Here you’ll find everything you need to know about the Taylor and Francis book publishing process, including quick guides, forms, checklists and more.
This may look like a bit of a long list of publishing guidelines, but please don’t worry. Your editor will help you at every step along your publishing journey by letting you know which documents you need to read or forms you need to complete and when.
Introductory information about publishing with Taylor & Francis
These guides give an overview of the audiences for our books, what we publish, and how we ensure our products are accessible and can be found by readers.
- Accessible Content and Alt Text
- Overview of the book publishing process
- Overview of our products, customers, and readers
- Making your work discoverable
Essential publishing forms and checklists
These forms should be submitted along with your final manuscript. However, it is worth using them as you work to help guide putting the script and submission materials together correctly.
- Notes for the copyeditor
- Submission checklist
- Artwork and third-party material permissions log
- Permissions declaration form
Publishing guides
These guides go through each key step of the publishing process, detailing what is required and what to expect at each stage.
- Editing a multi contributor book
- Proposal guidelines
- Contract guide
- Important information on libel and defamation
- Manuscript preparation guide (writing, formatting, artwork, and permissions)
- Manuscript submission guide
- Production guidelines
- Indexing guide
Templates and examples
These documents support the preparation of your submission if needed and may prove helpful to adapt to your own work.
Book cover design templates
We use a wide range of cover options depending on the imprint and type of book. Your Editorial contact will discuss your cover design with you in the run up to manuscript submission.
- CRC Press monograph cover designs
- CRC Press template cover designs
- Routledge monograph cover designs
- Routledge template cover designs
- Routledge (International) Handbook/Companion cover designs
- Focus (short form) cover templates
Specialist book information
These guides offer further information for specific subject areas and product types where there are additional technical requirements.
