Publishing Program

Below are some details regarding the Cambria Author Advantage Program. For a snapshot of our program, please also review the comparison matrix.

Overview

  1. Cambria Press is an independent publishing company.
  2. Cambria Press is a high-quality publisher of professional and academic research.
  3. Cambria Press carefully edits content for our authors.
  4. Cambria Press performs layout and design services for our authors.
  5. Publication decisions are based solely on peer review results.
  6. Cambria Press does not require under any circumstances grants, subsidies, or payments from institutions or authors for publication.
  7. Cambria Press usually publishes within 4-12 weeks of receipt of the final, approved manuscript.
  8. Cambria Press publishes in hardcover, softcover, pdf, and electronic formats.
  9. Cambria Press distributes content for reading devices including iPad, Nook, Kindle, Sony Reader and other devices and smartphones
  10. Cambria Press distributes content for software readers including PDF, Mobipocket and others.
  11. Cambria Press prints simultaneously in USA and UK to reach all major English-speaking markets.
  12. Cambria Press provides free copies and special discounts to its authors.
  13. Cambria Press actively promotes and engages in journal review of its works.
  14. Cambria Press pays high royalties on every sale beginning with the first copy.
  15. Cambria Press provides authors 24/7 access to sales and royalty information via a personalized web portal.

Distribution

  1. Cambria Press books are on the approval plans of the premier library wholesalers, including Yankee Book Peddler and Baker & Taylor.
  2. Cambria Press books are also carried and distributed by Ingram.
  3. Cambria Press is a member of Bowker's PubNet Electronic Data Interchange Service.
  4. Cambria Press announces its books via Ingram's Advance book notification and Bowker Books in Print.
  5. Cambria Press is a member of Google's Book Search Program.
  6. Cambria Press distributes its books via google.com, amazon.com, bn.com, and other electronic intermediaries.
  7. Cambria Press books are manufactured in the USA and the UK for international distribution.
  8. Cambria Press books are priced in USD, GBP, and other international currencies.

The Publication Process

  1. Cambria Press evaluates a proposal on the basis of an outline, a sample chapter, or an entire manuscript.
  2. Cambria Press provides evaluation of proposals within 1-3 weeks.
  3. Cambria Press requests that the scholar provide content from word processed files if available. Cambria Press then edits and professionally prepares camera-ready copy using advanced book design software.
  4. Cambria Press custom designs full-color covers for its books.
  5. The work will undergo and must pass peer review.
  6. Cambria Press will determine, in consultation with the author, the title of the published work.

Marketing

  1. As an academic publisher, Cambria Press targets primarily the research library market.
  2. The research library market is reached by partnering with the major wholesalers and jobbers that serve librarians and libraries throughout North America and internationally. In addition, academic opinion leaders, review journals, and academic librarians are also directly targeted.
  3. When appropriate, the specialized classroom market is reached by identifying academic programs and classes that may benefit from the book and reaching decision makers in those programs.
  4. All Cambria books are also available to individual readers through our partnership with a large number of online retailers and intermediaries, including amazon.com, bn.com, and google.com and by reaching individual bookstores through our distribution with Ingram, Baker & Taylor, and other distributors.
  5. Cambria books are assigned an ISBN number and a CIP (Catalog-in-Publication Number) by the Library of Congress.
  6. Cambria Press accepts book returns.
  7. Cambria Press publications are marketed on our Web site and may have online exercises and interactive features to support, update, and complement the material.
  8. Cambria Press provides free review copies to journals.