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Our mission is to publish monographs, textbooks and research collections of the very highest scholarship that will contribute and enhance academic debate, knowledge and student learning. We recognise that authors are integral to this mission and to the ultimate success of Edward Elgar Publishing and so we pride ourselves on the level and manner of our service to them.
As an Edward Elgar Publishing author, your book will join a renowned list comprising works by some of the foremost scholars and professionals in the fields of business and management, economics, the environment, law, social and public policy, and politics.
Many of our books have won prizes including: the Choice Outstanding Academic Book of the Year, the CBS Book of the Year Award, Urban Politics Section Prize of the American Political Science Association, the International Award of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, the Joseph Dorfman Prize of the History of Economics Society, the ESHET Prize for Best Monograph, the Myrdal Prize, the Wolfgang Ritter-Preis, and the Masayoshi Ohira Memorial Prize. Our books have been shortlisted twice for the George Terry Book Award. Within our economics list, we have also published many Nobel prize winners including Herbert Simon, John Nash, Reinhardt Selten, James M. Buchanan, James Tobin, Jan Tinbergen, Robert Mundell, Robert Solow, Eric S. Maskin, Oliver E. Williamson and Elinor Ostrom.
We are an independent, family-owned firm, and combine the benefits of a friendly and personalised service to authors with a significant international reputation. We are widely recognised as the pre-eminent publisher in the fields of entrepreneurship, environmental and ecological economics, innovation and technology, evolutionary and institutional research, law and economics, intellectual property, and other cutting-edge approaches in business, management and the social sciences.
From the outset your proposal will be managed by a dedicated commissioning editor who will endeavour to reach a publishing decision in as short a time as possible. To this end, we maintain an international network of distinguished advisors, referees and series editors to advise on proposals and maintain the quality of our list.
We offer our authors and editors an extremely personal and efficient service. You will work directly with your own dedicated commissioning editor, editor and desk editor. Your book will be produced to the very highest of standards. It will be copy-edited, proofread and printed in the UK, and it will have its own individual jacket design, on which you will be consulted.
Our marketing reach is global and all of our titles are marketed as such. We have a strong international sales network in Europe, North America and the Far East, especially Japan, Taiwan and China. In North America our list is marketed by our US associate company, Edward Elgar Publishing Inc., which is based in Northampton, Massachusetts.
We will consult with you on a bespoke marketing strategy for your book. The major channels through which we market are direct mail and email, our website and by attending a large number of specialist academic conferences. In addition, we regularly have displays at the Frankfurt Book Fair as well as the Beijing Book Fair. If your book is a textbook, it will also be vigorously promoted through inspection copies; our marketing department has extensive experience in navigating the adoption process.
In addition, your book will be available electronically through all the major ebook suppliers including Netlibrary, Ebooks Corp, Ebrary, Myilibrary and Dawsonera.
We will provide you with a first class service from the moment we open discussions about your book.
We will be the first publisher to respond to your idea.
We will have your proposal or manuscript reviewed within just a few weeks by a leading scholar in the field. Please see list of reviewers.
You can expect the same consideration whether you are a first-time or an established author.
As a specialist publisher we understand your subject area.
Your queries will be dealt with by a responsive and supportive editor who will be familiar with and dedicated to your book.
We recognise that for some authors, particularly those working on their first book, the publishing process can be daunting. As such, our editorial team is firmly committed to assisting authors throughout the preparation of their manuscript, and will always been on hand to offer advice and guidance.
We are actively commissioning new titles and are always happy to consider and advise on ideas and proposals at any stage. If you would like to discuss your work, please feel free to contact us - we will reply promptly.
Your book will be produced carefully, efficiently and to the highest standard possible. We have prepared clear and concise guidelines to assist you in the preparation of your manuscript and will always be on hand to offer advice and guidance through the entire process.
Your dedicated desk editor will oversee the processing and production of your book. We will have your manuscript copy-edited and proofread, and you will be kept informed of progress at every stage of production. All of our manuscripts are copy-edited and proofread in the UK by our experienced network of freelancers. We will also consult you about your jacket copy and jacket design.
Whilst every project is unique, it is our aim to publish your book 5-7 months after passing your manuscript to production. Your book will be printed in the UK, minimizing any delay between printing and delivery of the finished product to our distributors.
We have experienced and energetic marketing departments in both the UK and in our associate company in the United States, Edward Elgar Publishing Inc. in Northampton, MA.
Your book will be published almost simultaneously in the United States through our associate company.
We will liaise with you long before the book is published to create a bespoke marketing plan, and you will be consulted about all aspects of the marketing of your book.
Your book will be promoted widely in subject catalogues, targeted leaflets, on our website and through our tailored email notification service. We adopt a global approach in our marketing efforts and have significant reach into all of the major markets worldwide. For example, our annual economics catalogues is mailed to over 90,000 academics, booksellers, professionals and libraries. Our extensive in-house databases of specialised mailing lists enable us to target key audiences all over the world.
Our books are displayed at all the major conferences in Europe and North America - including the Allied Social Science Associations, Academy of Management, Academy of International Business, Association of American Law Schools, and American Society of International Law, as well as at many smaller, more specialised meetings.
In addition, we will advise you on how best to self-promote your book and will provide marketing materials to support this.
All the major journals will be notified about the publication of your book and we will ensure that you receive any published reviews.
Thomson Reuters Book Citation Index
We are one of the first publishers to agree to include book titles in the new Thomson Reuters Book Citation Index.
Historically only leading journals and conference proceedings have been included in the citation index which is accessed through the Thomson Reutersâ Web of Knowledge research platform by 20 million users across 3,800 research institutions in 90 countries.
We expect that this initiative will
increase the visibility of Elgar books and help to ensure that citations to your work in our books are fully recognised.
The Book Citation Index is due to launch in late 2011 and we have already submitted all our electronic book files back to 2007 for their consideration. Reprinted material, textbooks and reference works such as dictionaries will not be included however we expect that all of our Research Handbooks, authored monographs and original edited collections will be.