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Why publish with us?
Pickering & Chatto is a publisher with an international reputation and a strong emphasis on high academic standards. Publishing with us will make you part of a dynamic publishing programme designed to meet the needs of a demanding academic readership and which reflects the current needs of the humanities and social sciences. We value our academics ensuring that their work gains the world coverage and profile it deserves. We hope to work with the finest minds of each generation of scholars.
We believe we can offer an unparalleled level of author care from the inception of a project right through the publishing life of an edition. From the start we believe in good communication, every proposal goes through a peer review process we endeavour to make this is as speedy as possible and promise a rapid decision once the reviews are in. Once a project has been commissioned we stay in touch and offer a high level of support to our authors and editors. We will make every effort to help you meet your targets and ensure a rapid publication of your work once it is complete.
Editorial and production standards
Our editorial standards are very high and we offer a full editorial service to all our editors and authors. Our editorial team has considerable expertise in all aspects of publishing. All our works are subject to a full copyediting process we also offer a text collection and permissions clearance service for all our major works programmes. Our in-house production team ensure that your work is professionally set to the highest production standards and our books are produced to the most rigorous specifications including acid free paper and perfect bindings.
Promotion, publication and beyond
In addition to our high publishing standards we also promote our editions extensively and effectively both prior to publication and throughout the lifetime of the edition. Initially the title is listed on international bibliographic services including BookData, Amazon and Whitakers. A web page is created for your title and a leaflet is printed. We also produce catalogues; a new titles catalogue once a year and a range of specialist subject catalogues. Each new title is listed in at least two catalogues every year.