CREATING BOOK PROPOSAL FOR THE STUDIES IN HUMAN ECOLOGY AND ADAPTATION BOOK SERIES PUBLISHED BY SPRINGER

What is a Proposal?

Your proposal will be our first glimpse into the merits and scope of your project idea. It will allow a full understanding of what information you hope to supply to the public and what markets will be interested in your conclusions. In this way, Springer is better equipped to decide whether your project will fit into their publishing framework. To ensure that all necessary information is included in your proposal, we ask specifically for the following:

THE PROPOSAL

  1. Your Idea
  • Describe your proposed project as you would address your potential reader; explain its purpose, coverage, and what it will do for the reader. This description may be as lengthy as necessary to give the reader a clear concept of your proposed book.
  • Also, in 2-3 sentences, please tell us what the “unique selling point” of the book would be. What makes this book different from any other book and why does it need to be published?
  1. The Market
  • Who is the intended market for your project?
  • To which professional associations will the reader belong? Approximately how many members do these associations have?
  • Are there any new trends or developments in your field which could possibly affect the development or marketing of your project?
  • Will your project allow for any additional marketing audiences?
  1. The Competition
  • What will be your major competitors in regard to price and length of your project?
  • What are the strengths and weaknesses of these competitors?
  • What special assets will your text have to circumvent the competition? Please take into consideration the target market, the competitor’s text, and your project plan (e.g., new material covered, currency of information, fullness of material, and organization and treatment of material).

4. The Table of Contents and Organization

  • Are you the sole author of your project?
  • If this is to be an edited work, how many editors will be working with you?
  • If an edited work, approximately how many contributors will you have?
  • Describe what each chapter of your text will cover.
  • Cite topics that will be unique to your text.
  • What is innovative about the way your information will be organized?
  • How is your approach superior to that of the competition?

Prepare a table of contents, listing prospective authors. The will help you to refine plans for overall structure. The table of contents will allow to evaluate your organizational logic and pedagogic strategy.

5. The Format

  • What the estimated length of your text is (double-spaces, 12 dpi font)?
  • How many line illustrations, photographs, tables, and other display materials are included in your manuscript?

Please provide the most accurate possible estimate, as your response will be used to project production costs.

6. The Schedule

When do you anticipate delivering the complete, final, production-ready manuscript?

Please note that an electronic (on disk or CD-Rom) and hardcopy must be submitted that includes every chapter, figure (if electronic), and table.

7. Special Considerations

  • Are there special considerations in development, production, or marketing that Springer should take into account while evaluating your project?

8. Sample Chapters

  • Send sample chapters to with your proposal if available. This will help us to determine if the concept of the book will attain its potential through text development.

9. Curriculum Vitae

  • Please provide us with a copy of your curriculum vitae, including teaching and research experience; degrees and affiliations; prior publications if applicable; special qualifications and awards; and your mailing address, fax and phone numbers and email address.

10. Reviewer and Consultant Suggestions

  • Any recommendations you have regarding reviewers, authorities in the field, educators, practitioners, or specific topic experts would be welcome.

RETURNING YOUR COMPLETED PROPOSAL

Once you have compiled all the necessary information as outlined above, please send (electronically is preferred) your proposal to:

Daniel G. Bates

Department of Anthropology

Hunter College, CUNY

New York, NY 10065

USA

or

Ludomir R. Lozny

Department of Anthropology

Hunter College

695 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10065