The Professionals
At Nord Academic, we highly value close editorial collaboration with our authors. We believe that the best books emerge from cooperation, open dialogue, and mutual professional respect between author and editor.
Our editorial process offers comprehensive guidance and support at every stage of manuscript development—from initial concept to final proof. We also assist with securing funding, conducting image research, and managing rights.
Beyond the manuscript, we handle sales, marketing, and press outreach, ensuring your work reaches its audience both in Denmark and internationally.
– we guide and support you throughout the publishing process.
Publish Your Book with Us
At Nord Academic, we are dedicated to professionalism and quality—both in our work and in collaboration with our authors. We look forward to partnering with you, whether your book is still in its early stages or already underway.
Publishing a book can take anywhere from months to years (though it doesn’t have to), with several key milestones along the way. While each project is unique, the overall publishing process follows these steps:
1. Submit Your Proposal
As an author, you can submit a full manuscript or propose an idea for a book project, which we discuss and evaluate together. We may also contact you with project ideas we believe align with your expertise and interests.
2. Peer Review
If we see potential in your manuscript and identify a market for your book, it undergoes a rigorous peer review by external experts. This ensures the scientific quality, originality, and contribution to your field. Ensuring academic quality and validity is a cornerstone of our commitment to academic excellence, and all manuscripts undergo peer review.
As an author, it's essential to be prepared to revise your manuscript based on the reviewer's comments. Your editor will guide you in addressing feedback to enhance your work effectively.
3. Approval and Contract
After peer review and revisions, Nord Academic will formally accept your manuscript. At this stage, we draw up a contract and work with you to secure funding for the book's production.
4. Editorial Process
Once your revised manuscript is submitted, your editor will work closely with you to refine it for your audience. This involves the language flow, strengthening your argument coherence, and ensuring your ideas are presented clearly. You and your editor will fine-tune the style, tone and structure to achieve the best possible outcome.
5. Production
When the manuscript is finalized, it is professionally proofread and typeset by our many trusted external partners. Multiple proofs are reviewed to ensure everything meets our quality standards. We help each other prepare indexes, finalize rights clearances and design the cover before sending the book to print.
– dedicated to advancing scholarly knowledge.
6. Marketing, Sales and Press
At Nord Academic, we are dedicated to ensuring your book receives the attention it deserves. Before publication, we share information about your book with retailers and university libraries, and it becomes part of Gads Forlag's sales outreach to Danish bookstores. Post-publication, we notify booksellers if your book receives exceptional press coverage. We also ensure your book is available in Danish libraries and through our foreign distributor, making it accessible to research libraries and bookstores worldwide.
Once your book is printed, we distribute copies to key figures in your field, selected journalists, and others with particular interest in your topic. Your book is featured on Nord Academic's website, Gad.dk, and promoted on our social media sites, including Facebook and LinkedIn. Additionally, it's included in our newsletter to reach an engaged audience.
In addition to this, we actively pitch your book to partners such as Bogforum, Historiske Dage, and Historien Lever in Aarhus, where Nord Academic collaborates with Gads Forlag to main a strong presence.
You play a vital role in reaching your audience. We encourage you to actively market your book by engaging your network, sharing links, and amplifying visibility through posts, shares, comments, and retweets. We'll support your social media efforts with professionally designed graphics materials.
7. Publication
Publication day is a moment to celebrate—it marks the culmination of years of research and hard work. From this day forward, your book will be available on our website and in bookstores.
Our efforts to promote your book don't stop at publication. We continue to work to ensure its visibility and success long after its release.