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Prospective Authors

Follow these five easy steps to submit a manuscript or proposal:

1. You, the author, submit a proposal for your work by completing and returning Hamilton Books' standard proposal questionnaire.
2. Once your proposal is accepted, you will receive a letter requesting your full manuscript for review. Upon receipt, your manuscript will be reviewed by the Hamilton Books' editorial board for a final decision.
3. If your manuscript is accepted—a process that can take between four to six weeks—you will receive a contract in the mail, along with a formal letter of acceptance and some important marketing material. Once you have signed the contract, return it to Hamilton Books to be countersigned. Your file then becomes active.
4. When your countersigned contract is returned to you, Hamilton Books will send a complete information packet with details on how to format your manuscript and how to obtain any necessary permissions. There will also be instructions for including illustrations with your book, as well as some handy sample pages for your reference.
5. After your manuscript has been formatted, Hamilton's experienced production editors will check it for last-minute corrections. We will also design and prepare the title page and cover for your book, as well as apply to the Library of Congress for cataloging and to the U.S. Copyright Office for copyright. Your manuscript will be shepherded through the remaining stages of the production process while the Marketing Department begins planning promotion of your book.

In approximately three or four months from the submission of your formatted text, your book will be printed, bound, and ready for purchase—in just five easy steps!