Microbiology Book Series #4 - Instructions for Authors

 Authors interested in submitting a chapter proposal (educationally-oriented original research papers or mini-reviews) will
 have to follow the protocol described below:

Abstract Submission: CLOSED

Chapter submission: Deadline 14th May 2013

  • Chapters have to be prepared according to the following template: download chapter template and bearing in mind that:

      - Educationally-oriented original research papers must be restricted to a total of 8 pages
      - Mini-reviews must be restricted to a total of 12 pages

  • Chapters must be submitted no later than 14th May 2013 by one of these two ways

      - By email to [email protected] or [email protected]  
      - Uploading the files on the publisher server (especially for large files that cannot be sent by email)
         Instructions for doing this will be given to all authors when receiving the notification of proposal acceptance

  • Chapters will be reviewed by the editor and notifications of chapter acceptance/revision/rejection will be sent within
    3 weeks after submission

Copyright Transfer Agreement

 A signed copy of Copyright Transfer Agreement must be submitted within 3 weeks after receiving the chapter acceptance
 notification so that the publisher can legally proceed with typesetting of the chapter. This agreement can be
 downloaded from here This signed agreement can be sent by any of these ways:

For any tables, models, graphs, or other materials directly extracted from previously published materials, you must have
written permission from the publisher of that material for reprint use. A copy of that permission release must be submitted
with the Copyright Transfer Agreement. IT IS THE INDIVIDUAL AUTHOR'S RESPONSIBILITY TO ATTAIN THIS PERMISSION


Publication Charges

 Like many other scientific and technical publications, this publication depends on author page charges to offset
 publication costs. Therefore, a charge of EUR 250 per chapter is levied on authors for all chapters published.
 A copy of the publication charges form has to be sent within 3 weeks after receiving the chapter acceptance notification to
 proceed with the publication. The Publication Charges Form can be downloaded from here This form can be sent by any of
 these ways:


Release Date

 The book is expected to be released in Autumn 2013. It will be published in paperback and ebook formats. After release,
 a copy of the volume where the chapter is published will be posted to the corresponding author, the ebook will be made
 freely available to readers on this website, and the book will be submitted to be indexed by the major citation indexes
 


Color Artwork

 Figures and images will appear in black and white (grayscale) in the print version of the book (they will remain in color
 in the online PDF version). If some author is interested in color reproduction in print, please contact the publisher
 at [email protected] or [email protected]  (color reproduction could have extra costs)