Publish with Stata Press
Stata Press is committed to ensuring you have all the tools you need to publish your book. With full copyediting and proofreading services, we ensure the utmost quality of all our titles. When you publish with Stata Press, you're also guaranteeing your book gets in front of the audience you need–professional researchers and Stata users.
Stata Press is interested in publishing books about Stata or about a statistical topic with demonstrations using Stata. Publishing with Stata Press includes many benefits, from technical review to marketing. We also offer
- responsive support,
- full copyediting and proofreading services,
- global distribution,
- thorough peer review, and
- access to Stata users.
If you have ideas for a book, but the technical challenges of
typesetting, formatting, page layouts feel like an insurmountable
obstacle–think again. Working with the Stata Press team, you may be
amazed at what you can create. I know I am amazed at what I have been
able to create, with Stata Press in my corner
— Michael N. Mitchell, Four-time Stata Press author
The team at Stata Press made the difficult job of writing a book about
as easy as it can be. More than once, their editors offered suggestions
that helped me break through a block in the writing. And the access
Stata Press provided to the statisticians and developers at StataCorp
helped me resolve some challenging technical questions. Throughout, the
Stata Press team was diplomatic and encouraging.
— Sean Becketti, Stata Press author
Submission guidelines
To submit your book for publication by Stata Press, please complete the proposal below.
Proposal
Description of project
What is this book about?
In one or two paragraphs, please describe this book's topic in layman's terms.
Why should it exist? Why is it new?
Where does it fit in the existing Stata publication universe? Why
write a book and not a Stata Journal article?
Why are you the one to write it?
What do you bring to the topic? What do you find interesting about
it? What expertise do you have that makes you the right person to
write this book?
Why is now the time to publish it?
Is there a gap that it fills? When do you expect to complete it?
Who makes up the core audience and why will they find it appealing?
This is the most important question to consider. Your book needs a
well-defined audience. Writing to that audience is what makes your
book come together.
- Does your book have an audience who will seek it out?
- Who makes up that audience?
- What situations will readers find themselves in that will make
them want to read this book? How will you make the book useful
for them in those situations?
- Will it appeal to readers across disciplines? If so, how might their needs differ?
- What knowledge will you assume that the audience has?
- What sort of background will you need to provide?
Annotated table of contents
Develop an annotated table of contents. Give each chapter a title
and write one or two paragraphs that fulfill the following:
- Identify the point of the chapter (that is, the question that it asks and answers).
- Explain how the chapter contributes to the main goals of the book.
- Relate the chapter back to the readers' situations by stating how this chapter helps them.
- Describe the materials that you will use to answer this chapter's questions.
Sample chapter
Please attach at least one sample chapter that includes the use of Stata.
The sample chapter may be submitted in Word or PDF format; however, our
preferred program for completed manuscripts is LaTeX, LuaLaTex, or a
similar TeX program. We can discuss other options.
About the author
Please include your vita, resume, or biography detailing your professional
affiliations.
Timetable
Estimate of when the book will be finished.
Description of project
What is this book about?
In one or two paragraphs, please describe this book's topic in layman's terms.
Why should it exist? Why is it new?
Where does it fit in the existing Stata publication universe? Why write a book and not a Stata Journal article?
Why are you the one to write it?
What do you bring to the topic? What do you find interesting about it? What expertise do you have that makes you the right person to write this book?
Why is now the time to publish it?
Is there a gap that it fills? When do you expect to complete it?
Who makes up the core audience and why will they find it appealing?
This is the most important question to consider. Your book needs a well-defined audience. Writing to that audience is what makes your book come together.
- Does your book have an audience who will seek it out?
- Who makes up that audience?
- What situations will readers find themselves in that will make them want to read this book? How will you make the book useful for them in those situations?
- Will it appeal to readers across disciplines? If so, how might their needs differ?
- What knowledge will you assume that the audience has?
- What sort of background will you need to provide?
Annotated table of contents
Develop an annotated table of contents. Give each chapter a title and write one or two paragraphs that fulfill the following:
- Identify the point of the chapter (that is, the question that it asks and answers).
- Explain how the chapter contributes to the main goals of the book.
- Relate the chapter back to the readers' situations by stating how this chapter helps them.
- Describe the materials that you will use to answer this chapter's questions.
Sample chapter
Please attach at least one sample chapter that includes the use of Stata. The sample chapter may be submitted in Word or PDF format; however, our preferred program for completed manuscripts is LaTeX, LuaLaTex, or a similar TeX program. We can discuss other options.
About the author
Please include your vita, resume, or biography detailing your professional affiliations.
Timetable
Estimate of when the book will be finished.
Submission
Email the proposal to the Stata Press Editorial Department at [email protected].
We will contact you immediately to confirm once we have received the proposal. The submission will be reviewed by our editorial staff. Evaluation time is approximately three weeks.
