Preparing the Book

Guidelines for Editors of Edited Books

The instructions contained in the following pages are intended to help editors to collate chapters from authors for RSC Texts and Professional Reference publications in a form and style that will facilitate the production process. Before submission, please also see the Manuscript Submission Checklist, available from the bottom of this page. It is the editor's responsibility to ensure that all chapters submitted conform to these guidelines.

Separate guidelines are available for

• Authors of Chapters in Edited Books 
• Authors of Authored Books     

Layout of the Typescript
The typescript should be prepared in Microsoft Word and be double-spaced. The layout should comply with the following list:

• Title Page (including editor contact details)
• Preface 
• Table of Contents (including all sub-headings) for the whole book
• Texts arranged by chapter (see below) 
• All copyright permissions    

Each chapter submitted to you should include:

• Title Page (including all author names, addresses and the email address of the corresponding author for proofs)
• Table of Contents (including all sub-headings)
• Text 
• References/Bibliography 
• Display material (as separate files) including:   
• • Tables 
  • Structural Formulae 
  • Reaction Schemes 
  • Figures 
  • List of Captions to Figures (including any permission lines)    
• Copyright Permissions    

For greater detail on the format of each chapter, please see the separate guidelines for Authors of Chapters in Edited Books.

Permissions - If any of the material to be included (illustrations, tables, quotations of more than a few words) is taken from another publication, the author must obtain permission both from the original authors of the work and from the publisher of the journal or book in which it appeared. An acknowledgement should be included in the typescript (usually in the caption) in the form prescribed by the copyright owner. 
When submitting your typescript you should enclose a completed Permissions Confirmation Form to confirm that all permissions have been received.

Instructions on how to Estimate the Length of the Typescript are available below.

A suggestion for a cover illustration should also be supplied. This should be full colour, min 300dpi, and to fill a square of 136x136mm and free of any copyright restrictions. The use of any suggestions is at the discretion of the RSC.

A list of chapter numbers and email addresses for their corresponding authors should be supplied to facilitate the sending out of proofs.

Submission
Please complete the Manuscript Submission Checklist. Please return it with the typescript. It is the editor's responsibility to ensure that all chapters submitted conform to these guidlines. A copy of the typescript with disk(s), should then be securely packaged and sent to:
Books Editorial, Royal Society of Chemistry, Thomas Graham House, Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 0WF, UK

Proofs 
You will receive a complete set of paper proofs typically within 3-4 months of submission. All the corresponding authors will be emailed a pdf of their chapters for checking. The authors should print these out and mark them up with corrections. They will then have one week to send you their corrected proofs. Corrections should preferably be in this form rather than an emailed list or a corrected pdf. It is the editor's responsibility to then collate all the proofs into one master set, including any of your own corrections.

The corrected proofs should be returned within 21 days, to the address given above. Please note that the proofing stage is to correct typographical errors. Simple errors in the original typescript can of course be corrected, but it is not possible at this stage to accommodate large insertions or other major revision of the text, because the RSC will be producing the Index.