VALUE INQUIRY BOOKS SERIES (VIBS)

AUTHOR’S QUESTIONNAIRE

Edited by Joseph C. Kunkel, Associate Editor
Editor for Marketing and Development

Sixth Edition (23 November 2003)

To the Author.  VIBS is cooperating with Rodopi in the worldwide marketing of our books.  We call upon you to participate by providing full information that will aid your publisher in making this marketing effective.  As author or editor you are the person who best knows your work and its place within the field; so your assistance is crucial to the publisher.  If the work has multiple authors or editors then each person needs to complete Part One. 

Please respond to all questions with full deliberation, and answer on legible typed or word processor sheets.  Do not write your answers by hand.  The publisher prefers that you furnish this information both on paper and on diskette; for the diskette use WordPerfect or MS Word file, not Macintosh.  Two copies of the printed material must be forwarded to the Executive Editor with the camera-ready copy of your book; the diskette needs to be sent to the Managing Editor of Rodopi, along with the material requested in II, 15 below, after the manuscript has been sent to Rodopi. (You will be notified in writing by the VIBS Executive Editor when to send the diskette material to Rodopi.) If your book is within a special series, please consult the special series editor about marketing suggestions.  The Executive Editor will dispatch your completed paper questionnaire to Rodopi along with other materials that accompany the camera-ready copy of your book.

PART ONE: THE AUTHOR

Author.  (Give full name exactly as written on title-page)

Home Address.  (Include postal code and country for all addresses; postal services will not deliver books and printed material without postal codes.  Notify Rodopi in writing of any change in your address.)

Home Phone.  (Include country, city, and area code)

Office Address.  (Include postal code and country.)

Electronic Mail Address.

FAX Number where Material Will Reach You.  (Indicate whether the location is an office or a home, and include country, city, and area code)

Higher Education, Including Degrees and Institutions.

Professional Experience, Including Present Affiliation.

Selected Publications.  (Give dates and publishers for any books, including previous VIBS books.)

Fellowships, Grants, and Prizes Received.

Membership in Professional Societies.

National or International Conferences that You Generally Attend.

Other Professional Information of Interest to Readers.

PART TWO: THE BOOK

1.           Book Title.  (Give full title and subtitle exactly as written on the title page.)

2.           Special Series within VIBS, if any.

3.           Identify Writers of Any Foreword, Preface, Introduction, or Afterword not Written by You as the Author or Editor.

4.           Popularly Written Abstract.  (The abstract is crucial and is likely to be the chief text used in advertising the contents of your book.  So take your time writing it.  In a double-spaced passage of 200-300 words spell out the book’s purpose or thesis, its main topics or fields, its organization or principal parts, its originality or main contribution to the field, and any special features.  Keep your sentences short and simple.  Avoid technical philosophic expressions.  Write for the understanding of nonphilosophic librarians, bibliographers, and members of the general public.  You might also include a seminal quotation from your preface, a chapter, or the conclusion so the general reader will grasp your meaning and writing style.  Talk about the book, not about yourself.)

5.           Brief Summary for Back Cover.  (Condense the above abstract into a blurb of no more than 56 words.  Begin with “This book....”  Use short sentences without technical words.  The abstract and the blurb will be edited by the VIBS Executive Editor and Rodopi editors.)

6.           Contributors.  (If this is a collective volume identify all the contributors and their roles for the sake of advertising.  Cite their names and their chapter titles exactly as printed in the book.  Also give a complete list of their current addresses--including postal code and country--so that Rodopi can send them their complimentary offprints and copies.)

7.           Journals for Review.  (List with full addresses scholarly and non-scholarly journals that are likely to consider announcing or reviewing your book.  Give the names of persons/departments to contact.  Be judicious in considering not only standard philosophic journals but journals in other fields, professional newsletters, bulletins, magazines, and local newspapers, campus bulletins, or college alumni magazines that may be interested in your work.  For philosophic leads in the U.S. and Canada consult the directory of journals found within the Directory of American Philosophers.  In the process single out between 5 and 10 journals that ought to receive a review copy unsolicited.  The others will receive notice of the book and an offer for a review copy which the journal might accept.)

8.           Individual Reviewers.  (If individuals have informed you that they would be willing to review your book, enter that information here with full addresses.  If you know individuals who might be willing to write comments for an advertising flyer indicate their names and addresses.)

9.           Society Labels.  (Try to obtain a set of address labels for any relevant philosophical association for the sole purpose of mailing an advertising flyer.  If you include a set of labels then the publisher will pay the postage.  The labels will be used for this mailing only.  In like manner you might wish to make up a set of mailing labels for this purpose.)

10.       Internet Listing.  (If you have an internet listing like a chat-group that could be notified of the publication of your book indicate the email address, or better give your own email address so that you can notify the listing when your book is published.)

11.       Displaying Your Book.  (Rodopi would like to display your book at relevant conferences.  Please indicate which conferences--other than APA divisional meetings which already have a Rodopi display--are apropos, and when and where they will be meeting in the next year, and whom to contact.  Also list any nearby bookstores, group or university contact, book club, or local radio station that might be interested in featuring you and your book at a “meet the author” event, interview, or a book-signing reception.)

12.       Book Prizes.  (We actively pursue prizes for our books. After your book has been sent to Rodopi please introduce yourself to the VIBS Editor, Prizes and Awards, Dr. Kenneth A. Bryson, to initiate the awards process: <bryson@uccb.ns.ca>. All suggestions are welcome.

13.       Complimentary Copies.  (If you wish copies of your book to be sent with your compliments directly to individuals, then list their names and addresses with postal codes and countries.  The volumes will be sent from Amsterdam upon publication, with the card “With the Compliments of the Author [or Editor],” and you will be billed at the author’s discount of 40 percent, plus postage.)

14.     Rodopi Website.  (Rodopi’s website at http://www.rodopi.nl features all new books.  For this display you need to send your book’s Table of Contents, Foreword, About the Author, and a favorite sample page of text, after the book goes to press. These items can be emailed to Managing Editor Eric van Broekhuizen at <e.van.broekhuizen@rodopi.nl>. Or they can be included on a promo-diskette using MS Word or WordPerfect, not MacIntosh, and mailed to Eric van Broekhuizen at Rodopi, Tijnmuiden 7, 1046 AK Amsterdam, The Netherlands.  You are also required to send to Rodopi the complete text of your book on diskette, once the VIBS Executive Editor informs you in writing that the approved camera-ready copy of the book has been sent to press. These diskettes will be retained in the Rodopi office as long as your book remains in print.)

15.        Classroom editions. If you plan to use your book in the classroom with a group of 10 or more students, please provide the following information:

Based upon past registration figures, the number of students that generally register for this class            .

Is this course offered every semester?

Will you be teaching it when it is offered?

Is this course offered every other semester?

Will you be teaching it when it is offered?

Thank you for your cooperation in promoting your book!