Innovation Books offer authors and editors the opportunity to reach a diverse expert audience through EAI’s broad community of individual and institutional members. The different book series within this imprint permit editors and authors to target their work towards appropriate sections of the Innovation Cycle – to researchers, practitioners, business professionals or policymakers. Editors and authors will be given close support by EAI’s publications team in preparing high-quality volumes. EAI SIBs have a direct track to publication for material from their annual Summit tracks and do not need to submit proposals for these volumes. Proposals can be submitted here and should include:

• Title of the proposed volume;
• The type of book: an edited volume (with chapters contributed by diverse groups or individuals and the overall effort coordinated by the person(s) submitting this proposal), or an authored book (a single author or small team collaborating on a book of original material);
• The proposed Editors (for an edited volume) or Authors (for an authored book) including brief CVs and full contact details;
• A summary or synopsis of the book’s contents; for edited volumes, include include a preliminary list of contributors and chapter/section titles;
• The rationale for the book (1-2 paragraphs): why is it being written, why is it needed, and why is it suitable for the Innovation Expertise series?
• The intended audience: who will need and buy this book? How large an audience do you believe this to be? For what professional groups is this book written for? Please identify which profession(s) or industry, what positions/job titles and how this book will be used and useful to them. List what EAI SIBs, member or partner organisations are potential buyers of the book. What conferences or other events (EAI or otherwise) would most welcome your book? What magazines and journals (trade, business and academic) are most related to your book’s subject? Could your book be adopted for use in the classroom? If so, for what academic level (introductory, advanced undergraduate, graduate, continuing education...)? List potential courses that could be taught using your book.
• Potential competitors: non-EAI books that are similar or overlap with yours.
• The series of EAI Innovation Books to which your book is most suited. For more information, read up on the individual book series: Innovation Sharing Innovation Strategy Engineering for Innovation Open Innovation