Author Guide (Academic)

Getting started

Publishers, Editors and Marketeers meet regularly in a Publisher's Meeting to discuss proposals put forward by our Commissioning Editors and/or recommended by Series Boards. When a proposal is accepted, the author(s) or editor(s) will be offered a publishing agreement. In the case of academic publications, approval by a Series Board will usually be sought before recommendation at a Publisher’s Meeting. Indeed, all CEU Press titles are approved by an editorial board of academics from the Central European University. The academic quality of our publications will be ensured further by subjecting manuscripts to a stringent peer review process.

Please take the time to prepare your proposal carefully. It is in your means to try and convince Series Editors, Commissioning Editor, and Marketeers alike of the value of your proposed publication, of what it adds to the existing literature, of why it is important, and who you think will read the book and benefit from it. Please bear in mind that market expectations heavily weigh in on decisions to accept a proposal. In addition, we need to be able to gain insight into your method, the framework you (and your contributors) are using, the structuring of the material you envision, etc. When submitting a proposal, it is often helpful to send along a sample chapter or a recent publication and a CV.

How to Submit a Proposal

• Download the proposal form from this page and carefully complete it;
• Send the completed proposal form to your contact at AUP or CEU Press, usually a Series Editor or Commissioning Editor (see the Series page or Staff page);
• We will send you an acknowledgment of receipt;
• We aim to evaluate your proposal within 6 to 8 weeks;
• All CEU Press book proposals are reviewed by an editorial board of academics and professors from the Central European University;
• Upon approval of the proposal, we will offer you a publishing agreement conditional on positive Peer Review of the manuscript.

Links & Documents

CEU Press Book Proposal Form
CEU Press Series Proposal Form

Marketing & Sales

• The moment your book goes into production, the metadata is distributed with our global aggregators and shared with our market representatives and vendors directly.
• A few months before publication, the marketing team will reach out to you with a questionnaire regarding the reviewers/journals you would like us to contact and other marketing leads.
• Around publication, our marketing team encourage author marketing with a full toolkit for each editor/author/contributor as well as social media, email newsletter and PR outreach.