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IEEE Publications Activities Board (PAB) on Friday, 17 Nov.,
unanimously approved a proposal for IEEE Press to join John
Wiley & Sons in a co-branded imprint that will include future
titles from both publishers
– IEEE Press - Will work with authors to acquire titles
– Wiley
• Will handle everything else:
– Production, marketing, warehousing, sales and order fulfillment
• Contribute its own electrical and electronics engineering titles to the
imprint, subject to IEEE review
• Pay a royalty to the IEEE from sales of the books in the imprint
– Books in the co-branded imprint will carry the logos of both
organizations
– Each party will be responsible for its own expenses,
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A formal contract is now being negotiated, pending approval of
the IEEE Executive Committee
Time frame is first Quarter 2001
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Approved
– "Complex Permittivity and Permeability Measurements" by J.
Krupka, J. Baker-Jarvis, and R. N. Clarke
– "Modern Microwave Transistors - Theory, Design and Application"
by Frank Scwierz and Juin J. Liou
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Endorsed
– “Foundations For Microwave Engineering” by Robert E. Collin
(Jointly sponsored by MTT and APS, splitting the 1.5% marketing
royalty)
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Endorsed
– The ARFTG Measurement Series
– Vol. 1 “Foundations for RF & Microwave Measurements” by
Lawrence P. Dunleavy
– Proposals for two additional volumes received or under
development
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The RF & Microwave Handbook - editor M. Golio - now available
At the APS meeting in Salt Lake City 17-20 July, top selling
books were:
– Dennis Sullivan's "Electromagnetic Simulation Using the FDTD
Method,”
– Douglas Werner and Raj Mittra's edited volume, "Frontiers in
Electromagnetics”
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Personnel changes
– Mark Morrell promoted to Associate Production Editor
– Linda Matarazzo promoted to Supervisor, Lasers & Electro-Optics
Society Publications
– Robert Bedford editor of Authors Online