Making your decision

Once you've got your book idea ready, it's time to decide where to publish and in what format. We have curated everything you need to help make the decision easier, from choosing which imprint is right for you, deciding on the most appropriate format, to the policies and you might want to consider before you submit your book idea or proposal.

Choose where to publish

Springer Nature has a family of book publishing brands that cover a wide range of topics: Springer, Palgrave Macmillan, Apress, Atlantic Press, and J.B. Metzler.

L_brandstrip_springerSpringer publishes over 2,900 journals and 300,000 book in English and German, across science, technology, medicine, humanities and business.

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L_brandstrip_palgrave_macmillanPalgrave Macmillan is a world-class publisher of books and journals with more than 175 years’ experience in the humanities, business and social sciences.

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Atlantis Press © Springer Nature 202Atlantis Press is a global open access publisher of scientific, technical and medical content. Atlantis Press has launched and developed several book series containing more than 120 books (co-published with Springer Nature) and 17 proceedings series with over 1,200 proceedings.

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L_brandstrip_apressApress focuses purely on technology titles and is best for meeting the information needs of IT professionals, developers, and tech enthusiasts worldwide.

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L_brandstrip_jbmetzlerJ.B. Metzler covers arts, media and languages and publishes only in German. It is one of the most important humanities publishers, producing respected and acclaimed reference works, handbooks and textbooks.

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