Publish With Us
At Learning Sciences International, our mission is simple: we help educators fulfill their mission. Our books, quick reference guides, and other publications give teachers and administrators the knowledge, strategies, and tools they crave to re-envision and achieve student success.
If you share our passion for putting people first, for growing powerful, effective teachers and leaders . . .
If you share our conviction that research shines a light, but practice draws the map . . .
If you share our obsession with ensuring deep implementation and sustainable results . . .
. . . we want to hear from you!
Please explore our existing publications, study our review criteria, and follow our guidelines before submitting your manuscript or proposal.
LSI is committed to diversity and proud to publish works by the most respected names in education as well as the brightest new talent. We’re always looking for new titles to add to our award-winning library of professional development resources.
What We’re Looking For
When evaluating your manuscript or proposal, the Acquisitions Team looks for:
- Author credentials: Firsthand experience as an educator or researcher; existing publications (books, articles, online posts); and national visibility through speaking engagements, online presence and/or conference presentations
- Research basis: Emphasis on current research (within the last 5 years), inclusive of relevant major trends, theories, and works, and presented for a K–12 practitioner audience
- Practicality: Clear, concise content broken down into useful chunks; a problem/solution approach that provides action-oriented applications for the classroom, school, or district
- Well-written text: Active, engaging voice, tailored to teacher or administrator audience as content demands, well-structured and thoughtfully organized
- Marketability: New, unique content or presentation, and a sizeable potential audience/target market
Book Proposal Guidelines
Your proposal should include all of the following items:
- Cover letter with contact information
- Current resume (including reference to published works) or professional vita for each contributing author
- Annotated table of contents with one paragraph describing each chapter
- One sample chapter (or two if your selection includes the introduction); if you already have a complete manuscript, please send that instead.
- Brief, formal narrative (5–10 pages) with sections labeled as follows. Please answer each question.
Download a PDF of the guidelines here.
Please submit files in Microsoft Word or as PDFs. Text should be double-spaced and 12-point Times New Roman. Include the author’s last name and manuscript page number in each footer. Please put “Book Proposal:” and your last name in the subject line. Double-blind external reviews may be conducted; allow 4–8 weeks for a response.
1. What is your proposed title?
2. Is the manuscript complete? If not, when do you expect it to be?
3. What do you estimate will be the final word count?
4. How soon must the book be published to be timely?
5. How soon will the content become dated? Will there be a need to do regular updates? Why? How often?
6. What other publishers have you sent it to?
7. What is the overall purpose of the book? What will it help K–12 educators do, improve, understand, or implement?
8. Why is a new book on this topic needed? What new contribution does this book make?
9. Who is your book’s main audience? Is there a secondary audience?
10. How will the book benefit the target audience and the secondary audience? In other words, why would they want/need to read the book? Be specific.
11. What strategies and solutions does it offer? Does your content have a classroom-level, building-level, or system-level focus? Does it address teams, individuals, or both?
12. What is the research foundation? Will your book include case studies, vignettes, sample classroom materials, checklists, templates, or other tools or narratives in addition to the research?
13. If applicable, please explain your plans to include figures, tables, graphics, photographs, etc.
14. Will your book contain any supplementary content such as activities, study guides, resource lists, or other content that could be posted online? Please describe any extras and explain its value to your audience or to the practicality or marketability of the book.
15. Is your book or the implementation plan it recommends a match for district, state, or federal funding initiatives or grant opportunities? Please list if so.
16. What professional associations might be interested in your book? If you have a relationship with any such association, please note that.
17. Would your book appeal to the college market? If so, please note the title or subject of a typical higher education course for which your book might be an appropriate text.
18. What are your credentials or expertise in the proposed topic? What do you bring to the contents that others may not?
19. In the past 24 months, at what conferences/workshops and other venues have you spoken/presented? How large are your audiences?
20. Do you provide training in the material covered by the book? Please provide recent examples.
21. Provide details about the frequency and following of your professional social media activities (include information about how you use Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, your professional website, etc.).
22. Are there any competing titles or related works in the marketplace? Please list up to three books (include author, title, publisher, price). Describe each and describe how your book would be different or better. Consider issues such as depth or range of topic, organization, practical solutions for implementation, examples, tone, and so on.
23. Give the names of other prominent individuals/thought leaders who might endorse your work and/or provide a foreword to the book. Do you know these individuals personally or professionally?
