Your Book Proposal

Thank you for your interest in publishing with AOSIS Scholarly Books. We welcome book proposals for all our imprints.

Your complete proposal submission must consist of the following:

Book Proposal Form, please download and complete our book proposal form.
Your CV (main author or editors associated with the book)
One Sample Chapter (or your entire manuscript as a single document when available)
Does your book proposal include the suggestion of a new Book Series? Series Form, please download and complete our book series proposal form.

Your manuscript will be evaluated and considered for our AOSIS Books, ITUTA Books and KROTOA Books.

The book proposal is uploaded and processed online, so you need to register and login onto the book's website. Start the 4-step submission process by navigating to your User Home, select New Submission next to My Assigned.

Make sure you have your complete book proposal form and any supplementary information (e.g. manuscript body in one document) in separate documents saved on your computer, ready for upload.

How to submit a new book proposal

Each step is on a separate page. The submission process can be interrupted at any time; when you return to the site, you can continue from where you left off. You can scroll down and click on the Next button to save your work and advance to the next page:

STEP 1: Select the submission type, the series name (optional) and complete the submission checklist and agree to our copyright and licensing policy. Save and continue.
STEP 2: Upload the book proposal file. Select the Submission Component and proceed to click on the Upload file button and locate the file on your computer. When you have selected the file you wish to upload, click the Upload button. Save and continue. Review the document details and confirm the upload.
STEP 3: Insert the manuscript catalogue metadata, manuscript title, abstract, list of contributors and chapters, and keywords as it is in the manuscript. Save and continue.
STEP 4: Confirm the files for submission. Select the Finish Submission button. After completing the manuscript submission, you will receive a submission confirmation via email. You can also log into the book website at any time to check the status and review your manuscript.

If you are struggling to upload your proposal online, you can email your submission, with the above files attached to the following address: books@aosis.co.za

In your email subject line, please use Book Proposal.

Uploading the full-text manuscript

After an internal review, book proposals may be provisionally invited and provided with our preliminary costing before submitting their full manuscript. If in agreement, the author or book editor will submit the full-text manuscript.

Formatting requirements of the manuscript: The manuscript must be neatly prepared, spell-checked, and adhere to the following guides, (a) AOSIS Scholarly Books Harvard referencing style guide and (b) AOSIS Publishing house style.
Additional documents required (if applicable): The following form (Third-party material release form) need to be filled in and submitted with the manuscript online if copyright-protected material is used.