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Fwd: FYI: Call for Authors, history of navigation and history of imprisonment
From: Brian Whatcott
Date: 2002 Jun 18, 19:59 -0500
From: Brian Whatcott
Date: 2002 Jun 18, 19:59 -0500
I relay this note from the history of sci/tech/medicine list in case it holds some interest for readers of this list. Brian W >Jun 2002 16:41:57 GMT >Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 12:29:33 -0400 >Reply-To: "H-NET List on the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology" >> >From: "Phillip Thurtle, H-SCI-MED-TECH" >Subject: FYI: Call for Authors, history of navigation and history of, > imprisonment > >[Please contact Duncan Proudfoot directly, duncanp@quarto.com] > >Call for authors for two books from Quintet Publishing: > >The proposals, very briefly at this stage, are for an illustrated book on >the history of navigation and another title, also an illustrated look at >different kinds of prisons and their context in the history of >imprisonment. We are looking for authors for these two proposed books. > >Quintet Publishing, part of the Quarto Publishing group, is a co-edition >publisher of comprehensively illustrated non-fiction books. Quintet >titles >sell all over the world, though our biggest market is the United States. >We develop a book idea, including its design, ourselves and produce what >we call a dummy presentation (a synopsis, full cover and two inside >spreads) for use as sales material to show to co-edition publishers. Only >once we are assured of sufficient English language co-edition sales do we >proceed with commissioning the final book. > > >Sincerely >Duncan Proudfoot >Quintet Publishing Limited >The Fitzpatrick Building >188-194 York Way >London N7 9QR >England >Phone: 44 (0) 207 700 8516 >Fax: 44 (0) 207 700 5785 >duncanp@quarto.com Brian Whatcott Altus OK Eureka!