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I’ve had the exact same problem with MIT… I sent the proposal back in October and never heard back. However at this early stage you are free to contact as many presses as you’d like. It’s only when the press requests the full manuscript that you need to commit. In my case, another press responded favorably, so I did not follow up with MIT. Franck Franck Billé www.franckbille.com <http://www.franckbille.com/> > On Feb 28, 2018, at 9:05 AM, Giorgos <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Hi all. > > I sent a book proposal to MIT Press a month ago but haven't heard back from the editor, not even an acknowledgement of receiving my email. I wrote to her two weeks ago, but still nothing. > > Is that common? Is this standard practice in big University presses because editors are too busy? > > It is the first time that I sent an unsolicited book proposal, so I am in unchartered waters here. The MIT press doesn't say anything about response times in its website. If no answer means no, I would need to know it to propose the book elsewhere. > > Any feedback from your own experience appreciated! > > Also is it ok to call the editor, or would this be considered too much? > > thanks. > > ------- > Giorgos Kallis, > ICREA Professor, > ICTA, Edifici Z, Despatx Z/105 > Carrer de les columnes > Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona > E- 08193 Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès - Barcelona) > > www.icrea.cat/Web/ScientificStaff/Georgios-Kallis--481 <http://www.icrea.cat/Web/ScientificStaff/Georgios-Kallis--481> > follow at: www.twitter.com/g_kallis <http://www.twitter.com/g_kallis> > > <http://indefenseofdegrowth.com/> > > www.indefenseofdegrowth.com <http://www.indefenseofdegrowth.com/> (download for free) > www.howtowriteanacademicpaper.com <http://www.howtowriteanacademicpaper.com/> > > > >