Book size and length of contributions

Book size

Each book on a specific topic is 128 pages, at around 25,000 words. Each writer contributes half the book.

We will initially publish these books in print, but we may publish, sell & distribute them in various other formats, for example, audio, digital, ebooks, text-to-voice, & in Australia, New Zealand & elsewhere.

Writers' contributions

The two opposing writers for a specific topic will each provide us with two pieces for the book, and (if they wish) a further one for our website as follows:

For the book, they will provide:

• their main argument (which must comprise a short introduction followed by 7 distinct chapters), at a total maximum 10,000 words, and

• (once their opponent has written his or her main argument) their rebuttal to it, at a maximum of 2,500 words.

For our website:

• when the book is ready to be published, we will give each writer the option to submit a short (500-word maximum) rebuttal to their opponent’s original rebuttal (as it appears in the book). These extra rebuttals won’t be included in the book itself, but are intended as a tool to help generate further momentum for and conversation about the topic & the book, & will be posted online on our webpage for the book.

Sources, citations & references: When writers submit to us, their text must contain endnotes providing sources and citations for all assertions made and other references. The books will not contain the endnote text, but will contain the endnote numbers at the appropriate place in the text, and will refer readers to our website for the actual text. Each writer is responsible for the accuracy and completeness of their own sources, citations and references.

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