Before Manuscript Submission

Monitor the delivery schedule of your contributors so you can deliver chapters to the publisher according to schedule. Maintain an updated list of contributors, and notify your Editorial contact of any changes. Make sure that all of the chapter authors follow consistent chapter style and formats. If a template has been created for your book, check that your contributors have followed the template. If they have not, send the chapter back for revision or edit the chapter to conform to the template. Maintain a file set of each chapter including a copy of the manuscript (with any last-minute changes), artwork, tables, and permission letters. If a chapter is significantly revised by you or a contributor in manuscript, review those revisions with the contributor. Double check that each chapter has permission letters for all material requiring permission, and if the chapter author does not secure those permissions, then you must secure them or replace the material before it is submitted to Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

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