The MIT Press Guidelines for Contributors to Edited Volumes (modified slightly by Srinivasan) The Elements of a Manuscript Each of the following should be treated as a separate element: 1. The body of the text of your chapter: Please do not include a table of contents or an abstract for your chapter. 2. Please avoid the use of footnotes or endnotes. If they are absolutely necessary, contact the editor in charge of your chapter. When there is no other choice, notes must be gathered into a separate manuscript. Notes should be numbered consecutively within each chapter using superscripts for in-text references and on-line numbers (not superscripts) for the endnotes. In the manuscript, please do not place the notes at the bottom of the page. Style them consistently according the Chicago Manual or an established journal in your field. Avoid using the automatic note-numbering feature of your word processor; notes so prepared may be lost in the conversion to typesetting. 3. References must be complete, accurate, and styled consistently. For references appearing in authored books: Author last name, initials of first name. Date of Publication. Title of Book (italicized). City of publisher: Publisher. Example: Durlach, N. I., and A. S. Mavor. 1995. Virtual Reality: Scientific and Technological Challenges. Washington: National Academy Press. For references appearing in edited volumes: Author last name, initials of first name. Date of Publication. Title of chapter. In Title of Book (italicized), ed. Initials of editor's first name, editor's last name, page numbers of chapter. City of publisher: Publisher Example: Smith, J. H., H. J. Lewellen, and S. Chang. 1999. Dimensions in Sensory Communication. In Human and Machine Haptics, pp. 204-215. Cambridge: The MIT Press. For references appearing in journals: Author last name, initials of first name. Date of Publication. Title of paper. Title of Journal (italicized) Volume number, issue number (if any): page numbers. Example: Weber, E. H. 1998. Haptic communication beyond the grave. Journal of Human and Machine Haptics 7, no. 3:10-17. 4. Figures must be camera-ready, that is, first copies of professionally prepared drawings or glossy photographic prints. Photocopies are not acceptable as camera-ready art, nor are previously screened halftones. Provide instructions for cropping and orientation where necessary. For preparation of line illustrations, please refer to the instructions for preparing art that accompany these guidelines. Double-number the figures using chapter and figure numbers, and cite figures in the text using these numbers. If there is no text reference to a figure, indicate in the margin the approximate location. 5. Figure captions. Create a separate double-spaced list of figure captions, including any necessary credit information. Double-number the figures using chapter and figure number (for example, figure 1.1, figure 1.2, etc.). Do not attach the caption to the artwork. Please keep the length of all captions to a minimum. 6. Tables. Gather all tables into a separate manuscript. Double-number tables using chapter and table number (for example, table 1.1, table 1.2, etc.). Typing the Manuscript All elements of the manuscript must be typed and double-spaced; this includes the text, notes, references, block quotations, figure legends, tables, and displays. Please be certain that you use the setting on your word processor for true double-spacing, that is, at least 24 points of leading, and not one-and-a-half spacing, which does not provide sufficient room for editing.) Type on only one side of the page. The manuscript must have letter-quality (not dot-matrix) type. Use a type size of at least 12 point. If you are working on a word processor (MS Word 6.0 or higher preferred), we prefer a monospaced font (such as Courier) to a proportionally spaced font (such as Times Roman). All pages should have margins of at least 1 1/2 inches on all four sides to allow room for the editor's and designer's markings. Unless you are preparing camera-ready copy, you should not format your manuscript as if it were a book; our design department will be responsible for establishing the format for your book. Do not justify the margins or use your word processor's hyphenation feature. Do not attempt to design you manuscript; keep the formatting as simple as possible and avoid using multiple fonts, multiple sizes of type, and boldface, employing italics only where absolutely necessary for emphasis or foreign terms. Do not use l (ell) for 1 (one) or O (oh) for 0 (zero). Use only one space after periods and colons. Always use a tab, not the spacebar, for paragraph indents. Use the indent function, not tabs, for setting off block quotations. Do not indent the first paragraph after a subheading. All type should be in upper and lower case (except for acronyms, do not use all capital letters, even for headings). Be consistent in your treatment of any particular design element. Always allow the word-wrap function to operate; do not place hard returns at the end of a line except to end paragraphs, headings, or items in lists. Do not create running heads. Number the manuscript consecutively beginning with first page of the text proper, using arabic numbers. Number the frontmatter separately, using lowercase roman numerals. Place all page numbers in the upper right-hand corner. Headings. Try to use no more than three levels of subheads. Type each heading using upper- and lowercase letters. Differentiate each level of head in the manuscript (e.g., center level 1 heads, flush left level 2 heads, run in level 3 heads). Do not place note superscript numbers or asterisks in headings. Quotations. Use block quotations for any quoted material exceeding 10 lines or any quotations containing multiple paragraphs. Double-space all block quotations, leaving an extra line of space above and below the quoted matter. Do not place quotation marks around the extract. Use three ellipsis points to indicate deletions from within a sentence, four to indicate a deletion from the end of a sentence; the first ellipsis point represents the period and should be typed tight against the last word. ***************************************************************** Reprints If your chapter has previously been published, you can submit it either retyped or as a photocopy. If it is retyped, it must be prepared according to the above instructions for manuscript preparation. Photocopies must be first-generation copies and must be legible, with no text lost in the binding or off the edges of the page. They must be copied vertically, one page of original per copy page. Renumber the figures according to the chapter numbering scheme of your manuscript. For photocopies only, you may leave notes at the bottoms of the page. You still must submit a separate list of figure legends. Keep hand-printed corrections and insertions to a minimum. Type lengthy additions on a separate page and label it carefully both on the added page and at the place of insertion in the manuscript. Submitting the Manuscript Send your volume editor the original and one photocopy of your chapter, including the original and one photocopy of each figure. All elements of the manuscript must be complete at the time your volume editor submits the manuscript to the press; we cannot begin editing unless all elements are present. Once your volume editor has received your manuscript we will consider it to be final. Please do not send revised materials after this time. The MIT Press Guidelines for Figure Preparation One of the most important factors in getting the manuscript to the typesetter without delay is the quality of the artwork. When preparing your figures (or supervising their preparation), please keep in mind the following points. Number the figures separately by chapter; write the figure number lightly in pencil on the back of each figure. Submit a complete set of original illustrations and a complete set of photocopies in separate folders. If you are submitting artwork in electronic form, please also provide hard copy run off from the final version of the disk (high-resolution printout). Do not submit color art unless previously arranged. Do not put the manuscript and figures on the same disk. On the figure disk(s), write your last name, the title of your book, and the name and version of the graphics program with which the art was drafted. Do not include multiple copies of the same figure. Aim for relative simplicity; avoid three-dimensional bar graphs and pie charts, and do not use many different sizes and varieties of type in one figure. Dimensions. It is best to provide figures at 100% of final size (including all labels). Figures should not exceed 26 picas (width) and 40 picas (depth). Figures should be vertical; avoid broadsides (stack figures that form a series rather than presenting them horizontally). Line Weights. Ideally, rules should be 1/2 to 1 point; avoid hairlines. To differentiate multiple lines on a graph, use dotted or broken lines of the same weight; add lines of heavier weight if necessary, up to a maximum of 2 points. Labels. Always use a sans-serif font such as Helvetica or Univers for any labels within your figures, in 8-point type. This provides a better contrast to text, which is usually set in a serif font. The most common problem with author-supplied art is a large figure with very small type; when the figure is reduced to fit the book page, the type is too small to read. If the type is proportional to the figure, we can reduce or enlarge it without complications. The figure below illustrates the final size of a figure in a typical 6 x 9-inch book. Capitalize only the first letter and proper nouns in labels (e.g., "Total foreign investment," not "Total Foreign Investment" or "TOTAL FOREIGN INVESTMENT"). Be judicious in the use of italics (e.g., for math variables), bold letters, and all caps. Aim for consistency in the treatment of terms within and among figures. If the various parts of a multipart figure are referred to in text or in the caption, make sure that the figure includes these distinguishing labels (e.g., "a" or "b"). Finally, labels should not interfere with lines and screens. Screens. Shading, accomplished using black-and-white dot patterns or cross-hatching, should be used only when required by the complex content of a figure; screen patterns should not be used as a decorative device. When working with percentage screenfills on the computer, allow at least 10 percent between fills that must contrast with one another; a fill of 20 percent will be almost indistinguishable from one of 25 percent. A 90 percent screenfill might print as black. A desirable visual hierarchy would be: white, black, dot pattern, cross-hatching. Do not cover labels with a screen pattern, for they will be illegible when printed.