Instructions for Authors

Submission

All manuscripts should be made online at the Textual Practice manuscript central site (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/rtpr). New users should first create an account. Once a user is logged onto the site submissions should be made via the Author Centre.

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It will be assumed that authors will keep a copy. Submission of a paper to Textual Practice will be taken to imply that it presents original, unpublished work not under consideration for publication elsewhere. In order to ensure both the widest possible distribution and the most secure protection for the articles in TP, contributors will be asked to assign copyright to the journal. This will not restrict contributors' republication of their own work after twelve months have elapsed.

The manuscript
Submissions should be typed in double spacing on one side only of the paper, preferably A4 size, with a 4 cm margin on the left-hand side. Articles should normally be of between 7000 and 8000 words in length. Tables should not be inserted in the pages of the manuscript but should be on separate sheets. The desired position in the text for each table should be indicated in the margin of the manuscript.

Photographs
Photographs should be in high-contrast black-and-white glossy prints. Permission to reproduce them must be obtained by authors before submission, and any acknowledgements should be included in the captions.

References
These should be numbered consecutively in the text, thus: 'According to a recent theory,⁴…', and collected at the end of the paper in the following styles, for journals and books respectively:

John Hartley and John Fiske, 'Myth-representations: a cultural reading of News at Ten' Communication Studies Bulletin, 4 (1977), pp. 12-33.

Christopher Norris, The Deconstructive Turn (London and New York: Methuen, 1983).

Proofs Page proofs will be sent for correction to the first-named author, unless otherwise requested. The difficulty and expense involved in making amendments at the page proof stage make it essential for authors to prepare their typescripts carefully, any alterations to the original text are strongly discouraged. Our aim is rapid publication: this will be helped if authors provide good copy, following the above instructions, and return their page proofs as quickly as possible.

Free article access: Corresponding authors will receive free online access to their article through our website (www.informaworld.com) and a complimentary copy of the issue containing their article. Reprints of articles published in this journal can be purchased through Rightslink® when proofs are received. If you have any queries, please contact our reprints department at reprints@tandf.co.uk