Copyediting

In copyediting your manuscript, the copy editor will follow the general style outlined in The University of Chicago: A General Manual of Style and the style for medical terminology in the American Medical Association's Manual for Authors and Editors. Nursing textbooks follow the American Psychological Association's Publication Manual. Stedman's Medical Dictionary will be followed for preferred spellings. In addition, there may be specific style conventions used in your book's discipline. Please refer to the covering letter in this packet to see if your editor has specified any of these.

Following are some general points of style you should follow as you write your manuscript:

	Use abbreviations for units of measure.
	Do not use periods with abbreviations or acronyms.
	Use italics for emphasis rather than bold.
	If you use an acronym, spell it out at first text mention in each chapter, followed by its abbreviation in parenthesis. Thereafter use just the acronym.
	Cite all tables and figures in correct numerical sequence in the text. Do not insert "see" before second instances of callouts of figures or tables.
	Spell out the word "Figure" when it is used as part of a sentence. Use "Fig." in the parenthetical citation.
	Use numerals with units of measure.
	Spell out numbers one through ten if not used with a unit of measure.
	Use the serial comma.
	Cite all references in the text with a full-sized numeral in parentheses on the line. Do not use superscript citations.

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Manuscript Preparation

	Both an electronic copy (delivered on disk in Microsoft Word or WordPerfect) and a hard copy are required of each chapter. The files should match the hard copy EXACTLY.
	Save your file in whatever word processing program you are using. Do not save as an ASCII file.
	Always keep a backup of the final draft of all the chapters. Keep a copy of the artwork and tables also.
	Label the disks with chapter number (if known), author name, and program and version used. The chapter printout from the disks should be double spaced.
	Use content tags for headings and special elements (e.g., boxes, clinical comments, sidebars). Editorial will provide you with content tags specific to your book's pedagogy.
	Key all text, references, and legends as simple text-do not use preset style functions such as hanging indents, the endnote feature, outline function, style template or style gallery, or automatic hyphenation. Indicate bold or italic words or phrases within the text, but avoid all caps, bold, or italic in headings.
	Place tables, displays, figures, and figure legends at the end of the chapter. Artwork should be supplied on a separate disk.
	Each chapter should be its own file. Do not split up the chapter into separate files. Several chapters may be supplied on one disk.
	Be consistent.

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Permissions

It is important that permission to reprint figures, tables, or text passages exceeding 50 words be completed early during manuscript development because they can cause delays if left until the book is in production. The Permissions section of the Author Support Center contains thorough instructions for requesting permission, as well as a permissions request template, which can be printed out and reused.

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Artwork

The Illustrations, Artwork, & Tables section of the Author Support Center will tell you how to submit original artwork of your own creation or scrap/sample art that you would like us to have drawn for you. If you want to borrow art from a non-LWW book, please send either the actual sheet from the book or a high-quality reproduction. The quality of the artwork that is printed is only as high as the quality of the original artwork from which it is scanned.

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Content Tagging

The tags discussed in the Content Tagging section of the Author Support Center tell the compositor how certain text elements should look. It isn't necessary to use all the tags mentioned. The most important ones are for the heads: < h1 >, < h2 >, < h3 >, < h4 >. These tags are used to indicate the relative weighting of each head and how it should appear on the printed page.

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