McGraw-Hill Professional Business has a rich history of publishing benchmark books

and international bestsellers from leading authorities and top business thinkers.

We welcome submissions of nonfiction book proposals in areas suited to the needs of

today’s business professional, including: Leadership and Management; Communication
and Presentation; Marketing and Sales; Entrepreneurship and Small Business; Process
Management, Operations, and Six Sigma; Real Estate; Coaching and Consulting;
Careers; Economics, Finance, and Investing; and the Business of Healthcare/Healthcare
Management.

Proposal submission guidelines:

We recommend that you first browse our Business titles on www.mhprofessional.com to

get a sense of whether your project is suitable for our list. We request you format your
proposal to Microsoft Word 12 point Times Roman type and include the following
components:

 Concise summary of the book’s unique positioning in the marketplace and overall
vision
 Explanation of market need for the book: statistics, demographics
 Definition of who the customer is (reader/target audience)
 Author biography, credentials, academic affiliations, and media platform,
including all social media (followers on Facebook, Twitter, etc.)
 Sales opportunities: speaking engagements and events, potential corporate and
organizational sales, global outreach
 Possible contributors for endorsements and foreword
 Table of contents
 Chapter summaries
 Proposed specifications: word count, art (tables, graphs, charts, illustrations),
proposed manuscript completion date, special interior features
 Competitive analysis: title, author, publisher, year published, and price of
competitive books and a brief statement on why yours would appeal to the same
audience

Please e-mail proposals to: editorial@mheducation.com