Book Submission Guidelines

Step 1E-Book Submission

Submit your e-Book/content by emailing it as an attachment to the Editorial Office (info@inktidepublisher.com).

Please note that all submissions should be accompanied by a covering letter that must state the following:

1. The submitted e-Book/content is original and novel.
2. The same e-Book/content has not previously been submitted to InkTide.
3. Include the updated contact information for the corresponding author (postal address, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail address).

Step 2Plagiarism Detection

All e-Books submitted to InkTide are submitted to a plagiarism check before being sent for peer review.

Plagiarism, i.e., any unacknowledged copying or attempt(s) to misattribute the original authorship, whether of text, ideas, or results. The United States Office of Research Integrity defines plagiarism as,

“theft or misappropriation of intellectual property and the substantial unattributed textual copying of another’s work”.

Plagiarism can be said to have occurred in the following cases:

• Large chunks of text have been included in the manuscript without appropriate and unambiguous citation.
• “Text recycling” or reuse of sections of text from a previous research publication (self-plagiarism).

Duplicate publication refers to a case when an author reuses substantial sections of his/her own published work without providing appropriate references. Duplicate publication can range from publishing identical content, to adding additional data to a previously published book.

InkTide assesses all such instances on a case-by-case basis.

Step 3E-Book Preparation

Before you submit, make sure your e-book is complete and final. Having everything ready in advance helps your manuscript move through plagiarism detection and peer review without avoidable delays.

What to Have Ready

• Complete manuscriptEvery chapter, complete and in its final order, formatted as set out in Steps 4 to 6.
• Covering letterStating that the e-book is original and novel and has not been submitted to InkTide before, with the corresponding author's contact details.
• Author detailsComplete names and affiliations of all authors in the correct sequence, with the corresponding author identified.
• Final titlesThe book title and chapter titles confirmed as final before you submit.
• ReferencesA complete reference list, numbered in the order the sources are cited in the text.
• Tables and figuresTables in an editable format, and high-resolution figures with self-explanatory legends.

Before You Send It

• Proofread the full manuscript for spelling, grammar and consistent terminology.
• Check that every citation in the text has a matching entry in the reference list.
• Make sure any borrowed text, ideas or results are properly cited, as every submission goes through a plagiarism check.
• Remove tracked changes and comments from the final file.

Step 4Page Layout

In order to reduce delays in publication, authors should ensure that the length and format of the chapters conform to the guidelines specified by InkTide requirements at the time of submission failing which the books/chapters would be rejected without review (and at each revision stage).

1. 1Margins: Normal
2. 2Orientation: Portrait
3. 3Size: A4
4. 4Columns: One
5. 5Individual words should have a single space in between
6. 6Font: Calibri with size 9
7. 7Paragraph:
   1. Alignment: Justified
   2. Outline level: Body text
   3. Line and paragraph spacing
8. 8Each new paragraph should be clearly indicated
9. 9Tables, Figures, and Figure Legends should be placed at the end of the manuscript

Step 5E-Book Chapter Preparation

Divide your chapters into sections and sub-sections. Subsections should not be numbered 1.1 or 1.2, etc. Please do not number the abstract. Individual subsections must be provided a brief heading. Each heading should appear on a separate line.

Step 6Tables, Figures & Equations