PUBLISHING PROCESS

The following process is typical and for reference only. It may differ for specific projects. Make sure you communicate with the editorial staff on your project whenever needed.

1. Publishing Consultation: Email or call us for any question about our service and related fees.
2. Publishing Application： Fill out relevant forms and submit your manuscript for consideration of publishing with Laurel Academics.
3. Review Feedback： Either accepted or rejected by the publisher, author will receive timely decision with relevant feedback。
4. Signing Contract： Signing publishing contract if the work is accepted for publish.
   1. Singing contract with detailed publishing terms and services.
   2. Submit ISBN application form. The number of ISBN needed depends on specific publishing needs.
   3. Author pay publishing fee for relevant publishing, ISBNs, bar codes, and other chosen services.
5. Review and Revision：
   1. Author submit complete work, including cover pages, interior pages, table of contents, and the copyright page.
   2. Publisher provides review feedback for revision.
   3. Author complete revision.
   4. If other services are chosen, the publisher will work with the author to complete all relevant items.
6. Completion and Registration：
   1. Final manuscript and media assets are completed and locked.
   2. Author submit all assets and materials to publisher for archive.
   3. Publisher assign ISBN and bar codes according to publishing contract.
   4. Publisher register ISBN for the corresponding work.
   5. Publisher complete other services according to the contract.
   6. For printed books, the author should submit 8 copies to the publisher for archive and LOC submission.

OTHER SERVICES

The following are optional services popular for many authors. Please contact us for more information.

• Publishing Representation:Let us represent you to work with other publishers if you would like to publish your work with a specific publisher.
• Market Development： Let us help you to get your book into major catalog and in-print system.
• Copyright Registration： Product your work. It covers both texts and graphic arts.
• Content Licensing： License your work for other to use and maximize your exposure and revenue.
• Design Services: We offer creative design for covers and interior arts.
• Translation Services: We can translate your work into Chinese.
• Web Page: Get a web page dedicated to your work to present more detail about you and your work.
• Professional Commentary: Get special write about from experts in your field.
• News Release: Make news release at publication for better exposures.
• Multi-Language Abstracts and Introductions: Make your work easier to get into foreign market.
• Ebooks: Create ebooks in different format to meet your needs.
• e-Commerce: Sell your work on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc.
• Metadata Creation Let us create metadata for your work so that it can be better identified through search engines and catalog systems
• Library ArchiveLet us help you to get your work into more libraries.