For authors

The review process for academic books

You’ve taken a deep breath, crossed your fingers and pressed ‘send’ on your book proposal email to your ideal publisher. What happens now?

If you haven’t yet submitted your book proposal, make sure you read our guides to Choosing the right book publisher and Writing your book proposal.

First thoughts on your proposal from the publisher.

The process of considering your proposal.

Getting comments from reviewers on your proposal.

What should go into your response to the comments on your proposal?

The outcome of the whole process.