IEEE Press Overview of the Publishing Process #1: Intro and Proposal Process

1. THE PROPOSAL PROCESS (see below)  Submission of a proposal and waiting for the publisher to decide whether they will offer a contract.

2. WRITING AND DEVELOPMENT The writing and developmental reviewing process.

3. PRODUCTION AND PRINTING  Explains what happens to the manuscript after it is submitted to John Wiley & Sons.

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The purpose of the proposal process is for IEEE Press to decide whether a book fits its publishing needs, interest and abilities. The proposal provides a snapshot of your book: it explains what the book will contain and how it will be organized, why it is needed, who will want to buy it and why, the length and size of the book, as well as how long you expect the writing to take.

First, complete the IEEE Press Proposal Guidelines form. We also like to see a sample chapter or two. We will look at your proposal internally, and ask some external reviewers to look at it also, to determine whether there is a market and need for your book, and whether we would be successful marketing it. As a final step toward deciding whether to offer a contract on a book, we will estimate the costs of producing the book (based largely on its length and the complexity of the artwork and interior design needed) and how many copies we could sell and at what price. If everything continues to look positive, we then offer the author a contract.

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