Major publishing house
Routledge
Academic, Nonfiction
Published Updated Reviewed every month · next review November 2026
About Routledge
Routledge is open to book proposals from authors, and no agent is needed. Send your proposal by email to the commissioning editor for your subject, found through the Taylor & Francis editorial contacts. Standard publication has no author fee; open access is optional and carries a book publishing charge.
Routledge is the academic book imprint of Taylor & Francis. It publishes textbooks for higher education, research monographs and books that help professionals do their work. Proposal guidance now sits on the Taylor & Francis Author Services site, which explains what to include.
Routledge publishers commission by subject, so the first step is finding the right commissioning editor. Authors can also choose open access, which carries a book publishing charge quoted from US$14,850 for a monograph and is often covered by a funder. A standard non-open-access book has no such charge.
What Routledge is looking for
- Higher education textbooks
- Academic research monographs
- Professional and practitioner books
- Open access books, as an option
Publishes
- Academic
- Nonfiction
Specialties
- Textbook
How to submit to Routledge
From its own guidelines- Read the proposal guidance on Taylor & Francis Author Services.
- Find the Routledge commissioning editor for your subject in the editorial contacts.
- Email your proposal to that editor.
Is Routledge right for your book?
A good fit if
Academics, researchers and professionals writing textbooks, monographs or practitioner guides for university and professional readers.
Look elsewhere if
Writers of trade fiction or general-interest books, and authors who want open access without a funder to cover the charge.
Questions about Routledge
Does Routledge charge authors to publish?
Not for a standard book. Routledge publishes textbooks and monographs on a royalty basis with no author fee. Open access is an option, and for that authors usually pay a book publishing charge, quoted from US$14,850 for a monograph. Funding options can help cover it, and the choice stays with the author.
How do I submit a proposal to Routledge?
Read the proposal guidance on Taylor & Francis Author Services, then find the commissioning editor for your subject through the editorial contacts page. Send your proposal to that editor by email. Choosing the right subject editor matters, because each editor commissions for a defined area of the Routledge list.
Where is Routledge based?
Routledge is part of Taylor & Francis, a United Kingdom based academic publisher, and its editors cover many subject areas. The guidelines do not limit proposals to UK authors. Proposals go by email to the right editor, wherever you are.
Listing history
- Checked on the publisher's own site
