We usually take care of the inner part of the book first. The cover and the front matter (pp. 1–4) follow only when the inner part has largely been completed.
The final title and, if applicable, the cover image do therefore not need to be decided upon at the beginning of the project. With series titles, we usually assign the volume number shortly before printing.
Our marketing department will contact you in good time to prepare a draft of the cover text.
You (or, in the case of edited volumes, the editor responsible) will receive the cover together with the front matter for checking and approval shortly before printing.
Once the cover has been approved, the title and the cover text are considered final.
Do not forget that you receive a 50% discount off your volume if you make your order before print approval. Please state the number of copies you would like.
Cover illustration
If you are publishing in a series for which individual cover illustrations are planned or, in the case of a single title, if you would like a design that includes a picture, we would be happy to receive your suggestions for a suitable motif at an early stage and to test it. This leaves you enough time to make an enquiry, search for high resolution files and, if necessary, to obtain the rights. Please also not the information on figures and images.
Our covers usually require images in landscape format.
Once a picture has been chosen, please send us a description of it in a few words, location/source information and the copyright notice together with the highresolution picture file. We will include this information in the front matter.
Joe Bloggs on his way to work, London 1993
Oil on canvas, National Canvas Collection, Anytown
If applicable, name the sponsors of the project and provide the desired wording for the acknowledgements in the front matter (for example, “Printed with the kind support of XXX”). If expressly requested by the sponsor, please send us their logo as a separate file.
