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Thank you for your interest in our authors. As they are not all reachable via e-mail, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to forward your messages electronically. We therefore kindly request that you also contact them by post at the following address:

Éditions Odile Jacob
Attention author
3, rue Auguste-Comte 75006 Paris

It will then be up to each author to decide how and whether to reply. Please understand that some writers are in great demand and may fail to reply.

Thank you for your interest in our publications. To receive a review copy you must be a journalist. If you have not previously been in contact with our press office, please send us proof of your journalistic status. Only recent publications are sent out for review. The task of the press office is to provide publicity for our books, and review copies are not sent out systematically. We reserve the right not to comply with all requests.

Éditions Odile Jacob
3, rue Auguste-Comte 75006 Paris
Standard : 01 44 41 64 84

We are pleased with the success of our authors. Because of the growing number of contact requests, and our concern to follow-up on all of them, we have decided to impose a single procedure. Please send all your requests to the following address:

Éditions Odile Jacob
author
3, rue Auguste-Comte 75006 Paris

All letters will be systematically forwarded.

Thank you for your interest in our publications.

You can buy our books in printed version or digital format from this website.

Simply add the item(s) to your basket in the chosen format(s) and follow the instructions to finalise your order. For more information, go to the two dedicated sections: "Ordering a book" or "Ordering an ebook".

Please note that you can also buy one of our books, as a digital version only, on one of the many e-book online sales sites.

Please do not send your full manuscript - it will not be studied. It is best to send us your project (in word or PDF format) by email to the following address: manuscrits2@odilejacob.fr

Please do not include anything other than:
- A presentation and plan (4 pages maximum);
- A brief curriculum vitae (1-2 pages).
- You may add a short representative extract of your project (10 pages maximum).
We ask that you do not drop off your manuscript at our offices. For any submission by post, please use the following address:
Editions Odile Jacob Manuscript Department 3, rue Auguste-Comte 75006 Paris No proof of receipt will be sent.
For all other requests, contact the manuscript department ONLY, on Tuesdays between 5pm and 7pm on +33 (0)144414136
In the rare event that you have not received a response within 3 months, please consider that your project has not been selected on this occasion.
PLEASE NOTE: unsuccessful projects will not be returned or retained.

If you wish to reproduce an excerpt from one of our books, please send a written request to the attention of our Rights Department below, including the following elements:

  • The excerpts you wish you to use with relevant page numbers, including author name(s) and year of publication
  • Presentation of your project: project type, subject, number of pages…
  • Details of publisher which will publish your book
  • Proposed print run
  • Proposed retail price
  • Your contract details

Editions Odile Jacob/ Rights Department
Éditions Odile Jacob, 3, rue Auguste-Comte 75006 Paris
Fax : + 33 (0)1 43 29 88 77

You can consult our online catalogue on this site. For each book the following information is provided: the name(s) of the author(s); book title; ISBN; publication date; format; number of pages; price; back-cover copy.