Information for the Authors

 

  • Please send only original, unpublished manuscripts. 
  • To submit an article and to obtain access - login and password, send an e-mail to the editorial office at bookhistory@uw.edu.pl
  • Texts should not exceed 40 thousand of characters (1 publisher’s sweet), including attachments, illustrations, and abstract.
  • The Editorial Board reserves the right to shorten or modify articles, after consultation with the author.
  • In case of multi-authors texts, names of all the authors should be listed, together with their affiliations, and determination of their contribution (in %) (the ghostwritingand guest authorship firewall) – Author's affiliation.
  • Detailed guidelines on editing and Sperling – see: Instructions for the Authors.
  • The authors of texts published in “Original Articles” or “Materials” sections receive one free copies. The Editorial Board does not offer any remuneration.
  • Non-commissioned materials will not be returned.
  • Liability arising from the copyright and publishing rights is on the author’s side.
  • Sending the article is tantamount to an author’s declaration of his/her copyright to the text, that the text is free from legal defects, that it has neither been published previously in whole or in part, nor submitted to another journal. It is also tantamount to author’s consent for publishing a text in the „Studies into the History of the Book and Book Collections”, as well as its distribution with neither time nor territory limits, including marketing authorisation, as well as free or remitted provision in the Internet.
  • After initial acceptance by the Editors, scientific articles are sent for review in accordance with the principles of double-blind peer review. After receiving the review, the Editors decides to accept the article for printing and informs the Author(s). See review policy.
  • The journal published in the formula Open Access, non-exclusive license under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
  • The journal is owned by the University of Warsaw.