Full-Service Publication for Scholarly Work
Editorial coordination, design, production, and complete publishing logistics that carry your manuscript from final draft to a finished, distributed book or journal issue — so you don't have to navigate the publication process alone.
Our Services
Editorial Coordination
Develop, copyedit, and proofread your manuscript, with consistent disciplinary care throughout.
Contributor Management
Coordinate deadlines, revisions, and approvals across all authors so multi-author volumes stay on track.
Design and Layout
Produce clean, professional interior layouts and cover designs built to scholarly and publisher standards.
Figures, Tables, and Images
Format visual material for clarity and consistency, and track permissions where required.
Citations and References
Format and verify references to Chicago, APA, MLA, or other house style.
Indexing
Build a thorough, reader-focused index for monographs and edited volumes.
Production Management
Oversee schedules, proof stages, and corrections from first pages to final files.
Publication Support
Deliver print-ready and digital files with the metadata and front matter your printer or distributor requires.
English–Spanish Production
Carry bilingual and translated volumes through production with accurate typesetting and consistent terminology in both languages.
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Common Project Types
We work with the full range of scholarly publishing formats. Faculty authors most often bring us journal articles, single-author monographs, and individual book chapters — each at a different stage of readiness, and each requiring a different level of attention. We also support edited volumes with multiple contributors, where managing consistency across voices and citation practices is as important as the line-level editing itself.
Conference proceedings and journal issues require the same discipline and care, particularly when contributors are writing across institutions or in English as an additional language. We also prepare manuscripts for translation or bilingual publication, ensuring the source text is as clean and precise as the version it will become.
Journal articles
Single-author monographs
Edited volumes with multiple contributors
Conference proceedings
Book chapters
Journal issues
Manuscripts prepared for translation or bilingual publication
Why Scholars Work With Us
Doctoral expertise: Founders Jessica Kaplan and Edward Zegarra hold PhDs and understand academic argument from the inside, not just at the level of grammar.
Disciplinary fluency: We know how conventions shift across fields, and we edit accordingly.
Respect for your voice: We sharpen what you've written without flattening it into generic prose.
Publishing experience: As the founders of Westwood Press, we know what presses require because we work to those standards ourselves.
Bilingual capability: We support manuscripts moving between English and Spanish, from terminology to final proofs.
Tell us about your project.
1. Tell us about your manuscript.
Share your project type, length, stage, target publisher, and timeline.
2. We’ll review your goals and scope.
We’ll assess the manuscript, or a sample of it, and clarify what you need and when.
3. We’ll recommend the right level of support.
You receive a clear proposal outlining the services, timeline, and fee.