Lund Humphries Authors' Page
Welcome to our Authors’ Page, where we hope that new and
prospective Lund Humphries authors will be able to find all the
information needed to guide them through the publication process,
from proposal to finished copy and beyond.
New proposals
We welcome new proposals from writers, artists, galleries and
museums for books which fall within our core areas of specialism
(see About Lund Humphries). New
proposals should be sent or emailed to our Commissioning Editor,
Lucy Clark, following
the Lund Humphries
Proposal Guidelines.
Some of the questions we ask when we receive a proposal for a
new book are:
- Does it make an original contribution to the field? The books
we publish are generally on topics which have not been well covered
by existing publications, or which offer a new or more
comprehensive approach to a subject. We may send a proposal to an
external referee for an assessment of its originality.
- How will we sell the book? We need to be clear about the market
for your book and how we will reach it. Lund Humphries books are
aimed at specialists, professionals and academics within the Fine
and Applied arts. We also have the ability to reach a more general
audience through our distribution to bookshops
internationally.
- Can we publish the book economically? Art books are expensive
to produce and an art book on a specialist subject may have a
limited market. Every book proposal is costed in detail prior to
contract. In some cases we are only able to proceed with a proposal
if there is a subsidy to reduce costs, or a special bulk sale of
copies to a gallery or other institution.
Please feel free to contact Lucy Clark if you have any
questions about your proposal.
Preparation of text and illustrations
Once your book is under contract with Lund Humphries, you will
need to refer to our Author Guidelines,
Image Guidelines and
Legal Guidelines
in the preparation of your text and illustrations. Please contact
our Head of Editorial and Production, Sarah Thorowgood, if you
have any questions about the preparation of the material for your
book.
The editorial and production process
Once your book is delivered to us and is ready to start its
journey through the editorial and production process, it will be
placed in the hands of our Editorial and Production team, who will
manage its progress closely through to publication, keeping you
informed at every stage. We encourage you to get involved at every
stage so that this is a truly collaborative process.
For more detail on the various stages of the editorial and
production process, see How we Work.
Marketing your book
As soon as your book has been handed over to production, we
encourage you to start thinking about its marketing by completing
our Marketing
Questionnaire. The accompanying Guide to
Lund Humphries International Sales and Marketing should answer
all your questions about how our books are marketed worldwide.
Meet the Lund Humphries team
The Lund Humphries team is based in our London office in
Clerkenwell, EC1 (see How to Find
Us):
Lucy Myers -
Managing Director
Lucy Clark -
Commissioning Editor
Emma Lilley -
Editorial Consultant (freelance)
Sarah
Thorowgood - Head of Editorial and Production
Lucie Ewin -
Project Manager
Alex Batten -
Print Buyer (freelance)
Anna von
Hahn - Senior Marketing and Publicity Manager
Celia Dunne -
Publishing Assistant