Describe the proposed work in one paragraph (100 words maximum)
Detailed project description (1,000 words maximum)
The description should explain the book’s purpose and how it will be achieved.
Highlight the work’s outstanding, distinctive, and unique contributions.
Include the main themes, arguments, contributions to Puerto Rican studies, and place in the literature (how is it similar and different from other similar books on the same topic?).
Describe your intended audience.
Is this manuscript a revised version of your dissertation? Note: we do not publish dissertations that have not been revised and turned into a book
Has the manuscript, or any part of your manuscript, been previously published or distributed?
If so, do you hold copyright for the previously published material?
If not, who holds the copyright for these materials?
Where have parts of the manuscript been published?
Proposed book outline and chapter descriptions
Include a detailed outline of the book with paragraph-length description of each chapter.
If available, submit a sample chapter.
Approximate manuscript word count
Estimate the total word count of the book—including the main text, endnotes, bibliography, and appendices.
Approximately how many photographs and/or charts, graphs, diagrams, etc. do you plan to include?
Comparable and competitive volumes
Describe existing books in this field and discuss their strengths and weaknesses.
Spell out how your coverage expands on existing coverage and differs from other books.
Discuss each book in a separate paragraph—providing the publisher and date of publication.
For works with a primarily scholarly audience, discuss your project’s place in the current scholarship and its distinctive contribution.
If no other books address your particular topic, explain how exploring that topic advances current scholarly discussions.
Market and audience
Who is the intended audience for the book?
If scholars: specify field(s)—both specific specialty as well as larger fields.
If students: is it for classroom use? Specify level and specific courses.
If your work is intended for use in the classroom, have you or other instructors assigned your materials to students?
If the general public: How will the topic’s relevance and currency appeal to readers without specialized knowledge in the field?
Tentative date of manuscript submission
What portion of the material is now complete?
When do you expect to have a complete manuscript?
Do you plan to include material requiring permission (text, music, lyrics, illustrations)?
To what extent?
Have you started the permissions request process?
Reviewers
Please name three scholars working in your field who are competent to read your manuscript.
Indicate if any of these scholars has already read the work.
Please include email and affiliation of anyone listed.
We will seek to use some of these, along with reviewers of our own selection.