This page is designed to help authors deliver their manuscripts with the minimum of fuss and confusion which in turn helps us to publish them smoothly and speedily. It has been compiled with frequently asked questions in mind.

Presentation and organisation of your typescript

• TS should be double spaced, printed on one side of A4 paper with wide margins.
• You should use a clear typeface in 12 point size.
• You must supply 2 identical copies of the TS to Routledge and keep a third copy for yourself.
• When supplying disks the TS must be an exact print out of that disk and keep a back up copy of the disk for yourself.
• The typescript must be paginated before you submit it. Begin page 1 with the first page of the main text and number right through to the end, not chapter by chapter.
• The preliminary material must include any or all of the following: title page, dedication, contents list, list of plates, figures, maps and tables, list of contributors, foreword, preface, acknowledgements, list of abbreviations.
• End matter can include appendices, notes, glossary, bibliography and index (in this order).
• Notes should go at the end of the main text before the bibliography as end notes or if the book is a contributed volume the notes should be placed at the end of each chapter.

Preparing text on disk

When you send your script on disk we need the following information:

• The make and model of the computer you have used (e.g. DELL P133
• The name and version number of the word-processing software used (e.g. Word for Windows 6)
• Whether your computer and word-processing package is IBM PC compatible
• The name of the operating system used (e.g. DOS, Windows, Mac)
• A list of any special characters which occur in the TS which are not found on an ordinary English/American language keyboard, e.g. mathematical symbols, Greek accented letters

Notes and references

We ask that you use the Harvard referencing system which is easy to use for author and reader. You cite the author’s surname, the year of publication and the page reference immediately after the quoted material, e.g. ‘Many composers ... have attempted to return to this state of childhood grace’ (Swanwick 1988: 56). With this system it is essential that the bibliography lists every work cited in the text. Where there are two or more works by one author in the same year, distinguish them as 1988a, 1988b, etc.

Bibliography

• Type the bibliography entries in the following style:

  Argyle, M. (1988) Bodily Communication, London: Routledge.

• Each entry must contain full publication details.
• Treat M’, Mc and Mac all as Mac.
• Check dates carefully for consistency with text references to avoid time-consuming queries at copy-editing stage.

Illustrations

Illustrations can be plates (photographs), figures (line drawings) or maps.

At delivery stage you must supply the following:

• All illustrations, numbered consecutively as you wish them to be placed in the text. If there are more than 10 in total, number them by chapter : 1.1, 1.2 etc. Use pencil on the back of the illustration.
• A photocopy of all illustrations, numbered consecutively.
• All permissions correspondence.
• A list of captions and a list of acknowledgements.

Permissions

You need to acquire permission to reproduce two kinds of material: quotations from works in copyright, and illustrations such as photographs, line drawings, tables, maps, graphs, etc. All permissions must be cleared by the time the book is due for delivery.

As the issue of permissions is a particularly complex and time consuming area, we have devoted a separate page to it. Permissions page

Author questionnaire

This is a questionnaire for authors to complete stating affiliation, previous publications, present position as well as giving a description of the book and its intended readership. We cannot emphasise enough how important it is to complete this questionnaire as fully as possible, as it forms the basis of your book’s individual marketing strategy.

Contributed books

If you are editing a contributed book, we expect you to take on responsibility for briefing and liasing with your contributors throughout the writing and production of the book. If you are co-editing a volume, you and your co-editor(s) must establish at the outset who is the key contact and inform your editor and desk/production editor at Routledge, and all contributors.

Before delivering the final TS to Routledge, check:

• That all contributions are the final versions - once the TS is accepted by Routledge further updating and amendment will not be possible.
• That all contributions are complete, i.e. no missing notes or references and, that all the artwork is supplied.
• That any editorial cuts and amendments have been cleared with the contributors
• That any permissions have been cleared by contributors
• That the TS is an exact printout of what is on the disk
• That a list of ‘Notes on Contributors’ has been supplied (this will appear in the prelims of the book and should include current affiliations - around forty words is the ideal length for each entry).

Delivery checklist

• The original TS and one complete copy
• Computer disk(s)
• Disk information sheet
• Artwork
• Permissions correspondence
• Author questionnaire