Publishing with MUP cont

Melbourne University Publishing Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of Melbourne. As the oldest and most prestigious university publisher in Australia, we continue to publish works of the highest academic standards, and are expanding our range of products to meet the challenges of the 21st century.

Acquisition policy

MUP publishes:

  • Scholarly texts
  • Reference books
  • General reading
  • Anthologies
  • Readers
  • CD-ROMS
  • E-books
  • Print and electronic journals.

In the areas of:

  • Aboriginal studies
  • Anthropology
  • Archaeology
  • Architecture
  • Art
  • Biography
  • Cultural studies
  • Literary criticism
  • Environmental studies
  • Gender studies
  • Medicine
  • Natural history
  • Politics
  • Psychiatry
  • Social sciences
  • Sciences.

What we are looking for:

  • Scholarly and general non-fiction
  • Topical, engaging works that expand the body of knowledge about a given subject or contribute to public debate
  • New ideas that appeal to a wide readership
  • Works that are suitable for electronic formats.

Submissions

MUP accepts unsolicited non-fiction manuscripts. We do not publish fiction or fictionalised history, poetry or plays.

To submit a manuscript, follow this process:

  1. Read the MUP Guide for Authors - PDF or Word (12 pages) and edit and format your manuscript accordingly
  2. Download and complete the MUP Book Proposal Form - PDF (168kb) or Word (110kb) formats (3 pages)
  3. Email the completed proposal form to mup-info@unimelb.edu.au only, not to multiple MUP staff members
  4. If you are also sending hard copy sample chapters, post them to:

Submissions
Melbourne University Publishing Ltd.
187 Grattan Street
Carlton VIC 3053
Australia

We only require 1 or 2 sample chapters, not the entire manuscript. Sample chapters will not be returned. Please do not send valuable or original documents or photographs. MUP accepts no responsibility for submissions lost in the mail.

How we publish your work

MUP works closely with authors throughout the life-cycle of each publishing project. All publications receive specialist attention in the following areas:

Editorial & Production

  • Structural and copy editing
  • Proofreading
  • Quality design
  • Typesetting
  • Project management.

Marketing & Publicity

  • Maximum exposure for every work published
  • Advertising in general and specialist media
  • Liaison with influential media contacts (general magazines, journals, newspapers, radio, television)
  • Identification of key markets
  • Direct mail campaigns
  • Promotion on the MUP website
  • Promotion at conferences, international book fairs
  • Entry to awards and competitions.

Sales

  • Booksellers and retail outlets throughout Australia and New Zealand
  • Direct sales via the MUP website
  • Agents and Distributors covering Europe, North America and Asia.

When there is special potential for sales in foreign markets, MUP actively seeks co-publishing arrangements with similar prestigious academic publishers such as Cambridge University Press, Yale University Press, Cornell University Press, Toronto University Press, New York University Press, the Smithsonian Institution and the University of Hawaii Press.