The Scientific, Technical, and Medical Division produces books, journals, and electronic products for academic and professional markets. Our primary fields of interest are chemistry, the life sciences, medicine, and mathematical and physical sciences. If you have an idea for a new book, journal, or electronic product in these areas and would like to be contacted by a Wiley editor, please send your proposal or manuscript to John Wiley & Sons, Inc., STM Division, 605 Third Avenue, New York NY 10158-0012. You can expect early contact from the relevant editor to discuss your proposal with you. If your proposal is accepted by the Scientific, Technical, and Medical Division, you can expect an agreement with competitive royalty rates, feedback, and advice by a publishing professional during the development stage, a high-quality production effort, and very effective marketing and sales results. *If you are interested in submitting an article to a current journal, please go to the journal home page for author guidelines. Your proposal should include the following information: Title Information Subject discipline Tentative title (and subtitle, if any) Author's name Position and affiliation Mailing address Work phone Fax Email If necessary, may we call you at home? Home phone Coauthor's name Position and affiliation Mailing address Work phone Fax Email If necessary, may we call you at home? Home phone Type of publication (book, electronic product, journal, etc.) Product Information Overview: Include a brief description of the publication and overall objective. Describe exactly what the publication will be about. What will there be about your selection, organization, or treatment of the subject that will make the readers buy the publication? Market need: Address why there is a need for the proposed publication. What has caused this information need? Have there been changes in the authoritative pronouncements or literature in this field to cause a need for the proposed publication? Is there a gap in the existing literature that needs to be filled? Market Information Primary market: Indicate those audiences (e.g., academic/research, graduate students, professionals) that need this material. Be as specific as possible. If the book is aimed at the graduate student level, indicate whether it is a primary or supplemental text. Secondary market: List those groups with an occasional need for this material. Sources: Please list in order of importance the professional societies and organizations and professional or trade publications whose respective members or readers would be the most likely subscribers to the proposed publications. Content Attach a table of contents showing the coverage you propose. Indicate chapters and subdivisions within chapters, as well as special materials to be included in the appendixes. If your proposed publication is a periodical, list a few sample article titles and columns or departments to be featured. Frequency of Updates If your proposed publication is a journal or other type of periodical, how frequently will it be issued? Manuscript Information Books: How many manuscript pages (typewritten, letter-size, double-spaced) do you anticipate to fully cover your topic? How many pages will the appendixes be? Periodicals: How many pages per issue? Electronic product: Please provide a description of platform and interface. Timetable Please provide your best estimate for completing and delivering the final manuscript. Author Information Primary authors: Please provide your curriculum vitae. Contributing authors: If there will be authors preparing other portions of the publication, provide their names and a brief bio. If available, please enclose a sample chapter. If you have published other articles and books, attach a list of those materials. Competition What publications compete with or are similar to the one you propose? What are their weaknesses and strengths? In what ways will your publication be superior? Provide as much data on competitive products as possible (publisher, date written, price, page length, etc.). Click here for more detailed author submission guidelines.