Traditional publisher
Carolina Academic Press
Academic, Business, Health
Published Updated Reviewed every month · next review November 2026
About Carolina Academic Press
Carolina Academic Press is open to book proposals from unagented authors in law and other academic areas. You send a proposal through the form on its Publish With Us page or by mail.
Carolina Academic Press is an academic publisher based at 700 Kent St. in Durham, North Carolina. It welcomes book proposals for titles in law and other academic areas. Its subject list runs from Africana studies, anthropology and business to criminal justice, education, history, literature, medicine and health, paralegal, political science, regional interest and sports and risk management. It also lists sociology and religion and community college titles.
Submissions work by proposal through the online form or by post. You give your name, contact details, present academic affiliation and a tentative title. The project description covers a table of contents outline, the audience, competing works, an estimated completion date and page count, plus your CV. The form takes .pdf, .doc, .docx, .rtf, .txt or .odt files, up to 8 attachments. No fees are mentioned.
What Carolina Academic Press is looking for
- Book proposals in law and paralegal studies
- Criminal justice, political science and education
- Business and accounting, logic and mathematics
- History, literature, Africana studies and anthropology and archaeology
- Medicine, health and nutrition, sociology and religion, sports and risk management
- Community college and regional interest titles
Publishes
- Academic
- Business
- Health
- History
- Nonfiction
Specialties
- Textbook
How to submit to Carolina Academic Press
From its own guidelines- Gather your contact details, present academic affiliation and a tentative title.
- Write a project description with a table of contents outline, audience and competing works.
- Add an estimated completion date, page count and your CV.
- Submit through the form on the Publish With Us page or mail it to 700 Kent St., Durham, NC 27701-3049.
Is Carolina Academic Press right for your book?
A good fit if
This press suits academics and instructors with a law or academic book project, especially course texts, who can describe the audience and competing works.
Look elsewhere if
Look elsewhere if your book falls outside law and the academic subjects the press lists, or if you are not ready to send a structured proposal with a CV.
Questions about Carolina Academic Press
Does Carolina Academic Press accept unsolicited manuscripts?
Carolina Academic Press accepts unsolicited book proposals, and you do not need an agent. It welcomes proposals for titles in law and other academic areas. You send a proposal rather than a full manuscript, with your contact details, academic affiliation, tentative title, table of contents outline, audience, competing works, estimated completion date and page count, and CV. No fees are mentioned.
How do I submit to Carolina Academic Press?
You submit a proposal through the form on the Publish With Us page or by mail to 700 Kent St., Durham, NC 27701-3049. The form accepts .pdf, .doc, .docx, .rtf, .txt and .odt files, up to 8 attachments. Include your personal information, tentative title, table of contents outline, audience, competing works, estimated completion date and page count, plus your CV.
What does Carolina Academic Press publish?
Carolina Academic Press publishes books in law and other academic areas. Its listed subjects include Africana studies, anthropology and archaeology, business and accounting, community college, criminal justice, education, history, law, literature, logic and mathematics, medicine and health, paralegal, political science, regional interest and sports and risk management, plus sociology and religion. The press is based in Durham, North Carolina.
Listing history
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