Advance Copy submission guidelines

Advance copy: Backstories on books by NASW members

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Submission guidelines:

Please see Advance Copy archives for content and tone. Use the same formatting style for your report.

You will need to compile the following items for your Advance Copy submission. If approved, it will appear online and in ScienceWriters Magazine. Submit your report, images, and a review copy of your book at least one month before your book’s publication date.

• Book Title
• Author(s) (If more than one author, indicate which ones are NASW members.)
• Publisher, publication date, price
• ISBN-13 and ASIN, if your book has an epub version.
• First person report telling what your book is about and how you produced it. Please limit your report to 350 words maximum. We adhere strictly to this limit to be fair to all NASW authors. Please answer these queries: What sparked the idea for your book? How did you develop your proposal, find an agent and publisher, fund and conduct research, and put the book together? If you chose to self-publish, how did you find help you needed to accomplish that? What do you wish you had known before you started working on your book? What might you have done differently? What advice do you have for aspiring authors?
• Your phone number, email address, website URL, blog website, preferred social media usernames
• Book page at publisher’s website and at your own website
• Publicist's name, phone number, and email address
• Agent’s name, phone number, and email address
• Headshot of you: 600 x 800 pixel minimum jpg file. Please provide a photo that faces forward or slightly to the left. These views look better in the Advance Copy layout.
• Image of your book's front cover, 600 x 800 pixel minimum jpg file.
• Image of a bookshelf or bookshelves in your office, showing references you used to write your book. See https://www.nasw.org/member-article/advance-copy for examples.
• Send a review copy of your book to the address below. I need to see your book to write a blurb for the NASW homepage, NASW email lists, ScienceWriters magazine, and Twitter.

Lynne Lamberg NASW Book editor
1 Gristmill Ct., #501, Baltimore MD 21208-1348 (May-October)
7220 E. Rosslare Dr., Tucson AZ 85715-3445 (November-April)

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Questions? Contact NASW Advance Copy volunteer and editor Lynne Lamberg at llamberg@nasw.org. Follow @LynneLamberg for news about science/medical books, writing, and NASW authors.

Last reviewed August 03, 2023.

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