ASA-SIAM Series
Series Plans Book Booth,
Panel for JSM 2008
SIAM’s book booth features books from the ASA-SIAM Series on Statistics and Applied
Probability at last year’s Joint Statistical Meetings in Salt Lake City.
W
hen you attend JSM in Denver next month, plan to attend Session 507: How To
Publish Your Book with the ASA-SIAM Series on Statistics and Applied
Probability. This topic-contributed panel will take place Thursday, August 7, at
10:30 a.m. Panelists are Lisa LaVange, series editor-in-chief; Keith Crank, the ASA’s assis-
tant director of research and graduate education; Sara J. Murphy, series acquisitions editor;
and Karen A. F. Copeland, series author.
The first three panelists will talk about what topics are appropriate for the series, how
to submit a book proposal, how the peer review and contract consideration processes
work, and what benefits you’ll reap from publishing in the series. Copeland will be able to
specifically address the experience of being a series author and give a first-hand account of
how books are marketed before and after publication. Come see what the series is all about
and bring your questions.
Sunday through Wednesday, you can shop for books at the series booth in the exhibit
hall. Just look for the red book covers! All books on display will be available at a 20% dis-
count for all attendees. Attendees also will be able to browse, purchase, or order a desk or
exam copy of A First Course in Order Statistics, by Barry C. Arnold, N. Balakrishnan, and
H. N. Nagaraja (SIAM Classics in Applied Mathematics Series 54). As always, free ship-
ping will be offered for any onsite orders (domestic and international).
While you’re at the booth, we will be asking you to complete a new survey to let us
know the types of books you would like to see published and how the series can better
serve you. Attendee feedback has been valuable to us in the past, and we encourage every-
one to help us out again this year. As a sign of our gratitude, the first 500 people who
complete the survey will receive a red, spiral-bound notebook that proudly sports the
ASA-SIAM series name.
If you’re considering a book project of your own, SIAM Publisher David K. Marshall,
Murphy, and series editorial board members will be onsite to speak with you about your
ideas and how to go about submitting a proposal. Books appropriate for the series include
research monographs; introductory texts; and graduate-level textbooks on topics of inter-
est to statisticians, biostatisticians, applied mathematicians, engineers, and scientists.
More information about the series is available at
www.siam.org/books/series/sa.php. Contact
Murphy at
murphy@siam.org prior to the meetings if you’d like to arrange an appointment
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