FAQ
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Below is a list of Frequently-Asked-Questions which may be of help to you as you explore the world of Kaplan Publishing. If your question is not answered here, please write us at Book.Support@Kaplan.com and we can respond to your inquiry quickly.
Where can I purchase books from Kaplan Publishing?
Who do I contact if I am interested in ordering a Kaplan title?
What is your policy for academics and those considering books for course adoption?
Who do I contact if I am interested in a special sales opportunity?
Who do I contact if I am interested in an international sales opportunity?
Who do I contact for retail marketing?
Who do I contact for digital marketing?
How I contact your publicity department?
How do I obtain a review copy of one of your titles?
How can I contact one of your authors?
Who do I contact to order from Kapitem?
Who do I contact for customer service information on my order?
Who can I speak to regarding editorial opportunities?
How do I obtain permission to reprint copyrighted material?
How do I buy rights?
Consumers
Q: Where can I purchase books from Kaplan Publishing?
A: Our books are available wherever books are sold across the country and around the world, as well as online. Some popular sites that carry our titles are:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/bookstore.asp
Book Retailers
Q: Who do I contact if I am interested in ordering a Kaplan title?
A: Kaplan Publishing Titles are distributed by Simon & Schuster. If you are an existing account, you can contact your S&S sales representative through any of the following methods:
Simon & Schuster sales: 1-877-989-0009
Fax: 1-856-824-2291
Written orders may be sent by mail to:
Simon & Schuster
Special Markets
100 Front Street
Riverside, NJ 08075
If you wish to open a new account, you can contact our customer service department at: 800-223-2336.
Special Sales - Bulk Orders, Corporate Sales, Premiums, Specialty Retailers
Q: Who do I contact if I am interested in a special sales opportunity?
A: For special sales please contact: 1-866-506-1949
Written orders may be sent by mail to:
Simon & Schuster Special Markets
1230 Avenue of the Americas, 9th floor,
New York, NY 10020
International Sales
Q: Who do I contact if I am interested in an international sales opportunity?
A: For international sales please direct your inquiry to: Edison.Garcia@simonandschuster.com
Marketing
Q: Who do I contact about rettail marketing?
A: Please contact:
Cathy Schutten, Marketing Manager
One Liberty Plaza, 24th Floor
New York, NY 10006
212-618-2469
Q: Who do I contact about digital marketing?
A: Please contact:
Brett Sandusky, Director of Marketing
One Liberty Plaza, 24th Floor
New York, NY 10006
212-618-2461
Publicity
Q: How can I contact your publicity department?
A: Please Contact:
Tim Brazier, Director of Publicity
One Liberty Plaza, 24th Floor
New York, NY 10006
212-618-2469
Q: How do I obtain a review copy of one of your titles?
A: If you are a member of the media and wish to request a review copy of a current title, please email your request from your business email account to: Tim.Brazier@kaplan.com
Academics
Q: What is your policy for academics and those considering books for course adoption?
A: If you require a desk copy to consider for course adoption, review copies can be ordered online at the following site:
http://www.simonandschuster.net/desk-copy
Q: How can I contact one of your authors?
A: We are not able to give out author contact information. Author inquiries and requests, whenever possible, will be forwarded by our publicity department. Send an email with a brief description of your request to:
Tim Brazier, Director of Publicity
Kaplan Website
Q: Who do I contact to order from Kapitem?
A: Orders can be placed through Kapitem by contacting:
Mark A. Ramdial
Kapitem Coordinator
1440 Broadway
8th Floor
NY, NY 10018
212-997-4886
Q: Who do I contact for customer service information on my order?
A: You can contact our toll free customer service number at:
1-877-989-0009
Editorial
Q: Who can I contact if I want to speak to an editor or submit a manuscript?
A: (revised editorial guidelines to come)
RIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS
Q: How do I obtain permission to reprint copyrighted material?
A: Written permission is required to reprint or reproduce material from Kaplan Publishing. Your request to use material should be as complete as possible. Please include all the following information (as applicable):
Information about the material you wish to use from our book/product:
- Title and full name of the author of our book/product
- ISBN (the number which appears on the back cover above the bar code)
- Year of publication (optional)
- The exact material which you’d like to use, including page numbers, and approximate number of words
- The way in which you’d like to use the material. Please provide a photocopy of our material in context (i.e., pages from your manuscript showing material used), if possible.
Information about your project in which the material is to be used:
- Title and author of your book
- Your publisher’s name. You must have a publisher before we can grant you permission.
- Expected publication date
- Format of your book (hardcover, paperback, ebook, website, etc.)
- Estimated print run (total number of copies to be printed)
- Estimated price of your book
- Estimated number of pages
- Territory of distribution (US, US and Canada, World, etc).
- Your name, complete postal address, email address, telephone and fax numbers
For permission inquiries, please email Karen.Weitzman@kaplan.com or mail:
Permissions Department, 24th floor
Kaplan Publishing
1 Liberty Plaza
New York, NY 10006
Please note that our permission grants are non-exclusive and material must be reproduced verbatim, without alteration, deletion, editing, abridgement or condensation.
Please allow enough time for your request to be considered.
Q: How do I buy rights?
A: The Kaplan Publishing Rights Department handles requests for foreign and domestic publication rights including, UK, translation, magazine, newspaper, book club, audio, paperback reprint, hardcover reprint, large print, film, electronic, and other formats.
A: If you are interested in translation rights, please contact our sub-agent in the appropriate territory below. If your region is not represented by one of these agencies, please contact Kaplan Publishing by e-mail: Karen.Weitzman@kaplan.com
Baltic States, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia:
Zbiga Kanski
Agnieszka Zielinska
GRAAL Ltd.
U. Pruszkowska 29
Warsaw 02-119, Poland
Tel: (48) (22) 895-2000
Fax: (48) (22) 895-2001
E-mail: zbig@graal.com.pl
E-mail: agnieszka@graal.com.pl
Brazil:
Flavia Sala
International Editors Co.
Rua Dom Manuel, 166
04602-050 Sao Paulo S.P., Brazil
Tel/Fax: (55) (11) 3846-5475
E-mail: flaviasala@uol.com.br
China:
Jackie Huang
Andrew Nurnberg Associates Beijing
Room 1705, Culture Square
No. 59 Jia, Zhongguancun Street
Haidian District, Beijing 100872
People’s Republic of China
Tel: (86) (10) 8250-4106
Fax: (86) (10) 8250-4200
E-mail: jhuang@nurnberg.com.cn
France & French Canada:
Vanessa Kling
La Nouvelle Agence
7, rue Corneille
75006 Paris, France
Tel: (33) (1) 43-25-85-60
Fax: (33) (1) 43-25-47-98
E-mail: LNA@lanouvelleagence.fr
Germany:
Sebastian Ritscher
Mohrbooks Literary Agency
Klosbachstrasse 110
CH-8032 Zurich, Switzerland
Tel: (41) (43) 244-86-26
Fax: (41) (43) 244-86-27
E-mail: info@mohrbooks.com
Greece:
Nike Davarinou
Read n’Right Agency
9 Amazonon Street
34100 Chalkida, Greece
Tel: (30) 221-29798
Fax: (30) 221-27423
E-mail: readrght@ath.forthnet.gr
Israel:
Efrat Lev
The Deborah Harris Agency
43 Emek Refa’im Street, Entrance A, second floor
The German Colony
Jerusalem 91083, Israel
Tel: (972) (2) 563-3237
Fax (972) (2) 561-8711
E-mail: efrat@thedeborahharrisagency.com
Italy:
Roberta Oliva
Natoli, Stefan & Oliva
Corso Plebisciti 12
Milan 20129, Italy
Tel: (39) (02) 70-00-16-45
Fax: (39) (02) 74-12-77
E-mail: roberta.oliva@NATOLI.191.it
Japan:
Hamish Macaskill
Junzo Sawa
The English Agency
Sakuragi Bldg., 4F
6-7-3 Minami Aoyama, Minato-Ku
Tokyo 107, Japan
Tel: (81) (33) 406-5385
Fax: (81) (33) 406-5387
E-mail: hamish@eaj.co.jp
E-mail: junzo_sawa@eaj.co.jp
Korea:
MiSook Hong
KCC (Korea Copyright Center)
Gyonghigung-achim
Officetel Rm 520, Compound 3
Naesu-dong 72, Chongno
Seoul 110-070, Korea
Tel: (82) (2) 725-3350
Fax: (82) (2) 725-3612
E-mail: kcc@kccseoul.com
Latin America & Mexico:
Nicolas Costa
Ivna Costa
International Editors Co.
Av. Cabildo 1156
1426 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tel: (54) (11) 4788-2992
Fax: (54) (11) 4786-0888
E-mail: costa@iecobaires.com.ar
Romania:
Adriana Marina
Simona Kessler International
Copyright Agency
Str. Banul Antonache 37
Bucharest 1 011663, Romania
Tel: (40) (21) 316-4806
Fax: (40) (21) 316-4794
E-mail: marina@kessler-agency.ro
Spain & Portugal:
Isabel Monteagudo
International Editors Co.
Provenza 276, lst Floor
08008 Barcelona, Spain
Tel: (34) (93) 215-8812
Fax: (34) (93) 487-3583
E-mail: ieco@internationaleditors.com
Taiwan:
Whitney Hsu
Joanne Chan
Andrew Nurnberg Associates Taipei
9F-2, No. 164, Section 4, Nan-King East Road
Taipei 10553, Taiwan
Tel: 886-2-2579-8251
Fax: 886-2-2579-8564
E-mail: whsu@nurnberg.com.tw
E-mail: jchan@nurnberg.com.tw
Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam:
Thananchai Pandey
Tuttle-Mori Agency Co., Ltd.
6th Fl., Siam Inter Comics Building
459, Soi Piboonoppathum (Ladprao 48)
Samsen Nok, Huay Kwang
Bangkok 10320, Thailand
Tel: (66) (2) 694-3026
Fax: (66) (2) 694-3027
E-mail: thananchai@tuttlemori.co.th
Turkey:
Asli Karasuil Ermis
Asli Karasuil Telif Haklari Agency
Darussafaka Mah. Cagdas sok
Karikaturistler Sitesi A Blok 15 Numara
Istinye 34457
Istanbul, Turkey
Tel: (90) 542-692-4027
Fax: (90) 212-528-5791
E-mail: asli_karasuil@aol.com.tr
B. If you are interested in all other rights including an excerpt in a magazine or other periodical, paperback reprint, hardcover reprint, audio, large-print, web extract, book club and film rights, please contact Kaplan Publishing by email: Karen.Weitzman@kaplan.com
If you would like to use our content for your website, the following information must be included in your request:
- Title and full name of the author of our book
- ISBN (the number which appears on the back cover above the bar code)
- Year of publication (optional)
- The exact material in our book which you’d like to use, including page numbers
- The way in which you’d like to use the material
- Description of your website; what is the URL address where the content will appear?
- The intended audience, how many visitors you anticipate, and the estimated date our work will appear on your site
- Will access to your website be restricted and password protected? How?
- Will downloading, printing, copyright be restricted? How?
