Submission Guidelines

To submit a manuscript for consideration by Lexington Books, please send a prospectus, a detailed table of contents, one or two sample chapters, and your curriculum vitae. If you are proposing a contributed volume, please include titles, affiliations, and brief resumes for each of the contributors.

Please do not send your entire manuscript. An acquisitions editor will contact you to request additional materials.

The prospectus should include:

1. A description of the book, what makes it unique, and why you are qualified to write it.
2. A description of your target audience (undergraduate or graduate students? scholars? professionals?).
3. An analysis of competing or similar books (including publishers and dates).
4. A list of courses in which your book might be used as a text or supplementary text.
5. An indication of whether any part of your manuscript has been published previously, and if it is a doctoral dissertation, what changes you are proposing to prepare it for publication.
6. The length of the manuscript in 12-point type on double-spaced 8 1/2" by 11" pages.
7. If the manuscript is not complete, an estimation of when it will be finished.
8. The names of four to seven respected scholars in your field with whom you have no personal or professional relationship. Include their titles, affiliations, e-mail addresses, and/or mailing addresses.
9. An indication of whether the manuscript is under consideration by other publishers.

Send your complete proposal to a member of the acquisitions staff.

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