Publishing with Oxford


Submitting a proposal to Primary
    If you have a publishing idea and would like to know how to present it to the Oxford Primary Division, please read the guidelines below on how to submit a proposal.

    Oxford University Press has a strong local publishing program, publishing dictionaries, textbooks, and resource books for schools. The Primary division has a focus on publishing printed and digital product for core maths and English skills. We do not publish one-off children's books for the general market.

    Please mail your submission to:

    Primary Division
    Oxford University Press
    253 Normanby Road
    South Melbourne
    Victoria, 3205

Guidelines for submitting a publishing proposal
    Your proposal should include:

  • Contact details – your name, work and home address, email address, and telephone and facsimile numbers.
  • Curriculum vitae – your academic qualifications, current position, relevant past positions, and previous publications or an updated version if you have already published with OUPANZ.
  • Rationale – a brief statement of the aims and approach of your proposal.
  • Market – identify the course and year level for the material.
  • Provide details of any syllabus change relevant to your proposal.
  • Competition information – identify the current resources and indicate how your approach and content compares with them.
  • Table of contents.
  • Sample chapter – modelling the chapter structure for the book.
  • Ancillary material – outline your ideas and expectations for any additional materials that will help promote and sell the material, such as web support, teacher resources, study guides, and digital content.





Submitting a proposal to Secondary
    If you have a publishing idea and would like to know how to present it to the Oxford Secondary Division, please read the guidelines below on how to submit a proposal.

    Oxford University Press has a strong local publishing program, publishing dictionaries, textbooks, and resource books for schools. The Secondary Division has a focus on publishing printed and digital resources for English, Science, History, Geography, Mathematics, Health and Food Technology, Business and Legal.

    Please mail your submission to:

    Secondary Division
    Oxford University Press
    253 Normanby Road
    South Melbourne
    Victoria, 3205

    Or email your submission to: writesec.au@oup.com

Guidelines for submitting a publishing proposal
    Your proposal should include:

  • Contact details – your name, work and home address, email address, and telephone and facsimile numbers.
  • Curriculum vitae – your academic qualifications, current position, relevant past positions and previous publications or an updated version if you have already published with OUPANZ.
  • Rationale – a brief statement of the aims and approach of your proposal.
  • Market – identify the course and year level for the material.
  • Provide details of any syllabus change relevant to your proposal.
  • Competition information – identify the current resources and indicate how your approach and content compares with them.
  • Table of contents.
  • Sample chapter – modelling the chapter structure for the book.
  • Ancillary material – outline your ideas and expectations for any additional materials that will help promote and sell the material, such as web support, teacher resources, study guides and digital content.





Submitting a proposal to Higher Education
    For prospective authors:
    Oxford University Press – Australia and New Zealand publishes higher education textbooks in law and business law, teacher education, health and nursing, media and communication and sociology.

    If you have an idea for textbook please contact the relevant publishing editor who will advise on the process for submitting a proposal.

    Law: Michelle Head michelle.head@oup.com
    Health and Nursing: Debra James debra.james@oup.com
    Teacher Education: Ailsa Brackley du Bois ailsa.brackleydubois@oup.com
    Media and Communication: Karen Hildebrandt karen.hildebrandt@oup.com
    Business: Karen Hildebrandt karen.hildebrandt@oup.com

    For contracted authors:

    Who to contact regarding:

    Purchase of any Oxford University Press (OUP) book using your author discount highered.au@oup.com

    For a copy of:

    Guide to manuscript preparation, processes and styles
    highered.au@oup.com

    Guide to writing supplements
    highered.au@oup.com

    Who do I contact about my royalty payments?
    barry.weston@oup.com

    Who do I contact regarding marketing of my book?
    jess.howard@oup.com

    Who do I contact with a query about my Publishing agreement (contract)?
    Your publishing editor or our publishing manager
    debra.james@oup.com


Other Frequently Asked Questions

How do I go about sourcing permission for images or other copyright material for use in my book?
    The copyright owner must be contacted and permission must be obtained to use any artworks, text extracts or other copyright material. Your publishing editor can provide you with more details about seeking permissions.

Can you arrange a book launch?
    OUP can assist you with supplying books and marketing material for display at a book launch. For more information about this, please contact highered.au@oup.com

Will my book have a new edition?
    This depends on many factors. Your publishing editor or development editor will usually be in touch with you within the first year of publication to discuss this.

Who do I contact about my book’s Online Resource Centre (ORC)?
What quality assurance processes do you have?
    To ensure that all our books are of the highest quality, all new manuscripts are reviewed by at least two peers prior to publication. Peer reviews are confidential and the feedback is provided to the author/s to assist in producing a high-quality manuscript. We also have a very thorough editorial process for all books once the manuscript is received for publication.

How many author copies will I receive?
    This is specified in your publishing agreement (contract)




Submitting a proposal to Academic, Professional & General
    Please see the individual departments elsewhere in this table.
    Please note that Oxford University Press is obliged by its charter to have all books published by us ratified by the University. We don't as a rule publish works of fiction, unless it forms part of an educational course or examination.

Children's & Reference Books
Humanities and Social Sciences
Medicine
Music
Science



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