PennWell Books Energy Proposal

Energy Book Proposal
Thank you for your interest in publishing with PennWell Books! These are our guidelines for book proposal submission.

Please answer the attached questions and upload the following (all documents required):
1. Your project outline or table of contents
2. A sample chapter, or if not available, another writing sample related to your topic
3. Your current professional resume, including past publications and speaking events
PROPOSAL CONSIDERATIONS

Word Count

Our minimum word count for publication is 50,000 words in the final manuscript. Our maximum word count is 200,000 words.

In manuscript pages, this would be a range of about 200 to 800 manuscript pages. An average-size softcover handbook will be in the range of 62,000 to 100,000 words. An average hardcover textbook will have a range of 100,000 to 150,000 words.

If you expect your word count to be smaller or larger than these parameters, we will ask you to justify the special size with any unique attributes that demand a smaller or larger publication. An undersized or oversized manuscript can possibly mean the topic is too narrow for a textbook, or in the case of larger books, the topic is too broad or might be over-written.

Your potential book budget will be based on the word count range you include in this questionnaire. If your proposal is accepted and a publishing contract signed, your contract will require that your final manuscript be at or below your projected maximum word count, or you will be asked to edit your final submission down to the contracted maximum word count.

Color

If your proposal requires color printing, please note this in your answers. We try to accommodate author color requests if necessary for graphic communication. However, color print costs can terminate a proposal if costs outweigh market potential for the book.

To qualify as required color, your photos or graphics must depend specifically on color to communicate correctly. A good example of color dependency would be a thermal image photograph, or similar images where color communicates the meaning of the image, rather than shapes or other distinctions. In our experience, photos that require color for communication are rare. Graphics, such as charts and line art, can usually be adjusted to communicate through shapes and text

Artwork

As author, you are responsible for creating or gaining permission to borrow all photographs, tables, and graphics in your book. ALL images must comply with recognized safe practices according to NFPA, NREMT or other guiding public safety organizations.

Timeline. If you feel your proposal requires a certain publication date to be marketable, please make that clear in your answers. We can only accommodate critical timelines if our production workload allows at the time of submission. For instance, if you propose a project in April for the following year's FDIC conference, it's highly unlikely that we can accommodate that timeline unless your manuscript is complete, is peer-reviewed to PennWell's satisfaction, and there is an opening in the production workload at the time of proposal.

Promotion. Please hold any self-promotion of your project until your proposal is accepted and publishing agreement signed.

Again, thank you for your interest—we look forward to seeing your proposal!
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Questionnaire

These questions help us assess your book idea, audience, and publishing costs. All questions are important. If any do not apply to your idea, please answer with N/A to let us know you did see the question.
Proposed Book Title
Brief Synopsis of Proposed Book
List at least 3 benefits that readers will gain from reading this book.
List at least 3 different types of readers (by job title or rank) who would be interested in this book.
Will your text meet the objectives for any undergraduate or graduate curriculum? If so, which course(s)?
Do you plan to include any instructor resources (lesson plans, test questions, instructor Powerpoint, etc)?
How many years will your book stay current after publication?
When will your book manuscript be complete and ready for submission?
Marketing Information
Please list any similar book products currently in the market.
How will your book be superior to other books already available on this topic?
Please add any comments or suggestions you have for the promotion and marketing of your book.
How often do you lecture or conduct training classes on this topic? What is your average annual attendance for speaking or classes?
PRODUCTION PLAN

Please review the manuscript and artwork parameters in the introduction to this Questionnaire before answering the following questions. Your answers below will guide the approved book budget if a contract is offered.
What software will you use to write your manuscript text or create any graphics?
What is the projected word count for your completed manuscript? Please give an expected minimum and maximum count (for instance, 75,000 to 100,000 words). If you prefer to estimate book pages, take your book page estimate and multiply Page Count X 250 for your projected word count.
How many photos do you plan to include in your book? Is color required in order to understand your photo content? (see introductory instructions on artwork)
How many graphics, charts, and/or line art do you plan to include in your book?
How many tables do you plan to include? Please plan to provide tables in a spreadsheet format so that they can be designed into the manuscript.
Will your book include equations? If so, approximately how many single line equations? Approximately how many multi-line equations?
Are there any unique content considerations that would affect the dimensions of your book? Our standard dimensions are 6" x 9", 7" x 10", and 8.5" x 11".
Thank you for providing this information. If you have any difficulties with the submission of this form, please contact Matthew Dresher matt@pennwellbooks.com.
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Energy Book Proposal

Questionnaire

Marketing Information

PRODUCTION PLAN

Thank you for providing this information. If you have any difficulties with the submission of this form, please contact Matthew Dresher matt@pennwellbooks.com.