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The Catholic University of America Press Online Proposal Submission To the author : Please take care in providing the information requested in this form. It will be used by the staff of the Press in deciding whether to invite you to submit the complete manuscript. It may also be used in our evaluation of the manuscript and in our decision on whether to accept it for publication.
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Please attach a sheet listing the names, addresses, telephone and FAX numbers, e-mail addresses, and professional affiliations and qualifications of all other coauthors or coeditors. See end of submission form, below, for upload area.

1.	In the space below, please write a brief but comprehensive description of your book (approximately 300 words) stating its purpose, thesis, method, scope, and contribution to the field. Please include mention of special features such as source material and method of treatment that contribute to the argument.


2.	For what audience(s) have you written the book? How do you expect it to be used?


3.	Please list (author, title, publisher and publication date) and briefly evaluate recent books that can be expected to compete with your book.


4.	What contribution does your book make that these other books do not?


5.	Has any part of your manuscript been published previously, or do you plan to publish any portion simultaneously? When? By what publisher? Do you own the rights to the previously published material? If not, have you obtained permission for its use? [Note: You may have to obtain permission to use quotations of prose or poetry from the work of others. Please consult the Press.]


6.	Do you wish to include in your book any material other than text, i.e., charts, graphs, maps, photographs? Do you have good reproducible copies of them? In the case of such materials that were not originated by you, do you have permission to use them?


7.	So that we may estimate the length of the manuscript in book form, please give us the number of words in each of the following sections of the manuscript. If the manuscript is not yet complete, please estimate.
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8.	Is your manuscript currently under consideration in any other press or publisher? If so, please let us know so that we may avoid any possible embarrassment in searching for evaluators.


9.	Did you receive any grants in support of research for this book? Do you know of any that might be available to support publication?


10.	If we accept your manuscript for publication, w will want to have a copy in electronic form. It would be helpful to have the following information at this time:
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Please attach the following: (MS Word, WordPerfect, RTF, PDF, or plain text only, please). a curriculum vitae of each author or editor showing education, employment history, professional publications, honors, awards, memberships, and any other information you think relevant. If the book contains contributed papers by several scholars, attach a list containing brief information about the professional position and accomplishments of each. a chapter-by-chapter summary of the manuscript a sample portion of the manuscript such as the introduction or a chapter that will give us a good idea of your writing style and how you treat the subject.Do not attach a complete manuscript.

The Catholic University of America Press

Online Proposal Submission