Harbor House Law Press publishes books, monographs, digital publications, and CD-ROMS about special education legal and advocacy issues.

Publisher Services: Fact Sheet

Our mission is to publish special education legal and advocacy information for parents, advocates, educators, and attorneys.

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• Edit manuscripts
• Book design (page layout, illustrations)

• Design four-color cover

• Proofreading

• Solicit peer reviews

• Indexing

• Foreword by expert in the field

• Print galleys (for proofreading, peer reviews, pre-publication reviews)

• File copyright forms

• Complete mechanical and legal requirements
  
  

  ABI: Advance Book Information Forms

  EAN Bar Code: Code printed on product, designed to be machine readable, includes price, ISBN, etc. Required for books sold in bookstores. CIP (Cataloguing-in-Publication): cataloging record prepared to standards of Library of Congress; important for books sold to libraries.

  ISBN (International Standard Book Number): unique number for each edition and binding of a title. Required for books sold through bookstores. LCCN (Library of Congress Control Number): unique number assigned to a cataloging record by the Library of Congress.

• Send requests for quotations from printers; select printer

• Send electronic files, laser copies of book to printer

• Proof bluelines

• Set official publication date (at least four months after book returned from printer)

• Prepare news release

• Send pre-publication offer to customers, newsletter subscribers

• Send galleys or advance copies to selected reviewers

• Design and print brochure

• Send review packages (i.e., cover letter, copy of book, brochure, review request, sample review/news release, review/testimonial sheet, photograph)

• Send book announcement to wholesalers

• Send examination/desk copies to college & university teachers

• Promote conference sales

• Order processing: phone, mail, sales through Internet; bulk sales and discounts; retail and college bookstores

• Order fulfillment: storage, packing, shipping

• Inventory and storage

• Audio-tapes

• CD-ROMS

• E-books and/or digital products

• Develop pricing, discounts, terms, and returns policies

• Generate receipts, invoices, billing statements

• Collect sales tax

• Pay royalties