overview of edward elgar publishing

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

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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:direct.order@marston.co.uk•  North/SouthAmerica AmericanInternationalDistributionCorporation Email:eep.orders@AIDCVT.com•  Japan UnitedPublishersServicesLtd Email:general@ups.co.jp•  EastandSouthEastAsia HemispherePublicationServices Email:info@hemisphere.com.sg

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