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