MANUSCRIPT CHECKLIST.pdfVIP

Sage Authors Guide for Preparing Your Manuscript 1 MANUSCRIPT CHECKLIST ❏ Title ❏ Subtitle ❏ Table of Contents (matching hard copy and disk) ❏ Camera-ready art ❏ Original signed permissions (clipped together, labeled by chapter) ❏ Disks (labeled, match hard copy) ❏ References (at end of chapters or at end of book) ❏ Primary contact person ❏ Complete addresses for all authors (name, department, campus address, school or college, university, street address, city, state, zip code) ❏ Complete contact information for all authors (telephone including extension if needed, fax, email address) ❏ Author/editor bios ❏ Contributor bios with confirmed spelling, middle initials ❏ Acknowledgments ❏ Foreword ❏ Preface ❏ Introduction ❏ Marketing questionnaire(s) ❏ Contracts, signed ❏ TWO complete copies of the manuscript 2 Overview of the Production Process When the items on the Manuscript Checklist have been received by the acquisitions editor, your book will be transmitted to the production department and assigned to a production editor, who will work with you over several months to get the book to press. Acquisitions Editor: ________________________________________ Ext. ___________ Acquisitions Editorial Assistant: ______________________________ Ext. ___________ The production editor coordinates the production process, from the time the book is received in production until it goes to press. Production Editor: _________________________________________ Ext. ___________ Production Assistant: ______________________________________ Ext. ___________ The production process involves the following steps: ♦ Production assistant organizes the book and contacts the author concerning any missing