{"id":186736,"date":"2014-09-22T13:37:13","date_gmt":"2014-09-22T13:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.rm.gfolkdev.net\/?page_id=186736"},"modified":"2023-06-28T19:53:29","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T19:53:29","slug":"for-prospective-authors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/about\/for-prospective-authors\/","title":{"rendered":"For Prospective Authors"},"content":{"rendered":"
Thanks for thinking about writing a book with Rosenfeld Media! We\u2019re a small publishing house that collaborates closely with its authors to develop and promote books on user experience design and related topics. We typically publish between four and six books annually, and we lavish each title with tender loving care throughout the processes of writing, production, and promotion.<\/p>\n
Writing a book is a difficult, time-consuming, and occasionally painful undertaking. Even proposals are a lot of work! So, like the rabbis who turn away prospective converts at least twice before saying yes, we\u2019re going to encourage you to give this a lot of thought before committing. Start by asking your loved ones if they can cope with having quite a bit less of you in their lives for a good year or two. Then, before you do anything else, read the rest of this page.<\/p>\n
Most of our books cover user experience design principles, tools, and methods. UX is a broad field that synthesizes ideas from many disciplines\u2014from architecture to graphic design to human factors to librarianship\u2014with the goal of helping people use and enjoy their experiences with all kinds of products and services. Our UX books teach craft and actionable skills to designers, researchers, writers, and other people who care about delivering great user experiences. These books tend toward practical advice: a rule of thumb is 25% \u201cwhat and why\u201d content, and 75% \u201chow\u201d content.<\/p>\n
As UX is becoming increasingly critical to business success, we recently introduced a new imprint, Two Waves Books, that explores the convergence of business and design. These books make the design world\u2019s big ideas accessible to a growing audience interested in learning more about how design can help them address common personal and business challenges.<\/p>\n
In all cases, we emphasize a house writing style of warmth and accessibility. Through the use of plain language and a conversational tone, and an emphasis on stories and examples, our authors serve as \u201ctrusted guides\u201d rather than authoritative experts.<\/p>\n
Our books tend to be short (our sweet spot is 45,000-70,000 words) and rely on illustrations to make for a more enlightening reading experience. We publish an annual article<\/a> describing the topics we\u2019re hoping to sign in the coming year. And we prefer topics that are \u201cevergreen\u201d: while some of their examples might be especially current, each book\u2019s principles and frameworks should stand the test of at least a few years\u2019 time.<\/p>\n Never say never, but we generally avoid publishing books that are:<\/p>\n Ready to pitch your idea? Great!<\/p>\n Unless you have a fully fleshed-out book proposal to share, please complete our one-page \u201cpre-proposal\u201d (details here<\/a>). It\u2019s short, but it\u2019s not easy: your challenge is to communicate the essence and value of your idea\u2014and your voice and tone\u2014within some tight constraints.<\/p>\n If we\u2019re interested, we\u2019ll work with you to grow your pre-proposal into a more formal proposal (with a writing sample). We\u2019ll ask a few industry experts we know to provide feedback, which we’ll then share with you. If your proposal successfully jumps through all these hoops, we\u2019ll send you a contract. Then the real fun begins.<\/p>\n As you might imagine, we receive a lot of proposals. We do our best to review them at least once per quarter. Please keep that in mind if you don\u2019t hear from us right away. And if you decide to go in another direction, please let us know.<\/p>\n PS<\/strong> You might find this writing advice from the Rosenfeld Media editorial team useful, whether or not you publish with us: voice and tone for UX books<\/a>, how to develop your book’s structure<\/a>, and ways to stay on track while writing your book<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Writing a Rosenfeld Media Book Thanks for thinking about writing a book with Rosenfeld Media! We\u2019re a small publishing house that collaborates closely with its authors to develop and promote books on user experience design and related topics. We typically publish between four and six books annually, and we lavish each title with tender loving … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":186635,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/186736"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186736"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/186736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":187995,"href":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/186736\/revisions\/187995"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/186635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosenfeldmedia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}What We Avoid Publishing<\/h4>\n
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