Proposal Guidelines
CHINHOYI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
CUT LIBRARY PRESS
BOOK PROPOSAL FORM FOR PROSPECTIVE AUTHORS
ABOUT THE BOOK
Title:
Subtitle:
Author(s)/editor(s):
Subject area:
Discipline (e.g., Chemical Engineering, Computer Science):
Keywords:
DECLARATION
- Does the book disseminate original research?
Yes/No
- Does the book identify new developments within the specific discipline?
Yes/No
- Has any part of the work has been published elsewhere?
Yes/No
- Has this proposal been submitted to any other publishers?
Yes/No
Please add a short comment on your answers above, providing further details that inform and support your responses.
RATIONALE
Why do you think there is a need for this book?
What is the contribution of the book to scholarship?
Kindly demonstrate your authority to contribute to this scholarship.
SYNOPSIS
Provide details of the mission and scope of the book. This should include:
- an overview of the book and a statement of its aim
- a list of chapter headings or table of contents
- an abstract of each chapter in the book
- one or two sample chapters from the book
RESEARCH LANDSCAPE
Please provide some background information regarding related books (by yourself or other scholars) that have been previously published in the area of study, in order to situate the proposed title within the field.
SPECIFICATIONS
Is the book a monograph by a single author or edited volume with multiple contributors?
Authored book
Edited book
Approximate number of pages? <delete which is not applicable>
Fewer than 60 pages
More than 60 pages but fewer than 200 pages
More than 200 pages
Estimated number of line illustrations, photographs, tables, words etc?
Photographs:
Tables:
Figures:
Maps:
Words:
THIRD-PARTY MATERIAL
Authors shall obtain and if necessary, pay for permission to use third-party materials (such as text or images) before the manuscript goes into production, and provide documents detailing such permission and any additional terms of use.
READERSHIP
Who is the readership for your book?
If you expect your book to become recommended reading for a university or college course, please provide us with the following additional information:
- the course titles
- the names of the institutions which teach these courses
- at what level? eg: undergraduate/postgraduate/Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
Note: the likelihood of the proposed book becoming recommended course reading is not a primary criterion for its publication. This query is mainly for information purposes, and to enhance an understanding of the book’s primary readership.
OPEN ACCESS
Are you willing to have your book made available in Open Access format?
With regard to sharing and reuse, CUT Library Press’s preference is a CC-BY Creative Commons licence. If you would prefer another type of Creative Commons licence, which would that be and what is your reason for requesting it?
YOUR BACKGROUND
Attach a 1-page Curriculum Vitae to this questionnaire, listing previous publications if appropriate. Please provide your ORCID and email address.
TIMELINE
In the event that your proposal is accepted, what would be the expected timeline for the completion of the manuscript? (Please be realistic.)
OTHER INFORMATION
If possible, please suggest three people from whom we might solicit, in confidence, a review of this proposal. Supply their email addresses if possible. Do not suggest anyone who is likely to contribute to the proposed book, who teaches at the same institution as yourself or, if your proposal is based upon your PhD or other postgraduate dissertation, anyone involved in its supervision or assessment.
Please share any further information you feel would be useful in supporting this proposal.
Thank you.
