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e-Books - General Information and Submission Guidelines

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About SIL e-Books

SIL e-Books are book length documents on language and culture, especially as related to lesser-known and endangered languages. Subject areas include linguistics, sociolinguistics, anthropology, translation, literacy and education, language and culture learning, and computer applications to those endeavors. The series is published in electronic format by Global Publishing Services (GPS), SIL International (Dallas, TX).

Manuscripts published in SIL e-Books are given a formal citation with series name and issue number. As is the standard practice in the academic world, publication in this series does not preclude revision and later publication in another outlet.

Submission process

Who may submit manuscripts?

Any SIL staff may submit a manuscript for publication in the series. Works may also be submitted by non-SIL scholars whose activities are closely related to SIL or who have worked with an SIL consultant.

How do I submit a manuscript for the series?

Before submitting a manuscript, authors should have it reviewed by a qualified consultant in the domain of the work and then revised to the satisfaction of the consultant. Authors then submit a manuscript using this GPS Book Proposal form. Along with the book proposal, authors submit a letter of appraisal from the consultant, an electronic copy of the manuscript, and a PDF copy, to the acquisitions manager, at the email address, below.

If authors have no access to an SIL consultant they may send the submission without the letter of appraisal and GPS will have it reviewed.

Submissions: GPSAcquisitions_Intl@sil.org

Style and format requirements

Microsoft Word is the preferred file format for manuscripts. LibreOffice and XLingPap documents, exported to Word, are also acceptable.

Authors should use one of this version of the SIL Template, which contains appropriate paragraph and character styles, SIL Template. Right click the link, then left click “Save link as” (to save the template to your computer). The Reference Guide explains the use of the template and styles. Not using the SIL Template will lead to delays and possible rejection.

Authors of manuscripts containing non-Roman text (such as Devanagari, Arabic, or other non-Roman scripts) must submit a folder of font files, along with the electronic version of their manuscript and PDF. The preferred font for Hebrew text is Ezra SIL; for Greek, Galatia SIL. (IPA fonts are included in the Charis SIL font set, which is the standard font for the SIL Template for Authors.)

GPS editors conform manuscripts to SIL's (International Language Services) ILS Publications Style Sheet, which generally follows The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th Edition.

Publishing process

After submission, the author will work with a peer reviewer to improve the manuscript content—if this review was not previously done—then a GPS editor will suggest changes. The author will approve the final content, after which a compositor will do the final layout. At the conclusion of this process, the author will approve the final copy. (For more details, see Publish a Book – Author Procedure.)

Questions/comments: GPSAcquisitions_Intl@sil.org