The University of North Carolina Press
Author and Manuscript Inquiry
This form will be used in our staff discussions about your work, so please complete each section as fully and accurately as possible.
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Date:
(Please provide all relevant addresses and indicate the one at which you prefer to receive correspondence.)
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Manuscript title:
Total number of manuscript pages:
(Text: Notes: Bibliography: )
Please describe any sections of text that are not included with the manuscript you have submitted and indicate when they might be available.
Has the manuscript been prepared on disk?
If so, which software program have you used?
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Is the manuscript a version of your dissertation?
If so, please describe the nature of any revisions you have made to it.
Have any portions of the manuscript been published previously?
If so, are these materials under copyright? Please explain.
Are any portions of the manuscript available in an electronic
dissertations program or other online archive?
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Does the manuscript contain illustrations?
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Please also indicate the following subtotals.
Photographs/halftones:
Tables:
Line drawings/graphs:
Maps:
Please describe any illustrations that are not included with the manuscript you have submitted and indicate when they might be available.
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Please attach to this form a one- to two-page summary of the argument of your manuscript. What is its contribution to the field?
To what audience is your manuscript primarily addressed? Could it be used in courses as either required or supplemental reading? If so, in what types of courses and at what level?
Please list any significant related or competing texts on your subject and explain what distinguishes your manuscript from these.
Please suggest a few established scholars working in your field who would be appropriate readers for your manuscript. Include the affiliation of each person, and use an asterisk (*) to indicate any who have already read your work.
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Please attach a complete, current copy of your c.v.
Is your manuscript under consideration at any other press?
Finally, remember to keep a copy of your manuscript identical to the one you have submitted to us; we do not, however, need copies of your disks at this time. Thank you for taking the time to complete this form.