Once your proposal has been reviewed and approved by your editor, in-house paperwork then has to be put together and shared with senior colleagues in order for us to proceed to offer you terms of contract. Once terms have been agreed with you, your formal contract will be drawn up and sent to you to sign (along with any co-authors). If you have any questions or queries about your contract or this process please do not hesitate to discuss this with your editor.
Copyright
If you have any queries about the copyright of your work please ask your editor or email rights@palgrave.com.
See also: Reusing your own published work