RSC Books Blog

This is part of a series of blogs explaining more about book publishing at the Royal Society of Chemistry.

It’s printed and ready to go, but how do people find out about it?

The Books team at The Royal Society of Chemistry will do as much as we can to raise the awareness of your new book. However, the most successful books are those whose Editors and Authors also actively promote their own work. Here are a few ideas on things you can do to help promote your title.

1. Wikipedia

It’s commonly the go-to resource during initial research. Finding a relevant article and editing it to include some of your content, adding your book title as a reference, will help create exposure. You can log in or register here. As a publisher, we are not allowed to post to Wikipedia.

2. Social Media

Promotion through social media platforms will help spread the word. These can include:

• Twitter
• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• Blogs
• Your website (eg Recently Published Works)
• YouTube interviews
• Amazon Author Central.

Add a link to the RSC Online Bookshop in your post and let us know if you would like a copy of the books’ cover image to use.

3. Tell your Librarian

Our experience tells us that institutions are keen to acquire copies of work done by their faculty and students.

Librarians will also publicise the work through their own networks and social media channels.

4. Inform your Communications Office

Send a short description, including a link to your title on the RSC Online Bookshop, to your Communications or Media Relations Office so they can increase awareness.

5. Use your Contacts

Tell your colleagues about the book or provide us with a list so we can contact them on your behalf. Let all contributors know the book is published so they can also publicise it.

6. Book Reviews

Ask colleagues to review your book on websites such as Amazon, or recommend reviewers for us to contact.

7. Conferences and Symposiums

If you plan to attend a conference, if you’re speaking, or if you can obtain the list of delegates, please advise us. Perhaps you could include a picture of your book cover in your talk or display fliers?

Just published in the RSC Drug Discovery Book Series:

Click on each of the titles to view more details.

Ion Channel Drug Discovery Edited by Brian Cox and Martin Gosling

A rapidly growing field, this book covers the recent advances in screening technology, ion channel structure and modelling, with up-to-date case histories.

Orphan Drugs and Rare Diseases Edited by David C Pryde and Michael Palmer

This book provides an up-to-date monograph on the drug discovery and regulatory elements of therapeutics used to treat rare or “orphan” diseases.

Look out for these titles coming soon in the Drug Discovery Series…

Macrocycles in Drug Discovery edited by Jeremy Levin

Macrocycles in Drug Discovery will review macrocycles in drug discovery and will be of interest to biochemists, pharmaceutical scientists and medicinal chemists working in industry or academia.

Human-based Systems for Translational Research edited by Robert Coleman

This book will provide a detailed history and discussion of the use of human tissues as an alternative to animal-based testing for assessing the efficacy and safety of new medicines.

You can now keep up-to-date with the latest books published from the Royal Society of Chemistry by signing up for our eBook Table of Content Email Alerts.

Receive the Table of Contents for every new eBook published including the direct links to the chapters – all visitors have free full access to the table of contents, preface, front matter and first chapter of every eBook with their personal RSC Publishing Account.

Sign up today by selecting RSC eBook Collection in the Book Alerts section on the Email Alerts Service Form.

Can’t wait to find out what we’re publishing?

If you want to find out in advance about our new book releases sign up to our Advance Book Information (ABI) Email Alert. You’ll receive news of all the books being published 6 months ahead of their planned publication date.

Sign up by ticking Advanced Book Information in the Book Alerts section on the Email Alerts Service Form.

Don’t forget you can also keep up to date about our new books by following  @RSC_Books on Twitter or via the RSC Books Facebook Page.

Just published in the RSC Green Chemistry Book Series:

Click on each of the titles to view more details.

Renewable Resources for Biorefineries edited by Carol Lin and Rafael Luque

An ideal book for upper level undergraduate and postgraduate students taking modules on Renewable resources, green chemistry, sustainable development, environmental science, agricultural science and environmental technology.

From C-H to C-C Bonds: Cross-Dehydrogenative-Coupling edited by Chao-Jun Li

This book examines the first ten years of this rapidly-expanding field, providing the reader with the knowledge to develop new syntheses in keeping with the principles of Green Chemistry.

Look out for these titles coming soon in the RSC Green Chemistry Series:

Transition Metal Catalysis in Aerobic Alcohol Oxidation edited by Francesca Cardona and Camilla Parmeggiani

This book deals with the search for environmentally benign procedures for the oxidation of alcohols and gives an overview of their transition-metal-catalyzed aerobic oxidation.

Green Materials from Plant Oils edited by Zengshe Liu and George Kraus

This is part of a series of blogs explaining more about book publishing at the Royal Society of Chemistry.

A final checklist

When submitting your typescript to the Editor (for Edited books), or the Royal Society of Chemistry (for Authored books), it needs to be in a form ready for publication in terms of content and wording.

There are several criteria we check upon receipt of the compiled manuscript, and meeting these at the time of submission helps to speed up the production process. We also provide a chapter submission checklist to help ensure everything is delivered in the correct format.

Criteria

1. Chapter text is double-spaced and supplied in Microsoft Word.

2. All chapter documentation is supplied electronically.

3. 50 – 200 word abstract for each chapter in a separate Microsoft Word document.

4. Title page (chapter title, author list, address and email address for the corresponding author).

• Contact details not to be printed (eg private addresses) must be clearly indicated.

5. Table of contents.

6. The level of each heading (eg main headings, sub-heading etc.) is indicated in the text using Arabic numerals. 

7. References are listed in the required format.

• Download the Endnote style file to help format references.

8. All figures, tables and captions are supplied as separate files and referenced in the text.

9. All equations are supplied as Mathtype files.

10. All equations, figures, tables etc. are numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals.

11. Completed Copyright Permission Forms for photographs, figures and other artwork, as well as textual material that requires permission.

For further information regarding house style, please refer to our Chapter Instructions.

More detailed guidelines for Edited and Authored books can also be downloaded from our website.