Prepare Your Book Proposal

In this section, the editor/author should list all areas of possible coverage, including topics to be covered within the publication.

For an authored book, this section may feature an outline of the proposed book. It is important to show that an author has a good grasp on what they wish to publish and in what order it will be covered. If the content is developed, it is acceptable to feature the manuscript’s table of contents.

For an edited book, this section should feature all possible coverage. The editor should provide a comprehensive list of the topics that they wish/expect to see covered in the final book. If the content has already been received, it is expected that the editor lists the chapter titles, chapter authors, and affiliations of the chapter authors.

When proposing an edited book, it is expected that an editor will have an established plan for reaching potential chapter authors. This plan assures the Executive Editorial Board that the editor will have no difficulty receiving chapters on the relevant topics for the book. Additionally, as an international academic publisher, it is important that IGI Global edited books showcase regional diversity amongst authorship of chapters. Thus, the review panel will also be looking for plans to reach chapter authors from all over the world.

Acceptable venues for distributing the Call for Chapters and seeking chapter authors to invite include, but are not limited to:

Editors may choose the specific format that they wish to publish their book as from the list available. Details about each format can be found on the Publication Formats page.

Editors should consider the projected length, number of chapters, figures, equations, etc. that they expect for the book. Editors should understand that projected lengths should match format requirements.

The projected number of figures and equations is especially important for books dealing with topics that will likely heavily revolve around such data as these can be more work during the Production stage of the book and must be taken into consideration by the Executive Editorial Board.

IGI Global allows flexible timelines for its books and provides three development plans for the editors to choose from. These development plans span from the date that the publication agreement is signed to when the final full manuscript is submitted to IGI Global:

Should the book be accepted, the final manuscript deadlines and due dates leading to it will be suggested based on the timeline that the editor chose in the proposal form. IGI Global will not hold editors to the final manuscript deadline until the publication agreement is signed and returned by all editors on the project.

Editors are encouraged to upload any additional documents (Word or PDF format) that they believe will help the Executive Editorial Board with their decision. Those choosing authored formats for their book are encouraged to upload sample chapters for the Board’s consideration.

In this section, an editor may choose the publishing model they wish to publish under.

I do not wish to publish this book under open access: Selecting this option will allow the book to be published under the traditional, non-open access model where copyright transfers to the publisher, the research is published behind a paywall, and there are no costs for publishing.

I wish to publish this book under Platinum open access: Selecting this option will allow the book to be published under a Platinum open access model where the copyright remains with the authors through the CC BY license, all research is freely accessible upon publication, and a Book Processing Charge (BPC) is collected from the leadership. Chapter authors do not pay any type of publication fee as the leadership has already provided the funding.

I wish to publish this book under Gold open access: Selecting this option will allow the book to be published under a Gold open access model where the copyright remains with the authors through the CC BY license, all research is freely accessible upon publication, and chapter authors have to pay a Chapter Processing Charge (CPC) for chapters they submit that are accepted to the book after the formal double-blind peer review process.

This section may be completely ignored if “I do not wish to publish under open access” was selected from the previous section.

If a Platinum open access book is desired, it is strongly recommended to insert the information for the funding body/bodies that will cover the cost of the Book Processing Charge (BPC).

If a Gold open access book is desired, and the leadership team has some funding that could be provided to offset the cost of the Chapter Processing Charge (CPC) for authors, it is recommended that they add the funding body/bodies information.

Editors/Authors have the choice to save the proposal and work on it as they can to fill all the necessary sections. Once complete, editors/authors must click the “Save & Submit” button in order to have their proposal considered.