For Authors

Book authors

We know that selecting a publisher for your work can be a difficult decision. At Elsevier, we seek to understand, anticipate and respond to your diverse needs as an author in order to build a productive, long term publishing relationship.

We are a world-leading publisher with a reputation for quality, innovation, expertise and integrity. From our rigorous proposal selection and production processes to our seamless global marketing network, Elsevier authors benefit from over 100 years of traditional publishing expertise combined with an industry-leading approach to electronic content development and dissemination.

Find out more about each of our book publishing divisions using the links below, including information on:

Science and Technology Book Publishing at Elsevier 

Our Science and Technology Books (S&T Books) division reaches out to researchers, professionals and students with quality content on a diverse range of subjects across life sciences, physical sciences, engineering and computing. We publish under long-established imprints such as Academic Press, Butterworth-Heinemann and Morgan Kaufmann, and amongst other routes to market provide our book content electronically through the leading full-text scientific database, ScienceDirect.

If you are a current or potential future Science and Technology author, visit our S&T Books Author Page to find out more about working with us.

Health Sciences book publishing at Elsevier

Our Health Sciences (HS) division helps to advance medicine by delivering superior education, reference information and decision support tools to doctors, nurses, health practitioners and students. Publishing under market-leading imprints such as Mosby and Saunders, we supply essential knowledge across the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary and related health professions.

If you are a current or potential future Health Sciences author, visit our Health Sciences Author Page to find out more about working with us.

Learn more about the experts who write for us already on our Elsevier Medical Authors Site. The site includes author biographies, video interviews, news and events relating to our authors.

 

Our author welcome brochure is available to download (PDF)

Instructions on how to annotate PDF proofs (PDF)

Instructions on how to annotate PDF proofs (tutorial)




Other online resources

Related information

Royalties

Book authors receive royalty payments and royalty statements as agreed in their contracts.

The Global Book Royalties department handles all royalties for Elsevier Inc., Limited and BV contracts. You can contact this department with any questions you may have regarding your royalty statement and payment.

Elsevier
Global Book Royalties
3251 Riverport Lane
Maryland Heights, Missouri 63043
USA

Toll Free within the US: 1 (866) 800-0214
Toll Free within Holland and the UK: 0800-485-2090
Local: 1 (314) 447-8044
St. Louis Office Switchboard: 1 (314) 447-8000

Direct Dial:
Alicia Vernon, Manager: 1 (314) 447-8231
Shana Knight, Supervisor: 1 (314) 447-8234
Debbie Pease, Supervisor: 1 (314) 447-8222
Gail Robertson, Journal Editorial Fees: 1 (314) 447-8236

Working hours: Monday-Friday 8:00 AM until 17:00 PM CET

For more information, please see our Royalty FAQ page.

Authors' proposals

Elsevier welcomes authors' proposals for books; we publish in a wide variety of scientific fields. For more information on how you can submit your proposal, please visit www.elsevierdirect.com/authors.

Further information

Are you editing a book?  Then please see our Guide for Editors.
Are you promoting your book?  Then discover how Elsevier promotes and distributes its publications.

Book Discounts

As a book author or book editor, you are eligible to receive a 25% discount on many Elsevier books, serials, references, textbooks, stand-alone CD-ROMs, and a 10% discount on multi-volume reference works.

This offer only applies to credit card orders made directly with Elsevier.

How to receive your discount

1. Contact Customer Service to create your 'Author' account

Please be prepared to provide a copy of your contract and the names of the Elsevier books or journals to which you have contributed.

Customer Service telephone numbers for Authors in:

North America (USA & Canada): +1 800 782 4927
Europe, Middle East and Africa: +44 (0)1865 844 640
South America, Central America, Asia: +1 800 460 3110 or 314 453 7010
Australia: +1 800 263 951
New Zealand: 0 800 170 165


2. Place your order

 After your account has been set up, you can pick your books and order online or via email and you will automatically receive your discount every time.

Email: author.contributor@elsevier.com
 
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Please note that shipping charges and sales tax will be applied separately. This offer DOES NOT apply to journal subscriptions, reprint orders, or to electronic products, and cannot be combined with any other discounts.