At Cognella, we pride ourselves on helping authors through every step of the publishing process. We provide signed authors with quick guides, webinars, editorial assistance, access to pre-cleared, low-cost content, and more.
Immediately after signing with Cognella, you’ll receive:
- The Cognella Start-up Kit
- Anthology authors—Quick Guide to Building an Anthology
- Original manuscript authors—Authorship Made Easy: The Cognella Guide to Writing a Textbook
Resources you’ll find helpful while developing your manuscript:
Guides
- Citations*
- Selecting Readings*
- Selecting Images*
- Formatting Your Manuscript*
- Creating Instructor Resources
- Submitting Materials
- Prelaunch Marketing
* These guides feature a companion webinar that can be viewed live or as a recording following the presentation date.
Webinars
- Using a Permissions Log to List Text Excerpts and Readings
- Citing Work in an Academic Textbook
- Creating a Figure Program
- Formatting and Submitting Your Manuscript
Editorial Support
- Initial feedback on a sample chapter followed by:
- Further consultation with your project editor, and in some cases, your discipline specialist signing editor
- Ongoing project support as needed or requested, which may include setting up a writing plan, sharing pedagogical content examples, and providing you with a model chapter structure
- Editor Toolkits, helpful writing guides on specific topics, including:
- Introductions, Prefaces, and Forewords
- Crafting a Table of Contents
- Chapter Introductions
- Learning Objectives and Outcomes
- Key Terms and Concepts
- Incorporating Questions into a Textbook
- Using Vignettes, Case Scenarios, and Case Studies
- Helping Co-authors Write with a Unified Voice
- Paraphrasing Successfully
- And more!
Content resources
- Reference consultations with one of our digital librarians
- Curated lists of suggested readings
- Access to the Cognella Digital Library and all of our publisher partner content