For Institutions | Team Shaw Caribbean Press

Custom publishing for governments, universities, NGOs, and faith communities.

Some books are written by one author. Others are written by an institution. A ministry's twenty-year retrospective. A regional university's anthology of student scholarship. A development bank's commemorative volume for an anniversary year. A church's foundational text for a new generation. A professional association's training manual that has to be defensible in every chapter. TSCP publishes these projects under a separate engagement model from our author packages, because they need different scoping, different governance, and different production standards.

What institutional projects look like

The five most common shapes of institutional work we take on are:

Anthologies. A curated collection of essays, stories, or papers from many contributors, edited into a single volume with a unified editorial voice.

Commemorative volumes. A book that marks an anniversary, a milestone, or a transition. Usually combines history, photographs, oral interviews, and a forward-looking section.

Training manuals. A working text that has to teach a specific body of knowledge, be defensible against subject-matter expert review, and survive years of operational use.

Conference proceedings. A formal publication of papers presented at a conference, with peer-reviewed selection, consistent citation style, and a permanent ISBN.

Foundational texts. A book that defines what an institution stands for, intended to be given to every new member, employee, or partner. Often paired with a digital edition for wider distribution.

Other shapes appear from time to time. We have scoped donor reports that wanted to read like books, white papers that needed a real cover and a real ISBN, and theological texts for Caribbean congregations. If your project does not fit neatly into one of the five categories, write to us. We will tell you within a week whether we are the right home for it.

How we work with institutions

Step 1. Scope brief.

You write or talk us through a one-page brief: what the book is, who it serves, how many pages and contributors, your target launch date, your indicative budget range. We will send you a brief template if you want one.

Step 2. Proposal.

Within ten business days we send a written proposal: scope, deliverables, production schedule, named team members, contractual terms, and a fixed price in Guyana dollars with an alternate quote in US dollars if requested. The proposal includes our standard institutional clauses on intellectual property, deliverable acceptance, and revision allowances.

Step 3. Contract and deposit.

If you accept the proposal, we sign a contract and you pay the agreed deposit. From this point the project has a named producer at TSCP who owns it end to end. You get one accountable person to call, not a queue.

Step 4. Managed production.

We run the project against the schedule in the contract. You get regular progress updates. You sign off at three milestones (developmental edit accepted, design proof accepted, final print proof accepted) before anything goes to press. If we miss a milestone, we tell you immediately and we propose a fix.

Examples of institutions we serve

Government ministries and agencies in Caribbean states.
Regional universities, including the University of the West Indies and the University of Guyana.
Faith communities and religious institutions across denominations.
Professional associations in compliance, finance, law, and the trades.
NGOs and development partners operating in the Caribbean and Latin America.
Foundations and donor-funded programmes that need a book as part of an outcome.

Case studies

TBD — Case Study 1.

Description and image to be added in Phase 3 as our first institutional client clears publication. Anticipated content: project type, scope, timeline, deliverables, institutional reflection. Status: pending first institutional engagement.

TBD — Case Study 2.

Description and image to be added in Phase 3 as our second institutional client clears publication. Anticipated content: project type, scope, timeline, deliverables, institutional reflection. Status: pending second institutional engagement.

Pricing

Every institutional project is scoped individually. We do not publish a fixed price list for institutional work because the scopes vary by a factor of ten between, for example, a 60-page commemorative pamphlet and a 600-page conference proceedings with simultaneous Spanish translation. Typical range: GYD 2,000,000 to GYD 15,000,000 depending on scope, page count, number of contributors, production complexity, and distribution reach. We are happy to scope smaller pilot projects for institutions that want to test our work before committing to a larger volume.

Request a proposal

We acknowledge every institutional inquiry within two business days in Guyana time. A scoping call is offered for inquiries that look like a fit. If we are not the right home for your project, we will tell you within ten days and, where we can, point you to someone who is.

The five author protections that apply to our individual packages also apply, in adapted institutional language, to every contract we sign with an institution. Read our author rights to see how we think about ownership, consent, and the right to walk away.