Future of World Capitalism

If you want to submit a proposal for a book to the series editors, contact us using the contact form from the main menu. Please also request an account from the login menu. When you are a site member, you will be able to download the proposal form attached to this page, fill it out, and send it to us. You need to be a site member first so that you can interact with the site - which you will need to do while preparing your book.

Please also download, and include in your submission, the marketing information form that is attached to this page. This is an important part of submitting a proposal. Your book proposal will be considered in the following stages:

1. Pluto together with ourselves, will consider the book proposal together with the marketing plan and will make an assessment as to how many people can be expected to buy the book. On this basis we will decide if it is commercially viable. We may at this stage reject the proposal, pass to the next stage, or pass to the next stage subject to amendments.
2. When we reach agreement that your proposal is commercially viable we will go to scholarly review. At this stage we will consult with experts in the field, who will read your text and comment on it and its scholarly suitability for publication.
3. We, the series editors, in consultation with Pluto, will send you the readers' comments and our recommendation. We may reject the proposal, accept it as it is, or suggest changes to you.
4. When we reach agreement on the proposal, Pluto will offer you a contract.
5. Whilst you are writing the book, we will be available to consult with you on all editorial matters. In addition we and Pluto will both work with you to ensure the marketing plan is put into effect. We will need as much additional information from you as possible: networks you think may be interested, scholarly societies you take part in or know of,  key events during the life of the book, particularly any you are attending, journals that you think might carry a review, institutions where the book might be considered as course material, trade unions, political organisations, campaigning and activist groups who would be interested in it, and so on. We will also ask you for a categorised reading list for this site, which will allow readers that are interested in your book and its themes to construct reading plans, course outlines, or simply to browse around the subject.
6. Your final manuscript will also be reviewed. It is unlikely to be rejected at this stage, although we retain the right to ensure that what you have written conforms to what was agreed with us and to the scholarly standards of the series. We may request you to make further changes to the text before it is accepted for publication
7. When the final edited version has been received by Pluto there will be two further stages: a copy editing stage and a proofreading stage. At the copy editing stage, we will send you a revised version of the text, edited to the series house style and to scholarly standards. You need to approve this and send it back. Finally, you will receive a galley proof of the text, laid out as it will appear in the book. You will also need to approve this, change it where necessary, and send it back. Changes at galley stage are generally expensive and so it should not be used to make any editorial changes.
8. We will then work with you to put the marketing plan into effect.