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Guidelines for Authors

The Book

Give a brief description in one or two paragraphs, including its uniqueness.
Prepare an outline or table of contents. This gives us an idea of how the material fits together.
What are the outstanding features of your work? This will guide us in understanding your motivation for writing.
What additional supporting documents will you require for your work? For instance, do you require photographs, maps, glossaries, references etc.? Will you provide some of these requirements or you will solely depend on us, the publisher?
Do you know of any similar works that that have been published? If yes, how does your proposed book compare and contrast with already existing works ?

Target Markets

Who is your core market? Is it a pre-primary school textbook/reader, primary school textbook/reader, secondary school textbook/reader, tertiary/university? textbook/reader/reference book, general book on travel, leisure, humour, cookery, environment, creative writing fact/fiction, etc
What is the best distribution channel for your book? School/university/general library, bookshops, giftshops, etc.

Work Status

What percentage of the book have you written so far?
Do you have a working plan outlining when you will have finished the whole manuscript?
Can you estimate the size of the book upon completion, including illustrations (if any)?

Sample Chapters

Kindly send us a few chapters that you have written for us to assess the content and your writing style so as to know how much editorial intervention would be required in case the your work is accepted.

Author's Background

Kindly include your current CV or brief biography of your writing, teaching, and/or educational background and experience. Please also include your current photograph. List any books that you have published and any other relevant information that qualifies you to write this book.

Feedback

Allow a minimum of 12 weeks for the manuscript evaluation and review process. We will contact you as soon as we have thoroughly examined your manuscript.

Thank you for your interest in East African Educational Publishers Ltd.

ONDUKO Bw'ATEBE

“It was almost Christmas and I was suddenly jobless. A 35-year-old father of two, just starting life. And jobless.

I was at sea in a sail-less dhow. Then a lazy thought wormed in my mind. I was going to be a writer…

But what do I write about? I asked myself, immediately finding myself in a quandary once more.

I sat down to deeply ponder on what to write about. A blank page is always scaring, and what a relief it was when I finally penned down the first line.

The two vehicles sped down the flat stretch, the engines wailing, and tyres whining on the hot tarmac…

I watched with amazement as the first sentence turned into a paragraph, and then into a chapter, upon another, until finally there was the last full stop.

The manuscript of The Verdict of Death had finally come to be! I had become an author! My excitement knew no bounds!

Then came the hard part: looking for a publisher. Armed with my three hundred or so pages of handwritten script, neatly stashed away in a manila document folder, I breezed from publishing house to another, my hopes high, feeling on top of the world, only to be brought crashing back to earth at the reception desk. Becoming a published author was fast becoming a huge boulder I had to push uphill. But I was determined to make it.

On the verge of despair, I walked into the EAEP offices where I was ushered into the publishing manager's office. “How are you, sir,” I was greeted respectfully. I had just trekked over 10 kilometres, from Komarock estate. My shoes were dusty. I could smell my own sweat. I just couldn't pass for “sir”. I looked at the publishing manager, searching for any sign of mischief. There was none. The countenance was genuinely respectful. I felt tears sting my eyes. And, right there and then, I knew I had found my publisher. I beamed a smile and responded: “I am fine, thank you.”


		East African Educational Publishers Ltd.


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