in order to keep production costs and book prices to a reasonable level. This process is simplified by detailed written instructions and the ready availability of our experienced production staff.
Monograph Author (Hardcover): How to Prepare Camera-Ready Copy
We ask you to prepare camera-ready copy according to our instructions in order to keep production costs and, thus, your book price within reasonable limits. Even if you are not a computer expert, you will be able to work closely with an experienced production editor to produce an attractive and marketable book. Our detailed instructions will take you through the entire production procedure in an easy-to-follow, step-by-step fashion.
Camera-ready copy means that the pages, exactly as you prepare them, will be reproduced by the printer. Your manuscript pages are the final book pages. It is your responsibility to submit your manuscript in a form that is as error free as possible. Be aware that although a production editor will check the formatting of your sample pages and text, he or she will not proofread the manuscript for errors of style, grammar, spelling, or substance. It is a good idea to proofread the final copy thoroughly at every stage of correction and, if possible, to have another person proof read it as well so as to pick up all possible errors.
Before reading our instructions, however, make sure that you have incorporated all the reviewer's suggested changes into the manuscript. If no revisions were requested by the reviewer, you may simply start your final copy. If the reviewer did request changes, please send the corrected manuscript to Peter Lang for forwarding to the reviewer. After the reviewer has approved your revised manuscript, you may proceed to the preparation of the camera-ready pages.
Before beginning to prepare your camera-ready copy, you should consult one of the following reference books for general manuscript style points and make sure your manuscript is consistent throughout with whatever style you adopt. For most manuscripts in the humanities, we recommend The Chicago Manual of Style (14th ed.). For most manuscripts in the social sciences, please follow the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (3rd ed.) Use Webster's (10th ed.) for spelling, capitalization, hyphenation, and usage. As a matter of style, you will want to remove all elements (such as abstracts, chapter summaries, redundancies, excessive use of endnotes, etc.) that might suggest that the book is based on a dissertation, if that is, in fact, the case.
You will now be ready to consult our directions for preparing camera-ready copy.
Textbook Author (Paperback): How to Prepare Print-Ready Copy
Camera-ready copy means that the pages, exactly as you prepare them, will be reproduced by the printer. Your manuscript pages are the final book pages. It is your responsibility to submit your manuscript in a form that is as error free as possible. Although an experienced professional copyeditor will copyedit the manuscript, he or she will not be responsible for the content-that is your responsibility. The copyeditor will correct style, grammar, spelling, and usage, but if you can style your manuscript consistently before submitting it, the copyediting and subsequent correction process will proceed much more smoothly and rapidly.
The first step to take is to make sure that you have incorporated all the reviewer's suggested changes into the manuscript and then send the corrected manuscript to Peter Lang for forwarding to the reviewer. After the reviewer has approved your revised manuscript, it will be ready for copyediting.
As you make the reviewer's corrections, make certain that your style and format are consistent with either The Chicago Manual of Style, 14th ed. (for manuscripts in the humanities) or the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 3rd ed. (for manuscripts in the social sciences). Again, the more effort that you expend at this point, the faster we will be able to get your book published.
Once you have made all changes you think necessary to the manuscript and spell checked it throughout, please print out a double-spaced copy (all elements including endnotes and bibliographies must be double-spaced) with generous margins and mail it and a copy of your IBM-compatible disk to your editorial contact. Please also supply copies of all artwork and tabular matter in order that the copyeditor can check these materials against the text. The copyediting will take approximately a month (longer if the manuscript is very long or complex).
When the edited manuscript is returned to you, you will enter the copyeditor's changes on the disk or, if you are unable to use an editing program, on the hard copy. (Please contact us immediately if you are unable to understand or disagree with the copyeditor's corrections or suggestions.) We ask you to enter the changes yourself so that you can maintain the necessary editorial control of your work and make sure that all additions, subtractions, and corrections have your approval. Check off each correction on the edited copy as you make the correction so that you can make sure that you have completed all the changes. To make sure that you have answered all the copyeditor's queries, cross out each query as you answer it. Spellcheck again upon finishing. If changes have been extensive, it is a good idea to proofread the new copy before sending it to us. Then return the corrected manuscript, copyedited manuscript, and the corrected IBM-compatible disks to your contact person.
Now your manuscript is ready to be turned over to our expert production staff who will supervise your camera-ready formatting, cover preparation, and final organization.
Textbook (Paperback): Publisher to Prepare Camera-Ready Copy
Even though your manuscript will be copyedited by an experienced professional copyeditor, it is your responsibility to provide a manuscript that is in as good shape as possible before the copyeditor begins work. Please make sure that the manuscript follows a consistent style-use either The Chicago Manual of Style, 14th ed. (for most manuscripts in the humanities) or the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 3rd ed. (for most manuscripts in the social sciences). Please carefully proofread the manuscript for errors (particularly errors of substance that the copyeditor may not be able to recognize), and perhaps ask another reader to go over it as well. Please spellcheck the manuscript before sending it to us for copyediting. Please supply copies (not the originals) of all artwork and tabular material at this time so that the copyeditor can check the art against the text.
We ask that you send a double-spaced manuscript with reasonable margins so that the copyeditor will be able to write legibly in the text and margins. This means that all elements, including endnotes and bibliography must be double spaced. Please send a copy of your IBM-compatible disk with the manuscript. We usually allow a month for the copyediting process, but, of course, this may be longer for very large or complicated manuscripts.
We ask you to make the copyeditor's changes in order that you can retain the necessary editorial control of the process and make sure that all corrections have your approval. When the copyedited manuscript is returned to you, please make sure that you understand the marking system used. Contact us immediately if you do not understand the copyeditor's marks or disagree with what has been done.
As you enter the copyeditor's changes, it is a good idea to check off each correction as you complete it in order to make sure that you have not left anything out. Cross out each query as you answer it. Spell check again upon finishing. If the changes have been extensive, it is a good idea to proofread it before returning the manuscript to Peter Lang. Send us the copyedited manuscript, the new printout, and the IBM-compatible corrected disk.
Now you are ready to work with our expert production department as they prepare the final pages and supervise the formatting, cover preparation, and printing and binding of your book.
- Monograph Author (Hardcover): How to Prepare Camera-Ready Copy
- Textbook Author (Paperback): How to Prepare Print-Ready Copy
- Textbook (Paperback): Publisher to Prepare Camera-Ready Copy
For general information on permission and for a permission tracking sheet, please click below.
Permissions Information and Track List
Request For Permission To Reprint
Contracts for Contributor.
If single-editor volume, click here.
If multi-editor volume, click here.
Camera-ready copy
As a general practice, we ask our authors to prepare camera-ready copy in order to keep production costs and book prices to a reasonable level. This process is simplified by detailed written instructions and the ready availability of our experienced production staff.
Monograph Author (Hardcover): How to Prepare Camera-Ready Copy
We ask you to prepare camera-ready copy according to our instructions in order to keep production costs and, thus, your book price within reasonable limits. Even if you are not a computer expert, you will be able to work closely with an experienced production editor to produce an attractive and marketable book. Our detailed instructions will take you through the entire production procedure in an easy-to-follow, step-by-step fashion.
Camera-ready copy means that the pages, exactly as you prepare them, will be reproduced by the printer. Your manuscript pages are the final book pages. It is your responsibility to submit your manuscript in a form that is as error free as possible. Be aware that although a production editor will check the formatting of your sample pages and text, he or she will not proofread the manuscript for errors of style, grammar, spelling, or substance. It is a good idea to proofread the final copy thoroughly at every stage of correction and, if possible, to have another person proof read it as well so as to pick up all possible errors.
Before reading our instructions, however, make sure that you have incorporated all the reviewer's suggested changes into the manuscript. If no revisions were requested by the reviewer, you may simply start your final copy. If the reviewer did request changes, please send the corrected manuscript to Peter Lang for forwarding to the reviewer. After the reviewer has approved your revised manuscript, you may proceed to the preparation of the camera-ready pages.
Before beginning to prepare your camera-ready copy, you should consult one of the following reference books for general manuscript style points and make sure your manuscript is consistent throughout with whatever style you adopt. For most manuscripts in the humanities, we recommend The Chicago Manual of Style (14th ed.). For most manuscripts in the social sciences, please follow the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (3rd ed.) Use Webster's (10th ed.) for spelling, capitalization, hyphenation, and usage. As a matter of style, you will want to remove all elements (such as abstracts, chapter summaries, redundancies, excessive use of endnotes, etc.) that might suggest that the book is based on a dissertation, if that is, in fact, the case.
You will now be ready to consult our directions for preparing camera-ready copy.
Textbook Author (Paperback): How to Prepare Print-Ready Copy
Camera-ready copy means that the pages, exactly as you prepare them, will be reproduced by the printer. Your manuscript pages are the final book pages. It is your responsibility to submit your manuscript in a form that is as error free as possible. Although an experienced professional copyeditor will copyedit the manuscript, he or she will not be responsible for the content-that is your responsibility. The copyeditor will correct style, grammar, spelling, and usage, but if you can style your manuscript consistently before submitting it, the copyediting and subsequent correction process will proceed much more smoothly and rapidly.
The first step to take is to make sure that you have incorporated all the reviewer's suggested changes into the manuscript and then send the corrected manuscript to Peter Lang for forwarding to the reviewer. After the reviewer has approved your revised manuscript, it will be ready for copyediting.
As you make the reviewer's corrections, make certain that your style and format are consistent with either The Chicago Manual of Style, 14th ed. (for manuscripts in the humanities) or the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 3rd ed. (for manuscripts in the social sciences). Again, the more effort that you expend at this point, the faster we will be able to get your book published.
Once you have made all changes you think necessary to the manuscript and spell checked it throughout, please print out a double-spaced copy (all elements including endnotes and bibliographies must be double-spaced) with generous margins and mail it and a copy of your IBM-compatible disk to your editorial contact. Please also supply copies of all artwork and tabular matter in order that the copyeditor can check these materials against the text. The copyediting will take approximately a month (longer if the manuscript is very long or complex).
When the edited manuscript is returned to you, you will enter the copyeditor's changes on the disk or, if you are unable to use an editing program, on the hard copy. (Please contact us immediately if you are unable to understand or disagree with the copyeditor's corrections or suggestions.) We ask you to enter the changes yourself so that you can maintain the necessary editorial control of your work and make sure that all additions, subtractions, and corrections have your approval. Check off each correction on the edited copy as you make the correction so that you can make sure that you have completed all the changes. To make sure that you have answered all the copyeditor's queries, cross out each query as you answer it. Spellcheck again upon finishing. If changes have been extensive, it is a good idea to proofread the new copy before sending it to us. Then return the corrected manuscript, copyedited manuscript, and the corrected IBM-compatible disks to your contact person.
Now your manuscript is ready to be turned over to our expert production staff who will supervise your camera-ready formatting, cover preparation, and final organization.
Textbook (Paperback): Publisher to Prepare Camera-Ready Copy
Even though your manuscript will be copyedited by an experienced professional copyeditor, it is your responsibility to provide a manuscript that is in as good shape as possible before the copyeditor begins work. Please make sure that the manuscript follows a consistent style-use either The Chicago Manual of Style, 14th ed. (for most manuscripts in the humanities) or the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 3rd ed. (for most manuscripts in the social sciences). Please carefully proofread the manuscript for errors (particularly errors of substance that the copyeditor may not be able to recognize), and perhaps ask another reader to go over it as well. Please spellcheck the manuscript before sending it to us for copyediting. Please supply copies (not the originals) of all artwork and tabular material at this time so that the copyeditor can check the art against the text.
We ask that you send a double-spaced manuscript with reasonable margins so that the copyeditor will be able to write legibly in the text and margins. This means that all elements, including endnotes and bibliography must be double spaced. Please send a copy of your IBM-compatible disk with the manuscript. We usually allow a month for the copyediting process, but, of course, this may be longer for very large or complicated manuscripts.
We ask you to make the copyeditor's changes in order that you can retain the necessary editorial control of the process and make sure that all corrections have your approval. When the copyedited manuscript is returned to you, please make sure that you understand the marking system used. Contact us immediately if you do not understand the copyeditor's marks or disagree with what has been done.
As you enter the copyeditor's changes, it is a good idea to check off each correction as you complete it in order to make sure that you have not left anything out. Cross out each query as you answer it. Spell check again upon finishing. If the changes have been extensive, it is a good idea to proofread it before returning the manuscript to Peter Lang. Send us the copyedited manuscript, the new printout, and the IBM-compatible corrected disk.
Now you are ready to work with our expert production department as they prepare the final pages and supervise the formatting, cover preparation, and printing and binding of your book.