AUTHOR´S/EDITOR´S TEMPLATE FOR A BOOK PROPOSAL
( Tsinghua University Press / Springer)
*TITLE (OR WORKING TITLE) OF YOUR BOOK; series (if known):
(English):
(Chinese):
*SUBTITLE:
(English):
(Chinese):
*ESTIMATED NUMBER OF PRINTED PAGES (Standard A4 format):
*ESTIMATED NUMBER OF FIGURES:
*TEXT CAPTURE (please check off the procedure you prefer):
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You will deliver a 100 % camera-ready manuscript using the Springer __ TEX or
__ LATEX macro package, postscript data including figures, front pages and subject
index, and a printout for comparison.
You will deliver a __ TEX or __ LATEX file according to the Springer macro packages
(including a printout for reference) but we will make the page setup and the reproduction of
figures.
You will deliver something else: type written manuscript or manuscript written with a different
textprocessor and figures for reproduction. We will typeset the manuscript or convert your data (if
possible) and make a complete page setup.
*WHEN DO YOU THINK YOU CAN SUBMIT YOUR MANUSCRIPT (MONTH/YEAR)?
*LANGUAGE
__ American English
__ Excellent
__ British English
__ Fair
__ Poor
*CATEGORIE:
__ Monograph
__Proceedings
__ Textbook (or lecture notes) (__ Undergraduate
__ Graduate
*TABLE OF CONTENTS (preliminary, 1st hierarchy is sufficient):
__ Training)
* NAME AND ADDRESS OF EACH AUTHOR/EDITOR:
(As they should appear in the book/please indicate order):
Name (English/Chinese) Title(s)
Address/phone/fax/e-mail/home page
Please also give the main author(s)’ mail address (this will be needed for royalty payments)
(English):
(Chinese):
To apply for copyright and registration with the Library of Congress we also need the following information about
each author/editor:
Last name
First name
Date of birth
Citizenship
*MARKETING AUDIENCE:
- What disciplines - in order of importance - are addressed by your book?
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4.
*SUBJECT MATTER:
Please write a short text respectively in English and Chinese about your book (approx. 80-100 words), incorporating
answers to the following questions. (This statement will serve as the basis for our promotional texts and may appear
in the book.)
- What is the subject of your book?
- What methods, results, or topics will be of particular interest to the readers, and why?
- What special features does your book have (illustrations, tables, new form of presentation, didactic approach, etc.)?
- What main benefit will the reader derive form your book?
(English):
(Chinese):
*AUTHOR INFORMATION: Please give details of your area of work, honors, etc. which underline the usefulness
of your book to the reader and may appear in the book.
(English):
(Chinese):
*UNIQUE SELLING POINTS (USP)
Please write 3 – 5 clear short phrases respectively in English and Chinese as selling points of your book making it
unique compared to others.
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(Chinese):
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* COMPETITIVE LITERATURE:
What other works have been published on this subject (please give author, title, publisher, year of publication)
How does your work differ from them?
* KEY WORDS FOR CATALOGUE INDEX (max. 5)
Please give keywords in the language of English and Chinese, if possible, German translation.
(English):
(Chinese):
* OTHER COMMENTS OR SUGGESTIONS FOR PROMOTION ACTIVITIES:
1. Congresses (place/date)
2. Journals for reviews
3. Professional societies
4. Readership (who will be mainly benefited from your book?)
Date:
Completed by:
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Hui XUE
Academic Publish Centre
Tsinghua University Press
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Tsinghua University, Haidian District,
Beijing 100084, China
tel +86 10 62770175-4401
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