Checklist for Final Manuscript

THIS CHECKLIST will help you to compile a final manuscript and related materials for submission for publication. Please also refer to the Manuscript Preparation Guidelines and the Art Preparation Guidelines for detailed instructions. Complete and submit this checklist with your manuscript. Manuscript

PLEASE PROVIDE a complete, final electronic manuscript with 1-inch margins. Double-space throughout. Occasionally, your editor may also ask for a hard-copy printout; if so, he or she will let you know. Organize all parts of the manuscript, including front matter, back matter, part introductions, and chapters, in separate files with logical names, usually including a chapter number (e.g., ch1.doc, ch2.doc). Each figure, table, and box should also be in its own file and similarly named (e.g., fig1-1.tif, table2-13.doc, box12-6.doc). Files should be sorted in folders that are easy to differentiate and are clearly named, for example, Frontmatter, Chapters, and Figures. Please mark below the components of your manuscript: Front Matter Main Text Other Elements ☐ Title page ☐Parts and part introductions Gather these separately from the main manuscript ☐ Dedication ☐Chapters ☐Tables ☐ Epigraph ☐Chapter epigraphs ☐Boxes ☐ Table of contents ☐Other: ______☐Figure captions ☐ List of illustrations Back Matter ☐Other: ______☐ List of tables ☐Appendixes Art ☐ Foreword ☐Endnotes ☐Digital figures, photos, maps, plates etc. in specified file ☐ Preface ☐Glossary formats (see Art Preparation ☐ Acknowledgments ☐Reference list or bibliog. Guidelines) ☐Other: ______☐List of contributors /about the author

PLEASE INDICATE the style manual used to prepare text and documentation: ☐ Chicago Manual of Style, 16th edition (preferred), OR ☐ other (in consultation with your editor): ______.

PLEASE INDICATE that the following have been cross-checked for consistency: ☐ table of contents against part and chapter titles; ☐ text citations or endnotes against reference list or bibliography; ☐ author names in the table of contents, byline on chapter opener pages, and author bios in the back matter; ☐ contributor names in the table of contents, byline on chapter opener pages, and list of contributors in the back matter.

PLEASE INDICATE placement of reference list/bibliography/endnotes: ☐ at the back of the book (generally recommended for single-authored books), OR ☐ at the end of each chapter (generally recommended for contributed volumes).

PLEASE INDICATE your preference: ☐ Island Press will handle the indexing and charge against my royalties (generally recommended), OR ☐ I will prepare the index myself and have discussed this with my editor.

Word Count

PLEASE SUPPLY a total word count for your completed manuscript. In Microsoft Word, you can use the Word Count function (on the Review tab in Word 2007 and Word 2011). If your manuscript contains automated endnotes, be sure to put a checkmark next to the option “Include textboxes, footnotes, and endnotes” in the Word Count dialog box. Do not include tables or figures in the count. The summed total should include the following: All front matter, including the title page All chapters, including endnotes and reference lists if applicable All boxes, if applicable All back matter Figure captions Total word count ____

Logs and Permissions

SUBMIT the following when they apply to your manuscript: ☐ Permissions log, complete and listing all required authorizations for use of copyrighted materials. ☐ If you’ve used unusual or specialized software or software versions, fonts, diacritics, and so forth, please list and explain.

Contact Information

NAME and contact information for primary contact person(s):

Name: ______

Address: ______

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