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Overview of Edward Elgar Publishing for authors.Edward Elgar is a leading independent international publisher serving the academic community. We publish books and journals in law, economics, public policy, social policy, business and management.As an independent family run company with experienced and loyal employees we are able to offer a high level of service, a long term perspective and continuity to our authors.
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OverviewofEdwardElgarPublishing
• Foundedin1986EdwardElgarisaleadinginternationalpublisherwithover3,000titlesinprintandnowpublishingover250booksperyear
• Ourpublishingisfocusedonfourcoreareas– Law– Economics– BusinessandManagement– PublicandSocialPolicy
• Specializinginresearchmonographs,referencebooksandupper‐leveltextbooksinahighlyfocusedarea,weareabletoofferauniqueserviceintermsofeditorial,productionandworldwidemarketing
• Wehaveadistinguishedlistofauthorsandeditors–including7Nobelprizewinners
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Whypublishwithus?
• Asaprivatelyowned,familyfirmweareabletooffercontinuityandpersonalservice
• Asanindependentpublisherwearenotsubjectto
bureaucraticproceduresandareabletoofferquickdecisions
• Yourbookwillbepartofarenownedlistcomprisedofwork
byworldfamousscholarsaswellasnewbooksbyyoungerauthorswhowillbeamongthegreatnamesofthefuture
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Weprovideprospectiveauthorswithafirstclass,personalservicefromdayone
Wewillbethefirstpublishertorespondtoyouridea Wewillhaveyourproposalormanuscriptreviewedwithinjusta
fewweeksbyaleadingscholar Youcanexpectthesameconsiderationifyouareafirsttimeoran
establishedauthor Asaspecialistpublisher,weunderstandyoursubjectarea Yourquerieswillbedealtwithbyaresponsiveandsupportive
editor,whowillbefamiliarwithanddedicatedtoyourbook
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Onceyoudeliveryourmanuscriptoureditorialprocessingandproductionisfriendlyandveryefficient
• Yourdedicateddeskeditorwilloverseetheeditorialprocessingofyourbook
• Wewillhaveyourmanuscriptcopyeditedandproofreadandyouwillbekeptinformedofprogress
• Wewillalsoconsultwithyouaboutthecoverforyourbook
• TomaintaincontrolofproductionqualitywehavemadeapolicydecisiontorestrictproductionandeditorialworktoUKsuppliers
• AllourbooksarecopyeditedandproofreadintheUKbymembersofourteamoffreelances,manyofwhomhavebeenworkingwithusforseveralyears
• ThemajorityofourbooksareprintedinCornwallbyMPGBooksLtdwithwhomwehavealongandverysuccessfulrelationship
• Itisouraimtopublishwithin6‐9monthsofreceivingyourmanuscript
TheElgareditorialprocessingandproductionoffice,inCamberley,nearLondon,UK
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EverybookispromotedinternationallythroughourUKandUSoffices
• YourbookwillalsobepublishedintheUnitedStatesthroughourassociatecompany,EdwardElgarPublishingInc,locatednearBostoninNorthampton,MA
• WehaveexperiencedandenergeticmarketingdepartmentsinboththeUKandinourassociatecompanyintheUS
• Youwillbeconsultedatanearlystageaboutallaspectsofthemarketingofyourbook
SomeoftheElgarteamintheUKinfrontofourCheltenhamoffice(top)andourUSofficein
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Wewillsupportyourbookwithextensivemarketingactivity
• Extensivecataloguemailingstoacademics,booksellers,professionals
andlibraries– Over130,000economicscataloguesandover70,000lawcataloguesmailedannually– Wehaveanextensivedatabaseofspecializedmailinglistsenablingustotargetkeyaudiencesallovertheworld
• Booksarepromotedonlineandviaouremailnotificationservice– OurbooksareincludedinGoogleBookSearchandcanbebrowsedandpurchasedthroughAmazon
– EbookeditionsofourtitlesaremadeavailablethroughthemajorebookvendorssuchasNetLibrary,ebooks.com,DawsonsandMyiLibrary
– www.e‐elgar.comisouronlinebookstoreandinformationresourceforlibrarians
• WeattendallthemajorconferencesinEuropeandNorthAmerica– includingtheSocietyforInternationalEconomicLaw,AlliedSocialScienceAssociationandAmericanSocietyforInternationalLaw,aswellasmanymoresmallermeetings
• Allthemajorjournalswillbenotifiedaboutthepublicationofyourbook• WeenjoyparticularlystrongsalesintheUS,JapanandTaiwan,andhavecloserelationshipswiththemajoragentsandbooksellersthroughouttheworld Our2009cataloguesin
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Wehaveefficientandresponsiveglobaldistributionservicessupportingworldwidesales
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• UKandtherestoftheworld(excludingtheareasbelow):
MarstonBookServicesLtd Email:[email protected]• North/SouthAmerica AmericanInternationalDistributionCorporation Email:[email protected]• Japan UnitedPublishersServicesLtd Email:[email protected]• EastandSouthEastAsia HemispherePublicationServices Email:[email protected]
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Lypiatts 15 Lansdown Road Cheltenham Glos GL50 2JA UK
Tel: + 44 1242 226934 Fax: + 44 1242 262111