An author who is interested in submitting a proposal to FiFo Ost should contact us to discuss the subject matter and other related issues. FiFo Ost reviews new proposals and will negotiate with authors, regarding the way of publishing and what we can do for the author. A simple way to submit a proposal is to use this form.

Some comments to your person, your profession and a picture would complete an article, however this is just a suggestion and not necessary.

These guidelines establish the framework for a successful collaboration between an author an FiFo Ost by explaining the format for the data file. Following these guidelines will result in a more accurate, attractive, timely, and cost-efficient publication. Most important for you will be: As we ask you to do as minimal formating as possible, observing these instructions should not lead to any additional work.

Programs

Desktop Publishing Programs

We are not using any DTP programs like QuarkExpress, Ventura Publisher, 3B2 or PageMaker and are not accepting any manuscripts formated with those programs. Save files prepared with such programs as text (txt) or in rich text format (rtf) before sending them.

Wordprocessors

If you are using program like Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, StarOffice and so on. Please send us the file in rich text format (rtf).

Latex

Use the standard classes and packages.

SGML

Use a public DTD like DOC-Book or Linuxdoc.

Text (ascii)

Please arrange with us an appropriate way to mark up any special elements like sections, footnotes, tables and so on. You may use the following simple scheme which should be sufficient for a mark up:

\section{section name}
\subsection{subsection name}
\subsubsection{subsubsection name}
\footnote{text of the footnote}
\italics{text with italic face}
\bold{text with bold face}
\begin{table}
\caption{table heading}
         column1-heading   column2-heading  column3-headin
row1     content           content          content
row1     content           content          content
\end{table}

Authors should type the manuscript using minimal formatting. Do not try to make the print-out look like a typeset page. The more codes and formatting an author inserts into his/her files, the more we will have to delete before the actual design can be applied.

• Submit the manuscript on disk and in a single-sided paper copy. The print-out should match the disk files exactly.
• Do not use any templates. Type the manuscript in a blank file.
• Do not use any macros like Visual Basic from Microsoft Word.
• Do not use hard carriage returns (the enter key) to double space the manuscript.
• In running text set emphasized words or phrases in italic type.
• Do not indent paragraphs; instead, use two carriage returns at the end of a paragraph.
• If material needs to be indented, be sure to use one tab (not hard spaces created by pressing the space bar). Use the same tab setting consistently throughout the text.
• Do not justify the text or force hyphenation. Let the text run ragged right.
• Use two hyphens for a dash with one space before and after them.
• Distinguish between the number one (1) and a lowercase letter "l" (l) as well as between the number zero (0) and a capital "o" (O). Even if they appear the same on the screen and on the print-out, they will be appear differently when typeset.
• Use only one space after a period.
• Give each table a heading.
• Chapter titles: Chapter titles should be parallel in structure and consistent in style. In edited works, this is the responsibility of the book editor, because it requires an overview of the entire manuscript.
• Lists:
  • Leave a blank space above and below lists.
  • Indent items one tab.
  • If the text runs more than one line, let the text run flush left; do not force the text to indent.

Elements of the manuscript

• Frontmatter: This consists of the preliminary pages to an article (all the pages that precede the first page of the text). The following elements typically comprise the frontmatter. They should be submitted with the manuscript; required elements have an asterisk after the bullet:
  • * Title, subtitle
  • * name(s) of the author(s)
  • Dedication
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments: A statement thanking those individuals who have helped in the preparation of the manuscript. (This may be included in the Preface.)
  • Contents: As the contents will be done by us, you don't have to prepare this.
• Backmatter
  • References
  • Appendices
  • Glossary
  • Index:

    Except for LaTEX, most word-processing or page-makeup programs do not provide satisfactory indexes automatically. Thus, unless the book is being produced in LaTEX, the index will be typesetted by us.

    Unless submitting a page-formatted book, do not prepare an index. Simply key after the place where a reference shall appear in the index as follow: \idx{indexterm}

Pictures

Programms

Do use programms like Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw, Macromedia Freehand or Gimp for the production of pictures. Do not use programms like Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Powerpoint or Harvard Graphics.

For the web

Save pictures for web sites with 72-100 dpi (Format: gif or jpeg).

For PDF files

Save pictures for printing issues like PDF files with at least 600 dpi, better 1200 dpi. For scanned pictures 300 dpi is sufficient (eps or tiff).

Permissons

Although some material may be freely reprinted from previously published sources, most such material is protected by copyright. Note that the author is responsible for securing all necessary permissions. Authors should therefore protect themselves by acquiring permission from the copyright holder for the items listed below:

• Tables and forms printed in their entirety from another source.
• Quotations from a single book that exceed 250 words in length.
• Quotation from an article that exceeds 50 words in length.
• A line from a poem or song.
• Software and reproductions of images from computer screens.
• Original illustrations and photographs. In the case of photographs, an author may need permission from both the photographer, as well as any private people in the photograph and/or the individual/organization responsible for the material being photographed, such as the owner of a brand name or the painter of an original work of art.