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Academic Book Proposals

Submitting an academic law book proposal to OUP

For projects aimed at a readership of graduate level and above the following should provide some guidance.
For more information, please contact the commissioning editor, John Louth (Email: john.louth@oup.com)

The Assessment Process

An initial assessment of proposals is carried out in-house. If the proposal is not suitable, the author will be informed immediately. Authors should always feel free to contact the editor to check whether the proposal has been received and to inquire into the next move. If the proposal passes this initial hurdle, it is sent out to expert referees for their comments. The editor will endeavour to keep the author informed of the progress of a proposal. Again, authors should feel welcome to contact the editor to check the status of the proposal.

Ordinarily we require first refusal on projects that are offered to us, although this does depend on the project and the author. Authors are requested to state at the outset whether a project is being offered to other publishers. Once advice has been taken and passed on to the author, the proposal must be approved by Board of Delegates, a committee of academics who oversee the running of the Press, before a contract can be offered.

Different kinds of projects have different requirements. In what follows, there is advice on submitting a doctoral thesis for publication, submitting a proposal for an edited volume and other submissions.

General Submissions

Please send a detailed description of the project covering the subject matter, similar works, target readership, overall length and proposed submission date. An annotated table of contents, explaining briefly what happens in each chapter is also required, along with a CV. Please send any supporting sample material that you feel might be relevant (either chapters from the proposed book or journal articles on related topics).

Edited collections and symposium volumes

It is very important to present the project as a coherent volume on a recognisable theme. The proposal should make this clear. We also require a complete list of contents with confirmed contributors and short abstracts of what each chapter will cover. CVs for the editors are also required. If any chapters are available as samples these should be sent with the proposal.

Doctoral Theses

Rather than just sending in the typescript, prospective authors are asked to provide further covering materials, giving a snapshot of the overall project. As above, please send a detailed description of the project covering the subject matter, similar works, target readership, overall length and proposed submission date. It is also helpful to have a copy of the examiners’ report, your CV and a note outlining the changes that you would make to the thesis to turn it into a book (e.g. updating, reducing literature surveys, addition or deletion of material).

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