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If Applicable:
Are you submitting this proposal in response to an invitation? If so, please list the contact and type of invitation.

Ex. - John Smith sent me an email asking if I wanted to publish an edited book

IMPORTANT: If you were referred by a colleague or are submitting this book proposal in response to an invitation you received from a Book Series Editor-in-Chief, please specify their name in this field (and the book series title, if applicable).

Ex.- John Smith (jsmith@university.edu) referred me; OR
Ex.- John Smith, EIC of [insert IGI Global book series name], referred me to publish a book for his book series

Tentative Title *

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Description, Impact, & Audience *

Please provide: 1) an overview of what the publication will be about, 2) how it will impact the research community, and 3) who you intend to use it.

Sample Topics *

Please list all areas of possible coverage, including topics to be covered within the publication. If content has already been received, please list the chapter titles, authors, and affiliations.

Plan for Inviting Chapter Contributors (for edited books only)  *

Please identify the diverse networks, colleagues, conferences, research groups, social media, list-servs, and other venues through which to solicit chapters for your publication. We recommend a minimum of 7-10 specific names of venues.

Publication Format *

Please select one of the following publication formats:

Edited Book
160,000+ words, 15+ chapters

Handbook of Research
250,000+ words, 25+ chapters

Encyclopedia (3 volume)
750,000+ words, 250+ articles

Case Book
120,000+ words, 15+ teaching cases

Authored Book
160,000+ words, 15+ chapters

Publication Format Considerations

Approximately how many figures, tables, equations, formulas, etc. do you anticipate will be included in your proposed book? *

Tentative Project Timeline *

Please identify approximately when you would be able to submit the final manuscript for publication.

Less than a 6 month development period
Publication release date within approximately 4-10 months

7-9 month development period
Publication release date within approximately 11-12 months

10-11 month development period
Publication release date within 13-16 months

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Under an open access publishing model the work will be published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licensing arrangement and the copyright for the work remains solely with the author(s)/editor(s) of the publication. The publication will be freely accessible to everyone without any paywall. In order to offset the publication costs in the absence of revenue, an open access processing charge will be collected before publication.

For more information on Book and Chapter Processing Charges, please click here. For funding support, please click here.

I do not wish to publish this book under open access. (Note: There are no publication fees for the traditional publishing model)

I wish to publish this book under Platinum open access and understand that in order to do so, a Book Processing Charge (BPC) will be collected from me (the leadership team).

I wish to publish this book under Gold open access and understand that chapter authors will have to pay a Chapter Processing Charge (CPC) for chapters they submit that are accepted to the book after the formal double-blind peer review process.

Funding Body (Optional)

If you selected Platinum open access publishing above, please enter the information for the entity (or entities) that will be providing the open access funding for this book publication. If you selected Gold open access publishing above and have a funding body/bodies that will partially fund the book to help decrease the Chapter Processing Charges (CPCs) for chapter authors, please enter the information below.

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