Submission guidelines for monograph series
What are we looking for?
We are particularly interested in series that demonstrate a close reliance on primary texts or the publishing history of texts in all our key publishing areas including:
English Literature/History
Women’s Writing
Economic History
Financial History
Political History
Social History
Biographical/Life Studies
Irish Studies
Gender Studies
History of Science
History of Philosophy
History of the Book
Bibliography
New series
There are many advantages to publishing within a series, in terms of recognition, consistency and profile and our aim is to develop a number of series which compliment our publishing programme of major works. To act as a series editor you will need plenty of ideas and contacts with potential contributors. In return we will offer extensive help and administrative support, academic and financial recognition and high profile promotion and marketing.
How to prepare a Series proposal
In general, when preparing a proposal for a new series the more information you can provide the greater likelihood that your proposal will be accepted.
The following information is essential:
Title
Please give the provisional title of your Series. In general, Pickering & Chatto favour relatively straightforward descriptive titles. For examples please consult our catalogue.
Reasons for the Series
This is your opportunity to sell the idea for your Series. At Pickering & Chatto we will need to sell your Series to other academics in your field, to librarians, to distributors and to booksellers. We need your help to do this. In this information you need to convince us of the academic need for this Series and also that there are enough people interested to make it a success.
Academic reasoning behind the proposal
Please set out the key themes and reasoning for your Series. What will it set out to achieve?
Who would be interested in purchasing books in the Series once published ?
What are the main interest groups/societies? Which academic departments would be interested? Are there any relevant courses? Are some countries more interested in this topic than others?
If there is more than one interest group for the project please state who the primary interest group will be.
How your project relates to Pickering & Chatto
Please state how your Series will fit with the existing series offered by Pickering & Chatto. Does this relate to any other aspects of Pickering & Chatto’s publishing programme?
Who will be involved in the Series?
We need details of who you are and why you are suitable to undertake this project with us. Please give biographical details for all the people you plan to involve in the Series and their role. Also, please let us know if you have their agreement to be involved or whether you just think they should be involved. Please give the affiliations, addresses of all those involved together with details of any previous publications undertaken.
How will it be organised?
Once you have established the need to the project we also need details of how the Series will be organized. How large will the editorial board be? How will the responsibilities be shared between the editorial board.
Extent
The normal extent for one of our monographs should be 200-300 pages or 80,000 to 130,000 words including editorial apparatus. If you believe that your Series will require either a shorter or longer extent than this you should state so and give reasons for this.
Sample titles
In order to give us a better idea of the scope of the series please give us some suggested titles and also the names of figures you would like to attract as contributors to the Series.
Competing Series
Please give details of other series and titles offered by other publishers which you would view as competing with your Series.
Other details
If you have any other information relating to the proposal then please do include it. For example you may have other plans for events, publications or research projects associated with the proposal. Please give details no matter what stage these plans may have reached.
Thank you
Thank you in advance for any proposal you decide to send us. We are always happy to receive proposals and to discuss them with you. If you have any questions before submitting a proposal, our editorial team will be delighted to help you. Please email info@pickeringchatto.co.uk or see details of our editorial team.