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Doris Goodnough
Rights & Permissions
Coordinator
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Maryknoll, NY 10545-0308
(914) 945-0670
dgoodnough@maryknoll.org
Please note: before contacting us please check the copyright and credit/acknowledgements pages to determine the original source for the material you seek permission to use. This includes photos and illustrations. Apply for permission directly from the rights holder listed, which may not be Orbis Books.
For Educational Photocopying
(course packs, classroom hand outs) contact:
The Copyright Clearance Center
Academic Permissions Customer Service
222 Rosewood Drive
Danvers, MA 01923
Phone: (978) 750-8400
Fax: (978) 750-4470
To request permission to reprint materials from Orbis please provide the following information:
  1. The full title and author’s name of the Orbis book
  2. Exactly what material you want to use: refer to page numbers from the Orbis book
  3. The name of your publisher: we cannot grant permission without this information
  4. The binding/format of your work: hardcover, paperback, or both, and/or e-book
  5. Territory of distribution being sought: for example, US and Canada, Europe, or World
  6. The title, print run and total number of pages of your work
  7. Publication date for your work and its list price
  8. Your mailing address
Due to the volume of requests we ask that you please do not duplicate your permission request. Submit either by e-mail or regular mail, NOT BOTH. Please allow 20 working days for a response.
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Submission Guidelines for Manuscripts
In your cover letter, please give a brief description of your proposed book, including the approximate length, the work's content and purpose, and estimated completion date. We would also like to know:
  • why you wrote, or plan to write, your book, e.g., its timeliness, unique perspective, special marketing possibilities, the gap it fills, etc.
  • the audience you hope to reach, e.g., popular, professional, academic, clergy, laity, study groups, etc.
  • how your book will fit into Orbis's program which addresses the global dimensions of Christianity, with special stress on the experience and perspective of the poor. Orbis publishes in such areas as Third World and contextual theologies, interreligious dialogue, spirituality, and contemporary social concerns
  • why you think Orbis would be the best publisher for your book
  • your qualifications for writing your book
  • if there are competing books in the same field and, if so, how your book will differ from these
Please also include a copy of the table of contents and a sample chapter or two, if available. (Please send copies only; we cannot return material submitted.)
Send proposal to:
Robert Ellsberg
Editor-in-Chief
Orbis Books
P.O. Box 308
Maryknoll, NY 10545-0308
e-mail: rellsberg@maryknoll.org
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Book Returns Instructions
Please let us know the reason for the return and whether you prefer a replacement or a credit. Allow 3 weeks for processing. We suggest using UPS or other traceable service for sending returns.
via US Mail
Maryknoll Center Warehouse
ATTN: Book Returns
PO Box 315
Maryknoll, NY 10545-0315
via Truck or UPS
Maryknoll Center Warehouse
ATTN: Book Returns
79 Ryder Road
Ossining, NY 10562
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