Publish With Us

Choosing to Author your work with Pearson Education Australia means you are in partnership with the leading provider of print, multimedia and online educational resources globally. Our authors have access to unsurpassed levels of specialisation and expertise in editorial, sales, marketing, customer service and distribution across all disciplines, and in all educational markets. These are all the key elements that underpin the success of the published product.

What do we publish?

Pearson Education Australia's purpose is helping people learn. We publish for diverse educational markets.

• Higher Education publishes and distributes texts and resources for the undergraduate university/academic sector. We publish across all key humanities, social science, science and business disciplines. Our extensive range of resources are published under the Addison Wesley, Allyn & Bacon, Benjamin Cummings, Longman and Prentice Hall imprints.
  
   Download our Higher Education Author Pack (PDF 598KB)
  
  To download a list of Pearson Education Higher Education Australian Authors click here (XLS 128KB).
  
  
• Professional and Vocational Education produces information resources to help people obtain jobs or to do their jobs more effectively, publishing under the imprints Prentice Hall, Hospitality Press and Longman.
• Schools comprises Primary, Secondary, Magazines and Export units, publishing under the Longman imprint.

Each division includes publishing, editorial, sales and marketing professionals, all committed to helping people learn.

The strength and quality of our local list is evident in the number of market-leading and award-winning titles we publish across all our divisions; such as the SupaDoopers series, Early Years Literacy Program, Signpost Mathematics and Fundamentals of Science for the Schools division. Our Professional and Vocational Education division publishes best sellers such as Cole Management: Theory and Practice, Sutherland Bookkeeping and MYOB Guides, Hawking et al The 2003 Stable, McGrath and Noble Bounce Back series and Frontline Management and Training and Assessment Learner Guides. The Higher Education division publishes many market leading Australian works such as McInerney and McInerney Educational Psychology, Holmes et al Australian Sociology, McTaggart Economics, Fundamentals of Pharmacology by Galbraith, Bullock and Manias and Kotler, Adam, Brown Marketing - to name just a few.

Many Australian titles have achieved international success, with a steady export market to the USA, Canada, Britain and Europe, Asia and New Zealand. Several successful Australian titles have been adapted for European and American markets.

Who to contact

Pearson Education Australia Acquisitions Editors/Publishers specialise in different markets and subject areas. Your proposal should be submitted to the relevant Acquisitions Editor/Publisher for assessment of its content. If your proposal is accepted, your Acquisitions Editor/Publisher will be your main contact throughout the time you are working on your project and once it has been published.

The Production Process

Once your book or multi-media product moves into production, a Project Editor will be in contact with you to work through editing and design issues as they arise. The rigorous editorial and development process can take up to twelve months. Our Guide for Authors (PDF 1,590KB) will provide you with a thorough overview of the Pearson publishing process.

Authors wishing to publish in the schools market please contact your relevant Acquisitions Editor/Publisher for their author guide.

Sales and Marketing

Several months before your product is printed your Acquisitions Editor/Publisher works with the Marketing and Sales teams to develop a strategic positioning campaign that includes promotion through sales calling, conferences, direct mail and bookshops.

From traditional print media and special publishing to fully integrated multi-media technology products, Pearson Education Australia has the commitment, resources and structures to help your product achieve its maximum potential.

Custom Publishing

Whether you are looking to Author your own instructional materials, build a textbook from our library of copyrighted content, reorganise your existing text, or do all of the above, we have your custom publishing solutions for specific educational requirements. Custom publishing provides the flexibility you need for short courses, courses with highly specific requirements or smaller student numbers. This program offers lecturers the solution to their course needs.

To learn more please visit our Custom Publishing page.