Thank you for considering Ken Scholars Publishing as a home for your research. We are committed to publishing rigorous, innovative, and transformative scholarship in the humanities and social sciences.
We welcome proposals for monographs, edited collections, and revised doctoral dissertations that offer a significant contribution to global academic discourse.
1. Preparing Your Proposal
To help our editorial board evaluate your work effectively, please submit a formal book proposal (in PDF or Word format) containing the following elements:
Project Overview: A brief (500–1,000 word) description of the book, its core argument, and its significance to your field.
Table of Contents: A complete list of chapters with a descriptive paragraph for each.
Target Audience: Define the primary and secondary markets (e.g., upper-level undergraduates, specialized researchers, or cross-disciplinary scholars).
Market Competition: A list of 3–5 recent, comparable books and a brief explanation of how your work differs from or builds upon them.
Current Status: Is the manuscript complete? If not, what is your estimated completion date? Provide an estimated word count (including footnotes and bibliography).
Author Information: A current CV and a brief biography highlighting your previous publications and institutional affiliation.
2. Technical Specifications
We maintain high production standards and ask that all initial submissions adhere to these basic formatting rules:
Style: We primarily follow the Chicago Manual of Style (17th Ed.), though we accept APA or MLA for initial review if consistent throughout.
Files: Please use 12pt Times New Roman font, double-spaced, with 1-inch margins.
Anonymization: Since we utilize a double-blind peer review process, please ensure that your sample chapters do not contain self-identifying references in the text or headers.
3. The Review Process
What happens after you click "Submit"?
Initial Desk Review (2–4 weeks): Our acquisitions editors evaluate the proposal for fit with our current catalog and scholarly standards.
Peer Review (2–4 months): If the proposal is a fit, the prospectus and sample chapters are sent to at least two external experts in the field.
Editorial Board Decision: Based on peer reviews, our board makes a final determination on offering a publication contract.
4. Revised Dissertations
We highly value the work of early-career researchers. However, we do not publish unrevised dissertations. If you are submitting a project based on your thesis, your proposal must explicitly outline how the work has been restructured, expanded, or rewritten to reach a broader scholarly book audience.
How to Submit
Please send your proposal and two sample chapters (preferably the Introduction and one core substantive chapter) to:
Editorial Office publish@kenscholars.com
Subject Line: [Book Proposal] – [Your Last Name] – [Short Title]
Note on Permissions: Authors are responsible for obtaining all necessary permissions for third-party copyrighted material (images, long excerpts, or poetry) before the manuscript goes into production.