PRENTICE HALL MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION CHECKLIST
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Author: It is necessary for you to complete this form and return it WITH your manuscript.
Title _______________________________________________________________________________________
Author(s) __________________________________________________________________________________
§ If more than one author, who will be the contact author (the one who will review edited manuscript and proofs)?
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§ Should materials be sent to the contact author’s home or office? _____________________________________
Office address of contact author ______________________________________________________________
Phone _______________________ Fax _______________________ Email ____________________________
Home address of contact author ________________________________________________________________
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§ Please indicate what kind of word processor or personal computer you used to prepare your manuscript:
________________________________ What software did you use? __________________________________
§ If a previous edition has been published under a copyright holder other than Prentice Hall, please provide previous copyright information: ______________________________________________________________
A FEW BASIC REMINDERS
1. Please reread your Author’s Guide.
2. Please send us original manuscript (hard copy) and electronic files and keep a copy for yourself.
3. All manuscript pages should be 8 ?” x 11” paper.
4. Send a complete manuscript, including all front and endmatter (i.e., Preface, Table of Contents, Dedication, Appendixes, Glossary, etc.)
5. Return this completed form with your manuscript.
CHECK THE ELEMENTS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN YOUR MANUSCRIPT
____ Title page Quotations: ____ in text; ____ in chapter openings ____ Answers
____ Dedication ____ Footnotes ____ Glossary
____ Table of Contents ____ Questions ____ Bibliography
____ Foreword ____ Illustrations ____ References
____ Preface ____ Figure captions ____ Appendices
____ Acknowledgments ____ Tables
§ If any element that you have checked is not with the manuscript or is not complete, please list the element below and indicate when the missing material will be sent.
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§ Is any portion of the text, such as part of a chapter, not included? If so, indicate what is missing.
§ Will your book include an index? Yes ____ No ____. If yes, will you compile it? Yes ____ No ____
If no, should we hire a professional indexer and charge the fee against your royalties? Yes ____ No ____
ILLUSTRATIONS
§ Number of line drawings ________ Number of photographs ______ Number of screen captures _____
§ Is the position of figures/tables indicated in the manuscript? Yes ______ No ______
§ Will figures be rendered directly from copy you have provided? Yes _____ No _____
§ Are you planning to use art from previous editions? _________ From other books you have written? ________
From other published materials or copyright holders? ________
PERMISSIONS
§ Please refer to the Author’s Guide to determine what types of material require permission. Check if your manuscript is accompanied by the following:
Completed Permissions Log _________ Completed Permissions File _________
§ Please indicate if your manuscript contains the following elements that have been taken from other sources and require permission:
Quotations: in text _____; in chapter openings _____ Poetry ________
Tables/charts/maps ________ Music ________
Illustrations ________ Song lyrics ________
Photographs ________ Business and/or court cases ________
Screen captures ________ Readings ________
§ If a signed permissions agreement is not on hand for any element that you have checked, please list the element below and indicate if permission has been requested.
§ Do any of your photographs contain recognizable faces? Yes _____ No _____
§ If yes, is a signed Model Release Form included? Yes _____ No _____
§ Where you have obtained permission to reproduce material, what type of rights have you been granted?
North American ______ World in English _____ World in all languages _____ Electronic rights _____
(Note:Permissions for material being reused in a second or subsequent edition must be renegotiated if they were limited to a specific edition.)
COPYRIGHT INFORMATION
Author: In order to register the copyright for your book, we are required to furnish the Library of Congress with the information requested below. Please complete and sign this form.
Title _________________________________________________________________________________________
Author(s) ____________________________________________________________________________________
Name of Author Date of Birth Date of death (if applicable) Citizenship
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ISBN _________________________________________________
Year in which this work was completed: if original work _________________; if revision _________________
1. Identify (by providing the following information) any preexisting work or works that your book is based on or incorporates. (This does not refer to short excerpts quoted from other works for which permission has or will be obtained.)
Title: ____________________________________________________________________________________
Author(s): ________________________________________________________________________________
Publisher: __________________________________________ Year of publication: ____________________
2. Date of copyright registration, registration’s certificate number, and name of copyright claimant of any and all earlier version(s) of the work (if not previously copyrighted by Prentice Hall). Please furnish us with copies of any earlier version, the copyright certificate, assignment of copyright, and the termination agreement with the previous publisher for all prior editions. Also send us the permission file from the previous publisher.
3. For revisions: Give a brief general statement of the material that has been added and in which copyright is claimed.
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