Why publish with us

At Episteme Publishing, we know how much your research matters — to you, to your students, and to the wider academic community. Here’s why authors choose to publish their books with us:

✅ Rigorous Peer Review
Your work is carefully evaluated through a transparent, high-quality peer-review process by experts in your field, ensuring academic credibility and trust.

✅ Global Open Access Reach
We publish under internationally recognized Creative Commons licenses, making your book freely available to readers worldwide — maximizing citations, impact, and knowledge sharing.

✅ Ethical and Transparent Practices
Our publishing ethics are clear, fair, and mission-driven. We are committed to academic integrity, author rights, and sustainable open-access models.

✅ Professional Editorial Support
From your initial proposal through peer review, editing, design, and publication, our experienced editorial team is with you at every step to ensure your book meets the highest standards.

✅ Discoverability & Indexing
Your book will receive an ISBN, and will be listed in major discovery services and academic indexes so that librarians, faculty, and students around the world can find it easily.

✅ Print-On-Demand Options
While open-access is our core mission, we also offer affordable, high-quality print-on-demand editions for libraries, classroom use, and readers who prefer physical books.

✅ Empowering Research Equity
Publishing with us helps remove barriers to knowledge and supports a global scholarly ecosystem in which everyone can learn, teach, and build on your work.

✅ Partnership Opportunities
We collaborate with universities, libraries, and research institutes, creating opportunities for co-branded series, institutional sponsorships, and funding models that reduce the cost burden on authors.

Author Guidelines

Welcome to Our Authors

We are committed to publishing high-quality, peer-reviewed academic books that are freely available to the world under an open-access license. To maintain excellence and ethical standards, please carefully review the following guidelines before submitting your book proposal.

Scope of Publications

We accept proposals and manuscripts in the following areas:

✅ Humanities & Literature
✅ Social Sciences
✅ Management & Business Studies
✅ Science & Engineering
✅ Interdisciplinary and emerging topics

If you are uncertain whether your book fits our scope, please contact us at [email/contact info].

Proposal Requirements

Your book proposal should include:

Working title
Author(s) name, affiliation, and contact details
Short biography of each author
Brief book description (500–800 words)
Table of contents
1–2 sample chapters (if available)
Intended audience and market
Competing titles (if known)
Proposed timeline for manuscript completion

👉 Please submit proposals in MS Word or PDF format.

Manuscript Preparation

✅ Language: English (or specify Indian languages if you will accept them)
✅ Format: DOC/DOCX preferred
✅ Referencing: APA / MLA / IEEE / Chicago (depending on subject — specify here)
✅ Images/figures: high resolution (minimum 300 dpi), with copyright permissions if applicable
✅ Tables and charts: provide editable source files (Excel or similar)
✅ Consistency in headings, numbering, citations, and style

👉 We will provide an author template on acceptance to help you format the full manuscript.

Peer Review Process

All submitted proposals undergo initial editorial screening. If approved, the manuscript is then sent for double-blind peer review by academic experts in the relevant field. Authors may be required to revise their manuscripts based on reviewer comments.

👉 Our editorial team will guide you throughout this process to maintain transparency and quality.

Open Access License

All accepted books are published under a Creative Commons [license type, e.g., CC BY 4.0] license, enabling free and global access while protecting your authorship rights.

.👉 You will retain copyright of your work.

Book Processing Charges (BPCs)

To support professional editing, design, metadata registration, and platform hosting, a book processing fee applies:

Standard BPC: ₹15000 for India and $500 for other country.
Discounts or waivers may be available through institutional partnerships or grant funding.

.👉Please discuss options with our editorial team.

Ethics & Plagiarism Policy

We uphold strict academic integrity. Authors must guarantee:

✅ Originality of their work
✅ Full disclosure of any third-party copyrighted content
✅ Proper permissions for reused material
✅ No simultaneous submissions to other publishers

👉All submissions will be checked using plagiarism detection software.

Publishing Process Overview

Proposal submission
Editorial screening
Peer review
Author revisions
Contract agreement and BPC confirmation
Manuscript submission
Editing and typesetting
Metadata registration (ISBN, DOI)
Publication on our platform
Global dissemination and print-on-demand availability