Writing a Book

Educators - We want to hear from you!

Rowman & Littlefield Education is growing, and we want you to join our team. If you have a book project you'd like us to consider, please use the following guidelines and send it our way! Or, if you just have an idea for a book, drop us a line!

Submission guidelines

1. Provide a tentative descriptive title.
2. Tell us the subject matter, scope and intended purpose of your manuscript. Send us (a) your proposal, including scope, anticipated length, intended audience and a brief analysis of competing books; (b) a detailed Table of Contents, including brief chapter summaries; and (c) a completed sample chapter.
3. When will your book be completed? How long will it be?
4. Will the book require photographs, illustrations, maps, appendix, index, etc.?
5. Has any part of your book been published previously and if so, where?
6. Do you have written permissions to use material that may be copyrighted (illustrations, lengthy quotations from scholarly works, or any quotations from fiction or poetry)?
7. Send us your vita.
8. Indicate how you will submit your manuscript if it is accepted: camera-ready or double-spaced manuscript pages. If you are submitting double-spaced manuscript pages, please submit a disk containing the ms as well.

Address all correspondence to:

Editorial Acquisitions
Rowman & Littlefield Education
4501 Forbes Blvd., Suite 200
Lanham, MD 20706
email: mstratton@rowman.com

For our prospective authors–Rowman & Littlefield Education Marketing

Direct Mail

We produce two New and Forthcoming catalogs each year, which is sent to educators, administrators, and education faculty members around the US.

Both print and email notices of newly published titles are generated on a monthly basis to keep our customers informed. We do occasional targeted direct mailings to organizations or focus groups, generally bundling several titles of interest together.

Space Ads
The same philosophy of "bundling" applies with space ads; we will do occasional space ads with several titles together. Education-specific publications we may advertise in include District Administration, The School Administrator, Educational Leadership, etc.

Conferences
We attend approximately ten major organizational conventions, at which we display books appropriate to the organization.

Book Reviews
For each book that we publish, we send out a maximum of ten copies to various education journals for review. We use our research and author suggestions to compile the list. Usually, within 6 months to two years, we receive copies of the reviews, which we then use in marketing material and post to our website.

Internet
Our site, www.rowmaneducation.com, provides consumers with a way to purchase books at a 15% discount, sign up for mailings, print flyers, send e-flyers, and get more information about our authors and events. We also send out a electronic newsletters which contain new books that customers can purchase.

Other Opportunities
You can print paper flyers directly from our website using the "Book Flyer" button. You can also send electronic flyers using "Email Your Friend" feature on your books' page. Please contact Alla Corey with any questions.

ABIs
Sales of your book begin even before the book is published. Advanced Book Information (ABI) forms are sent out to the major book wholesalers in the United States, as well as to other primary distributors around the world, up to four months ahead of publication.

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