AUTHOR’S CHECKLIST FOR MANUSCRIPT READY FOR EDITING

Title:

Author:

I. MANUSCRIPT TEXT

__________1. One hard copy, including printouts of illustrations, is enclosed.

FRONTMATTERTITLE PAGE YES / NODEDICATION YES / NOTABLE OF CONTENTS YES / NOFOREWORD YES / NOPREFACE YES / NOACKNOWLEDGMENTS YES / NO

TEXT YES / NONOTES YES / NOAPPENDIXES (No.) YES / NOGLOSSARY YES / NOBIBLIOGRAPHY YES / NOTABLES (No.) YES / NOCAPTIONS YES / NO

Other Elements of Text: ____________________________________________

__________2. The entire manuscript is double-spaced.

__________3. Margins are at least one inch at left, right, top, and bottom of each page. Right margins are not justified.

__________4. The MS Word files, by chapter, for the manuscript are provided.

__________5. Location or “call out” of each illustration or table is indicated in text in curly brackets or other conspicuous way and numbered to match image file label and caption, either consecutively or by chapter (see example below).

Example: {1_Photo} {1_1_Photo}{2_Figure} {2_1_Figure}{3_Map} {3_1_Map}

__________6. There are no embedded charts, graphs, tables, photos, etc.

II. ILLUSTRATIONS

YES NO

____ ____ 1. HARD COPY Numbered prints for black-and-white photographs; slides or transparencies for color illustrations; draft copy for all graphs, maps, and figures.

____ ____ 2. DIGITAL FILES Numbered digital files for all illustrations that are being submitted as scans or that were taken with a digital camera should have the same file name as the "call out" without the curly brackets (ex. 1_Photo).

____ ____ 3. Numbered printouts (or photocopies in the case of hard copy submissions) of all illustrations, grouped together at the end of the manuscript.

____ ____ 4. A separate, double-spaced list of captions for all illustrations, numbered to match file name and call out (ex. 1_Photo).

____ ____ 5. Copies of all necessary permissions (if any permissions are pending, enclose copies of your letters or emails requesting them).

III. ILLUSTRATION DETAIL

Black-and-white photographsNumber intended to use: ______; number submitted: ______Form: Prints, JPG, TIFF, RAWPrintouts or thumbnails provided _______

Color photographsNumber intended to use: ______; number submitted: ______Form: Slides, Prints, JPG, TIFF, RAWPrintouts or thumbnails provided _______

ArtNumber intended to use: ______; number submitted: ______Form: Originals, Scans (must be previously approved) Printouts or photocopies provided _______

MapsNumber intended to use: ______; number submitted: ______Form: EPS, Adobe Illustrator, high resolution PDFPrintouts provided _______

Please return this form with the final printout of your manuscript.