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Editorial development
Once your manuscript has been submitted, our development editor sends the complete text out for peer review. The manuscript is usually sent to around three or four well-known people in the field.
Any comments and suggestions for change, both from the editorial team here at Pharmaceutical Press and from the peer reviewers are then passed back to you and further revisions can be made before final manuscript is submitted. We allow three months for the development and peer review process.
Editorial production
Once your manuscript has been accepted for publication, it will be edited by an experienced professional copy-editor. The text will be edited for consistency, style and grammar, and the copy-editor will check that all figures and tables are supplied and cited in the text. This stage usually takes about 4 weeks, and the copy-editor may contact you with some queries.
When all the queries are answered, the manuscript will be sent to the typesetter for setting into proofs. The page proofs will be an accurate representation of how the printed book will look. A professional proof-reader will check the proofs closely against the manuscript, and an indexer will compile the index. You will be sent a copy of your chapter (or of the whole book if you are the editor/main author), on which you will be able to make minor corrections. This will be your last chance to look at the proofs before the book is published.
Your corrections will be collated onto the proofs and the master set sent back to the typesetter for revision. At this stage, you will be sent a copy of the index. Revised and any subsequent proofs will be thoroughly checked in-house at Pharmaceutical Press. When the text has been finalised, the book will be sent to be printed and bound. This last stage usually takes at least 4 weeks.
Sales and marketing
Prior to publication, the sales and marketing team in the UK and US will put together a sales and marketing plan specifically for your title. A copy of this is sent to all authors for feedback. We try to ensure the campaigns and promotions are strategically planned and all the forthcoming sales and marketing opportunities analysed to ensure maximum response and eventual success. We are in a position to plan a wide range of promotional activities including direct mail, advertising, attendance at relevant conferences, exposure to relevant societies, e-marketing and worldwide selling via a team of international distributors and sales representatives.
In addition, we welcome your ideas and suggestions for publicising your book. Please contact us with news of relevant conferences or meetings you may be attending, associations and societies that you feel would be interested in the subject, and any further ideas you have for publicising the book.
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