Here you will find a variety of administrative, promotion, and accounting forms, most available in PDF format. (You will need the latest version of the Adobe Reader in order to view and print most of these forms.)

PAGE CONTENTS

FOR BOOK PUBLISHING

• Submitting a proposal
• Author questionnaires
  (for projects under contract only)
• Guidelines for authors, editors, and contributors
  (including details on manuscript preparation)
• Book marketing and promotion
• Royalty payments and tax information

FOR JOURNALS PUBLISHING

FOR BOOK PUBLISHING

SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL

If you would like to submit a proposal by email, please check with the appropriate editor before doing so, as different editors have different submission requirements and review schedules. Your initial inquiry, which may be sent by post or email, should simply describe the project, the author(s)/editor(s), the field(s) of discourse to which it belongs, and the reasons for writing/preparing the book--in a few paragraphs. Do not send actual manuscripts, sample chapters, or attachments with images to editors unless you are specifically invited to do so. A list of editors and the subject areas they are affiliated with may be found under "Acquisitions" heading on our staff page.

AUTHOR QUESTIONNAIRES
(for projects under contract only)

Standard form:

Microsoft Word format
Adobe PDF with forms for Adobe Acrobat

(This PDF version contains forms and requires the full version of Adobe Acrobat. It will not work with Adobe Reader.)

Form for textbook authors:

Microsoft Word format
Adobe PDF with forms for Adobe Acrobat

(This PDF version contains forms and requires the full version of Adobe Acrobat. It will not work with Adobe Reader.)

GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS, EDITORS, AND CONTRIBUTORS
(including details on manuscript preparation)

General guidelines for authors
Instructions for formatting your manuscript. Please note that you will also need to download the Guidelines for figure preparation.

Guidelines for volume editors
Please note that you will also need to download the Guidelines for figure preparation, which are now contained in a separate file.

Guidelines for volume contributors
Please note that you will also need to download the Guidelines for figure preparation, which are now contained in a separate file.

Guidelines for figure preparation
Instructions for formatting figures.

BOOK MARKETING AND PROMOTION

This file contains information on all aspects of book marketing at The MIT Press, including:

• Promotional copy
• Endorsements
• Domestic sales
• Online booksellers
• Special sales
• Direct marketing
• Subsidiary rights and permissions
• Advertising
• Textbook adoptions
• US exhibits
• Publicity
• Awards
• Export sales
• Export promotion and publicity
• Electronic promotion and publicity
• Ebooks
• The MIT Press bookstore
• Your author discount

ROYALTY PAYMENTS AND TAX INFORMATION

Vist our royalty payments page for more information on royalty payments, tax treaty procedures, and claims.

U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form 1001
(Ownership, Exemption, or Reduced Rate Certificate) - for non-US citizens

U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-7
(Application for IRS Individual Taxpayer Identification Number) - for non-US citizens

U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN
(Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding)
for non-US citizens

U.S. Internal Revenue Service Instructions for Form W-8BEN
for non-US citizens

FOR JOURNALS PUBLISHING

If you are interested in contributing an article or review to a journal published by The MIT Press, please visit http://mitpressjournals.org and select the journal of your choice. Submission and editorial contact information can be found in the left-hand sidebar of each journal's homepage.