A manuscript should be typed double spaced on one side only of 8½ x 11 inch pages. The left margin should be at least 1½ inches wide, and all others should be at least 1 inch wide. Each new paragraph should be indented five spaces. Don't set paragraphs in block form. There should be no extra spacing between paragraphs.

A disk should accompany the manuscript (preferably a CD-R, but a zip disk or a 3.5 inch floppy disk will work also). It should be formatted in either Word or Works. Authors using Word 2008 should also send a .txt (text only) version of the document. (If any of these formats are unavailable, please contact the publisher to see if your format is compatible with the publisher's typesetting software system.) The manuscript copy should be printed out from the disk so that both the disk and the manuscript copy are exactly alike.

Each section of the manuscript should be saved as a separate file. For example, the title page, dedication, preface, foreword, introduction, acknowledgments, table of contents, list of figures or tables, individual chapters, glossary, appendix, bibliography, and so on - these should all be saved as separate files on your disk.

Manuscript copy should be clear and dark. Word processors should utilize letter quality or laser printers (old style dot matrix printers are not acceptable although there may be new style dot matrix printers which would be acceptable).

Use double hyphens for breaks between parts of sentences. Use single hyphens for compound words. Don't break any compound words at the end of a line.

Periods and commas are always to be placed inside quotation marks - other marks of punctuation only if they are part of the actual quotation. Indented, in-block quotation should begin with a double quote; quotes within quotes single quote.

Headings should be presented in a consistent style. The following is preferred by the publisher:

1. First place headings are generally reserved for chapter title and are typed in all caps and centered on the page.
2. Second place headings are used for major divisions within a chapter and for heading the reference section at the end of the chapter. They should be typed in all caps, centered.
3. Third place headings are used for chapter divisions of less importance than second place. They should be typed in caps and lower case, centered.
4. Fourth place headings are used for less important divisions and should be typed in caps and lower case, flush left with the margin.
5. Fifth place headings are used for minor subdivisions and should be typed in caps and lower case, underlined, and run into the paragraph. They should have a period or colon at the end.

Footnotes should be typed at the bottom of the respective page where its text reference appears. It should also be indented and set off by a horizontal line above it.

Examples of Typeset Headings (PDF 28k)

Bibliographies (references) should be typed double space. Consistency in bibliographic typing is the important thing. There are many styles. One style by this publisher for books and journals is indicated below. Many authors prefer the style of the American Psychological Association. Consistency in spacing references is very important (spacing after periods is not always preferred but, if so, should be consistent). Book titles and journal titles (including the volume number) should be in italics.

Bibliographic references should always appear at the end of the article. The following style may be used, although the most important consideration is to make certain that a consistency is maintained throughout.

BOOK REFERENCE

Jones, E. W., Smith, C. H., & Brown, A. K. (1999). Lung Surgery. Springfield, Thomas, p. 4.

JOURNAL REFERENCE

Jones, E. W., Smith, C. H., & Brown, A. K. (1999). Aspiration of the lung. JAMA, 22:143.

Pages should be numbered consecutively in the upper right-hand corner, and pages should be checked to be certain that the text reads correctly from one page to the next.

There should be no handwritten material on pages. If additions or changes are necessary in the text, such pages should be re-typed.

Tables should appear on the disk as well as the manuscript printout. Number tables in Roman. Table format should be kept as consistent as possible from one table to another. Tabular column headings generally appear in italic and should be underlined in the table.

Tabular material should be typed in a form similar to the following:

Figure numbers should be referenced and numbered in Arabic. Illustrations should not be mounted. Line illustrations may be submitted in a larger size than expected for reproduction, but should fit within a 5 x 8 inch area as reproduced and/or reduced. When submitting original illustrations, note the back as to the "top" and the author's last name and the figure number. Photographic illustrations should be submitted as glossy prints in black and white. (Color cannot be used without permission from the publisher.) Glossy prints may conveniently be prepared in a 5 x 7 inch size.

Illustrations should be scanned onto a disk (preferably a CD-R, but a zip disk or a 3.5 inch floppy disk will work as well) and saved in a .tiff format. The illustrations should also be included in the manuscript as to where each should appear in relation to the text. There should be a text reference to illustrations (e.g. "see Figure 1"). Place the illustration(s) at the end of the paragraph where each respective figure is first mentioned in the text. When scanning, use a 300dpi format for halftone illustrations, such as photographs, and a 600dpi format for line illustrations. Illustrations from magazines or books, which have a dot pattern or screening in them, should be descreened during the scanning process. This will prevent a moire' or crosshatching effect from developing in the illustrations when the book is printed. Original illustrations should accompany the illustrations disk, if available, in case any illustrations need to be rescanned. These could be placed in separate folders at the end of the manuscript.

Line illustrations should be submitted in a camera-ready format. All captions on illustrations should be sharp with good contrast and error free. Computer graphics processes of producing illustrations can be most suitable and printed on bond paper.

Descriptive legends to illustrations should be typed double spaced on one side of 8½ x 11 inch sheets and remain separate from the manuscript. They should be identified by the same figure number as for the illustrations. The legends should also appear on the disk, as well as the manuscript printout, and placed where they should appear in relation to each illustration - that is, either above or below the illustration.

Permissions in writing for the use of materials from other publications should be forwarded with the manuscript materials and be included in a separate folder at the end of the manuscript. It is necessary for chapter authors to be responsible for securing permissions of materials which are to be used. Any stipulated fees for the use of such materials should be paid for by the author/contributor. Acknowledgment to other sources may be made in a footnote at the bottom of the chapter-opening page (for entire chapters) or in a footnote at the bottom of the respective page where the material appears in the book, in endnotes at the end of the chapter, or at the end of figure captions (for illustrations) or as footnotes to tables (for tables). Credit may also be given in an Acknowledgments section where appropriate.

In addition to the above guidelines, the following references are useful:

• The Chicago Manual of Style
• Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary
• Dorland's Medical Dictionary
• Publication Manual of the APA
• Index Medicus

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