Since 2005, ISTE Ltd has published over 500 scientific and technical books in English. The scientific quality of the texts and the minute care taken over the presentation of the books has led the international publishing firm John Wiley and Sons to distribute ISTE titles throughout the world.
In light of the worldwide success of these publications, a co-publishing agreement has recently been signed between ISTE and Wiley.
From September 2012 onwards, several new series will be developed. As with the existing series, they will contribute to the dissemination and diffusion of science and research.
Each Series is overseen by the Scientific Committee, who appraise the manuscripts and ensure the quality of the documents received.
Each series includes three types of publication, all published in English:
– Multi-author books illustrate all the different facets of a subject area usually defined by the Committee. Under the direction of a coordinator nominated by the Committee, these books deal with the fundamental, experimental and applicative aspects of each topic.
These books are usually between 250 and 400 pages long. If a book has more than 400 pages, it will automatically be split into multiple volumes so as to facilitate its commercial distribution.
– Monographs, which have the same objectives as the above books and are subject to the same criteria as regards writing and pagination.
– FOCUS books, from 100 to 200 pages maximum, which deal with the fundamental, conceptual and technological aspects of the topic.
Overview of Production Process
All books go through four stages of assessment: - The book is assessed for the quality of the language at the beginning of the production process – if the quality of the language is judged to be bad, it will be returned to the translation team and a new translator will be found. - There are 2 in-depth assessments during the main stage of the production: i) the book is copy-edited before it is sent to the author; ii) after the authors’ corrections have been inserted the book is read again to ensure no problems have occurred. - Before being sent to the printer, the book is sent to an external proofreader who checks every book to ensure the quality is consistent throughout all ISTE titles. Brief outline of the production process – what the authors should expect - presentation e-mail sent to the authors explaining the process - manuscript is assessed – quality of English, as well as layout, e.g. fonts, quality of figures, equations, any potential problems - schedules drawn up and sent to authors - copy-editing and formatting of the book - 1st proofs sent to authors – authors usually have 1 week to check the book, unless the deadline is extended by prior agreement - author corrections inserted, final page layout completed, Table of Contents and Index created - further checks focusing on language, layout and references - book sent to external proofreader for final assessment - final pdf sent to the printer Files – ISTE templates in both Word and LaTeX are provided on the ISTE Website, along with guidelines for their use. All manuscripts are formatted during the production process, but it makes the production much simpler if the authors follow the ISTE template as far as possible. Figures – Any figures provided should be as high quality as possible, preferably in .eps or .tiff formats. If .jpeg format is supplied it must be very high quality. As a general rule, if the figure looks slightly blurry or fuzzy to begin with, it will look worse in the printed book. List of Authors – Full names and institutions of all contributing authors should be provided. Index words – All ISTE books contain an index. As a rule approx. 10-20 words per chapter should be provided. This can be in the form of a list of words, or the chapters can tagged directly in Word or LaTeX.