For Authors

Submission 

Authors submit a publication proposal to the BUP Editorial Committee for appraisal. Completed manuscripts are submitted by the Management Board to the to the Editorial Committee for a decision on whether the manuscript is of appropriate standard to warrant review.

Manuscripts are normally reviewed by at least two reviewers approved by the Board. If the BUP Management Board accepts the manuscript as a BUP publication (on the recommendation of the Editorial Committee) a contract for the publication between the University and the author is then signed which specifies the form of publication; the Deputy Vice-Chancellor is the authorised signature for all BUP agreements. BUP arranges for the manuscript to be edited and formatted for printing and, if decided, as an e-book.

The BUP Styleguide has been drawn up to assist authors and editors in the production of their manuscripts. 

Please note:  No new proposals are being accepted at this time.  (January 2013)

Legal Deposit

Legal deposit is a statutory provision which obliges publishers to deposit copies of their publications in libraries in the country in which they are published. Under the Copyright Act 1968 and various state Acts, a copy of any work published in Australia must be deposited with the National Library of Australia and the appropriate State library.

In addition to the above, two copies of each BUP publication are required to be deposited in the Bond University Library.