Contact an Acquisitions Editor

• a cover letter
• a prospectus including
• a brief narrative description of your book manuscript and its main subject or area of concern, and a clear statement concerning your principal argument
• a brief account of how your manuscript fits into recently published scholarship in your field, including, if convenient, a brief literature review
• a discussion of its intended or anticipated audience/s
• a tentative table of contents, ideally annotated
• the length or anticipated length of the manuscript, in word count
• the number or anticipated number of illustrations, if any
• a list of 5–10 comparable titles (with author, publisher, pub year) published in the last five years
• the names of five scholars with whom you do not have a close relationship who are qualified to comment on or peer review your work and why
• the anticipated date of completion if your work is still in progress
• if the book project has its origins as a dissertation, please state when and where your dissertation was completed, whether it is available online and at what URL, and how your book will differ from the dissertation
• a curriculum vitae
• an introduction and/or a sample chapter or two