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Fourteen days to a real answer about your manuscript.
No agent required, no submission fee, no silence. Send a proposal and three chapters and a subject editor will read them and write back — whichever way the answer goes.
Editing that improves the argument
Developmental editing, then copy-editing and proofreading against your discipline’s style guide.
ISBN, DOI and copyright
Registered in your name. We handle deposit libraries, CIP data and rights documentation.
Distribution in 120+ countries
Print-on-demand in six regions, ebook on every major platform, library supply through five aggregators.
Promotion that reaches scholars
Catalogue placement, conference presence, review copies to journals and your own launch event.
Six stages from submission to shelf
These are the timings we hold ourselves to. If a stage slips, your editor tells you before the deadline, not after it.
Submit and be read
You send a proposal, a chapter list and three sample chapters through the contact form. A commissioning editor in your discipline reads them and replies within fourteen days with a decision or a request to see more.
Peer review
Two or three subject referees assess the manuscript. You receive their reports in full, plus a revision plan agreed with your editor. Nothing is hidden from you and nothing is decided without you.
Contract and schedule
You license us to publish; you keep your copyright. The contract names your royalty rate, territories, formats and the production dates we are both committing to.
Production
Copy-editing, typesetting, cover design, index and proofs. You sign off on the cover and the final proof. ISBN, DOI and CIP registration happen in parallel.
Launch
Catalogue listing, review copies to journals and press, retail and library feeds, and a launch event we host and promote for you.
Life after launch
Quarterly itemised royalty statements, rights pitching at three book fairs a year, and the title kept in print and in catalogue as long as it has readers.
Us, a conventional academic press, and a self-publishing platform
There are good reasons to choose any of the three. Here is where each one actually helps.
Three routes, all with peer review
Accepted academic monographs are published on our own investment at no cost to the author. The paid plans exist for authors who want a faster schedule or a wider promotional push than a standard contract carries.
For manuscripts we accept onto the research list.
- Full peer review with reports
- Editing, typesetting and cover design
- ISBN, DOI and CIP registration
- Print, ebook and library distribution
- 12–18% royalty on net receipts
For authors who need a fixed, faster schedule.
- Everything in Commissioned
- Guaranteed 14-week production window
- Hardback edition alongside paperback
- Audiobook conversion included
- Launch event, hosted and promoted
- 22% royalty on net receipts
For departments, research centres and conference organisers.
- Edited volumes and proceedings
- Per-chapter review coordination
- Open-access options with DOI per chapter
- Bulk print runs for delegates
- Series ISSN and forward schedule
We do not charge submission or reading fees on any route. If a manuscript is not ready, we say so rather than selling you a plan.
What a strong submission contains
You do not need a finished manuscript. You need enough for an editor to judge the argument, the audience and whether you can sustain both for 300 pages.
- A proposal of two to four pages — the argument, why it is needed now, and what exists already
- A chapter list with one-paragraph summaries and an estimated word count for each
- Three sample chapters, including the introduction
- A note on readership — which courses, which specialists, which shelf in a bookshop
- Your CV and, if the work is funded, the grant details
Frequently asked, briefly
Do you accept first-time authors?
Yes — 41% of the authors we published last year had not published a book before. Referees assess the manuscript, not the CV.
Can I submit a revised PhD thesis?
Yes, but it needs revising first. A thesis argues to examiners; a book argues to readers. Your editor will tell you what has to change before review.
What happens if referees reject it?
You still receive the full reports. Many authors revise and resubmit successfully; your editor will say plainly whether that is worth your time.
Send it. We will read it.
A proposal, three chapters and a note about who the book is for. Fourteen days to a real answer.