This is to confirm receipt of the author information form, copyright agreement, manuscript guide, as well as three abstracts of papers from Brunei, Myanmar and Singapore. I really appreciate it. I also note the deadline for submitting the accomplished contract and the author information on NOVEMBER 25.
I am now submitting my new outline. Please find the file attached here. Please be informed that my co-author Ms Paz Esperanza Poblador has withdrawn from the project since the focus is no longer on textiles but a sociological profiling of the Philippines. Ms. Poblador extends her gratitude to all of you, and is very much open to working with you in the future where Philippine textiles is concerned. I shall hence be doing/writing this chapter alone, and this is perfectly fine.
By the way, I have 2 questions from the manuscript guide.
Under the sections of the manuscript, let me clarify on:
F. FOOTNOTES -- do you mean ENDNOTES (since it will appear towards the end of the document and not at the bottom of each page as footnotes would?)?
H. CAPTIONS OF FIGURES --what do you mean by this? you mean creating a list or summary of all figures that the author wishes to include in the appendix?
I am also attaching a draft of my author information form. I am not sure on the paragraph being asked below the form. Is it supposed to be a blurb or teaser about the entire book or of my chapter alone? I wrote an abstract on my chapter about the Philippines. Please check this out before I print, sign and scan and send them to you together with the signed copyright agreement.
And that will be a fuller, revised proposal (“inception”)?
Regarding the January 15 date; that is when you would need the next submission from me, correct