Your manuscript will receive a final review by the Editorial Board after you have submitted your laser-printed copy and computer disk. These submissions must be approved by the Director. Mellen book prices are subject to change. However, since your book will be purchased primarily by research libraries, each copy we sell will have many readers. For example, a typical title acquired by 300 research libraries will eventually be used by 12,000 readers.
Most scholarly publishers pay no royalties on the first few hundred sales and some pay none at all.
Mellen offers a compromise, paying royalties on sales over 500 copies for the first five years but maintaining the book in print without royalties thereafter. This provision protects our authors in those unusual cases when their books attract attention beyond the library market. The review process for scholarly books is slow, therefore it is important to keep them in print for as long as possible. Mellen promotes review of your book by inviting scholarly journals to request free copies. Most Mellen books eventually receive several reviews.