Book proposal form

CONFIDENTIAL BOOK PROPOSAL FORM
Version: 5 (1 June 2017)
Note: Please consult our information pages before you complete this form:
http://books.aosis.co.za/index.php/ob/index
The purpose of this form is to introduce a new book to AOSIS for its consideration.
Please feel free to add any other information, which in your opinion will help in
evaluation of the proposed book.
Your proposal will be considered by our Domain Editorial Board to decide whether
AOSIS should consider your proposal for possible publication. Once we give you this first
go-ahead we will formally contract with you and give you a preliminary quotation, and
you may then proceed with the writing and compilation of the book. On submission your
book manuscript will be reviewed by at least three specialists in the field. These
reviewers may suggest improvements and/or corrections, or may decline the book.
If your book is recommended for publication, and we receive your final manuscript,
AOSIS will issue a final invoice for the APC’s/publication fee of your book. The
production will only proceed once funding is confirmed.
We are committed to making publishing decisions as swiftly and efficiently as possible,
and need the final manuscript before April 30th to ensure a same
calendar year publication date.
Please return the proposal in electronic form by e-mail to your contact person at AOSIS,
or send the email to [email protected]
1. Personal Information: Main Author/Principal Book Editor
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
i)
j)
Title:
Name(s) and surname:
ID number:
Position and Affiliation:
Brief descriptive CV (less of than 100 words):
Postal address:
Physical address:
Telephone number:
Email address:
List of previous publications:
2. Proposed Book Information
a) Working/Tentative title of the book:
b) Brief description of scope of the book:
Physical Address: 15 Oxford Street, Durbanville, 7550.
Postal Address: Postnet Suite 110, Private Bag X19, Durbanville, 7551.
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c) List at least 5 descriptive keywords:
d) Please provide the industry subject area codes (lookup on the suggested
websites):
i.
BIC (http://editeur.dyndns.org/bic_categories):
ii.
BISAC (https://bisg.site-ym.com/page/BISACEdition):
e) List other co-author(s)/co-editor(s) or proposed contributors and their
affiliations (if applicable):
f) Reasons for proposing new book in this area:
g) Proposed of table of contents, with a chapter-by-chapter synopsis of the
authors and planned content/main argument:
h) Type of work:
[ ] Monograph
[ ] Edited collection
[ ] Reworked PhD thesis
[ ] Book Series (can be monographs or edited collections)
i) For a Edited Collection:
i. How will the internal peer review of the chapters be conducted?
ii. Will any of the chapters be based on previously published articles? If
so, did any of those articles in the past qualify for Department of
Higher Education and Training (DHET) subsidy in South Africa?
j) For a Reworked PhD thesis: What percentage of the work will contain new
information/research?
k) For a Book Series:
i. What is the proposed title for the Series?
ii. Will this work be the first volume? If not, give more details about
previous volumes, and who the publisher was:
iii. How many volumes do you propose to deliver per year?
iv. Who will be the Series editor?
v. Who will be the editor of this work/volume?
l) Estimated total number of words of the manuscript (including
introduction and references).
m) Estimated first manuscript submission date (dd/mm/yyyy):
3. Market Information
a) List of existing titles of similar books in the market:
b) Key features that would make your book unique and important:
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c) Main target audience of the book (e.g. specialists in the field, practitioners,
postgraduate students, undergraduate students, lay public – please be
specific):
d) List the most important journals and conferences in this subject area:
4. Reviewers*
a) Names of at least 3 opinion leaders in this subject area, who could possibly
act as external reviewers to be appointed by AOSIS (title, name & surname,
affiliation, email address and link to personal internet profile):
b) Name of any person that should be avoided as external reviewer due to a
possible conflict of interest (title, name & surname, affiliation, email address
and link to personal internet profile). Provide more information about the
possible conflict of interest:
* Please note that AOSIS is under no obligation to use any of your nominated reviewers
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2. ACCOUNT FORM
AOSIS publishes its scholarly books in open access, as a result there will be no book
sales to cover the cost of peer review and production. AOSIS offsets its costs and
service fees through author-side publication fees.
At the time of initial contracting the author/book editor will receive a preliminary
quotation from AOSIS, based on the estimated word count of the book. As soon as the
final accepted manuscript word count is known AOSIS will issue an invoice for the
payment of the publication fee. Production of the book will commence as soon as
payment or a guarantee of payment has been received.
One entity/person must be responsible for the payment of the full publication fee. Please
note that splitting of invoices will not be permissible.
Please provide the information of the person/entity who shall be responsible for the
payment of the book publication fee (if accepted).
Entity* Information
*(The entity is the individual/organisation who shall be responsible for the
financial obligations of the book publishing agreement)
Book Title
Registered Name of
Entity
(Person/organisation who
will assume financial
responsibility)
Legal form of Entity
(individual/partnership/un
iversity/Pty Ltd/CC/Trust)
Trading name
(If applicable)
ID no:
(in case of person)
Company/ CC/Trust
Registration No.
(if applicable)
Business VAT
Registration Number
(if applicable)
Organisation Website
address
(if applicable)
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Entity Contact Details
Postal Address
Physical Address
Contact person
responsible for
financial administration
Title
Name & Surname
Telephone no
Fax No.
Email Address
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