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| 1.0 Publishing Priorities UNSW Press is acknowledged as one of Australia's leading publishers in the fields of Australian studies and natural history, but its list also includes a wide range of titles in other scholarly and general subject areas. We are developing our list in the following directions:
UNSW Press also publishes selected books on behalf of public and private organisations. UNSW Press does NOT publish fiction, poetry or unrevised dissertations. UNSW Press values the author-publisher relationship and welcomes new authors. Being published by UNSW Press means developing your book with an experienced team that holds successful track records in all areas of publishing, production and marketing. A detailed proposal rather than a complete manuscript, should be submitted in the first instance. The proposal should include:
After an initial assessment, the publisher may ask for the complete manuscript, but UNSW Press does offer publishing contracts for suitable titles before completion of the manuscript. You will find our royalties are competitive and correspond to the nature of the publication. NOTE: Assessment of manuscripts and proposals can take up to 12 weeks. Once a book is contracted, the publisher will discuss the requirements of presentation of the manuscript with the author. The final manuscript is delivered both on disk and in hard copy and must be accompanied by all illustrative material and relevant copyright permission documentation. Upon delivery to UNSW Press of the final manuscript, it is checked for structure and style before being accepted for copy editing. A copy editor is appointed and ongoing liaison with the author occurs throughout the editing process. Upon receipt of the final edited manuscript and illustrative material, the production team proceeds to design the book. A design is created with reference to the audience, subject matter and elements contained in the book. The author and copy editor then receive page proofs for final checking. The author is now able to proceed with the index. Overall production can take from 4 to 12 months from the handover of the manuscript to finished book, depending on the work's complexity. UNIREPS, University and Reference Publishers' Services, is a specialist Australian academic and general sales, marketing and distribution service. The marketing division of UNIREPS works very closely with contracted authors to identify and reach the appropriate markets for each book. We have a comprehensive questionnaire that we ask authors to complete. A publicity and marketing plan appropriate to the content and readership of each title is prepared before publication. The plan considers advertising, flyers, review copies, conference inserts, inclusion in book industry databases, targeted direct mail campaigns, events, individual author promotion and academic subject catalogues. We strive to obtain maximum exposure in all relevant media - journals, magazines, newspapers, radio and television. Major new titles are announced to key journalists (electronic and print) and review editors from our extensive media list. New titles are also announced to the book trade and library suppliers in regularly mailed catalogues. Books suitable as textbooks for tertiary courses are promoted directly to appropriate teaching staff, with the supply of complimentary inspection copies where required. UNIREPS employs sales representatives who sell to a range of markets throughout Australia. Booksellers - independent and chains - and library suppliers are visited at least once every two months. UNSW Press books sell worldwide. Our agent in New Zealand, Addenda, handles sales and distribution, and our titles are also warehoused in the United States, Canada, Singapore, Japan, and the United Kingdom. All US customers can buy direct from our US distributor, the University of Washington Press, Seattle, which provides marketing, sales. customer service and distribution. In Canada we are represented by University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver. Our distributor for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa is Eurospan in London. Apac, Singapore distributes UNSW Press titles in South-East Asia, and in Japan, we rely on United Publishers Services, Tokyo. 1.6 Co-publication and Translations For titles with strong international sales potential, co-publication is normally arranged between UNSW Press and an appropriate overseas publisher. Recent co-publication partners include Edinburgh University Press, Princeton University Press, Smithsonian Institute Press, John Hopkins University Press, Harvard University Press, Academic Press and Sage Publications. On occasion, UNSW Press also buys Australian rights to titles from overseas publishers. Regular contact between UNSW Press and overseas publishers is augmented by active participation in the annual Frankfurt Book Fair. For some books, UNSW Press will arrange translation into other languages. Languages into which UNSW Press titles have recently been translated include Korean, Chinese, Russian, German, Japanese, Swedish, Spanish, and Portuguese. UNSW Press maintains and distributes from its own warehouse in the Sydney suburb of Randwick. Our centralised distribution operation reassures our 20 international and local publishers we represent that their stock and customers are in safe hands. Our customer service staff can take orders by mail, fax, phone, and email. We maintain over 1500 credit accounts and operate credit card facilities for non-account customers. Orders are processed on the day of receipt and invoices sent electronically to the warehouse. They are then picked, packed, and dispatched within two days. 1.8 Contacts Proposals should be directed to:
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