Publish Your Book With Us

We are known for our personal relationships with our authors – and have been for over 300 years. We understand that every book brings something different to the table, and we are proud to be able to tailor our approach to each of our authors.

Publishing with De Gruyter Brill means:

• A trustworthy home for your research, rooted in rigorous publishing standards and a multifaceted publishing program.
• Benefitting from the global reach and international access of a publishing house that has been disseminating leading research for over 300 years.
• You can expect expert guidance from subject specialists and individual editorial support along every step of your publishing journey.
• The opportunity to contribute to our world-renowned book series and to be part of a longstanding publishing tradition.

The publication of a book is a journey with many steps. Our expert editorial teams will guide you along every step of the way.

1. Submit a Book Proposal
   You can submit your proposal by contacting the acquisitions editor in your subject area or fill out the submission form.
2. Initial Assessment
   Your editor will assess your proposal and evaluate how it fits into the subject area program. Additionally, an external subject specialist may peer review your proposal and provide feedback.
3. Review Discussion
   You will discuss the peer review feedback with your editor and revise and resubmit your proposal where necessary.
4. Offer and Contract Signing
   After our editorial board approves your proposal, a contract is drawn up and signed by all parties. The contract will include details about the scope of the book project and delivery dates for the manuscript.
5. Manuscript Phase & Peer Review
   Your editor will provide specific stylesheets for your subject and will help you with formatting, image specifications, permissions and other content details as you write and prepare your manuscript. Your editor may also commission an external peer review of your manuscript, which can take 3 to 4 months. Please get in touch with your acquisitions editor if you’re uncertain about any steps of the process.
6. Submit manuscript
   Now you’re ready to submit your final manuscript to your editor, either as an email attachment or through a large file transfer service like WeTransfer.
7. Book Production & Typesetting
   A production editor will take over as your point of contact during the production phase. Your manuscript will go through copy-editing, typesetting, and proofreading.
8. Publication, Distribution & Marketing
   Your book is published – congratulations! Your book will now be available in our online shop at degruyterbrill.com and our sales and marketing teams will make sure your book reaches the right readers.

Publishing your book open access can improve the discoverability of your work by helping you reach more readers, researchers and institutions. Discover our open access services and workflows for book authors.