Guidelines for PPI Authors and Subject-Matter Experts

This page offers PPI's current authors, technical reviewers, and other subject matter experts a variety of resources to help them complete their work.

If you are not a contracted author or subject-matter expert and are interested in becoming one, please explore our site to understand our products and visit our Be a PPI Author page or Be a PPI Subject-Matter Expert page.

Guidelines

Overview of the PPI Publishing Process - describes the people involved at PPI and the steps undertaken to produce a finished product.
Guidelines for Creating the Front Matter - describes the components of a book's front matter.
Guidelines for Preparing the Index - describes the steps that authors and indexers need to take in preparing files to be used in creating a book index.
Six-Minute Item-Writing Guide for Authors

• Appendices for Civil Engineering PE
• Appendices for Mechanical Engineering PE
• Appendices for Electrical and Computer PE
• Appendices for Chemical Engineering PE
• Appendices for Structural Engineering (SE)
• Appendices for Environmental Engineering PE

Checklists

Author's Submission Checklist
Author's Review Checklist
Technical Reviewer Checklist
Calculation Checker Checklist
Marketing Checklist for New Editions/Reprints

Forms

Author's Permission Request Form
Author's Publicity Release Agreement Form

Other

PPI Standard Proofreading and Editing Symbols
PPI Guide to Significant Digits and Rounding Numbers