Publish a book with IBFD

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The IBFD book collection is an invaluable source of information for thousands of tax specialists around the globe. We publish comprehensive reference works as well as specialized works on a wide variety of topics, such as tax compliance and transparency, transfer pricing, tax treaties, BEPS and the digital economy.

Our books are published as individual titles or volumes in book series, in three easy-to-use formats: print, eBook and online. In addition to our own webshop we offer our books via trusted resellers, to make sure your work gets maximum visibility among readers worldwide.

Publish with us to get the best possible exposure for your research.

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Submit your research

Interested in publishing your work with us? Find key information here.

Your manuscript may be submitted for publication as a stand-alone title, or as a volume in one of the following book series:

EATLP International Tax Series
EC and International Tax Law Series
Global Tax Series
GREIT Series
IBFD Doctoral Series
IBFD Tax Research Series
Tax Treaty Case Law around the Globe Series
WU Tax Law and Policy Series

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IBFD adheres to strict standards to ensure the high quality of its publications. We follow international editorial conventions that optimize their retrievability as source material, such as the inclusion of fully descriptive titles and cover texts and complete bibliographic information for all cited references.

Submitted manuscripts must consist of original, unpublished material and should not be under consideration for publication elsewhere.

Book proposals and manuscripts can be submitted to the Book Publisher.

Please submit the following material with your proposal:

Aims and scope
Short list of topical keywords
Detailed table of contents
Sample chapter
List of competing titles
Technical specifications
Curriculum vitae

More detailed information regarding manuscript submission can be found in our Instructions for Book Authors below.

Your book proposal will be carefully reviewed for its originality, quality and suitability. Proposals will be evaluated on the basis of tax-technical content, intended audience, market potential and suitability for our publishing programme.

The Publisher and/or the Editor reserve the right to make or suggest appropriate amendments prior to publication. We aim to notify you of the decision for acceptance, rejection or need for revision within six to ten weeks of receipt of the complete proposal.

If your work is accepted for publication, you will be asked to sign IBFD’s standard author agreement. Contributors to edited volumes will be asked to sign a contributor agreement.

In these agreements we ask that you transfer the copyright of your work to IBFD, so we can offer unlimited access to our extensive network of readers via our platforms and distribution channels. You retain all proprietary rights other than copyright (such as patent and trademark rights) to your work and any process or procedure described therein.

By signing our standard agreement, you acknowledge that permission for publication has been obtained from all authors and, if applicable, from the responsible authorities at the institute where the work or research was carried out.

This policy describes the ways in which you are permitted to self-archive versions of your work in various online environments.

IBFD distinguishes three versions for the purpose of this policy:

Author’s original version or “preprint”

A preprint is an author’s own write-up of research results and analysis that has been submitted for publication but has not yet had any value added to it by the publisher, such as review, formatting, copy-editing or technical enhancement. All drafts of a work prior to the accepted version are considered preprints.

Accepted manuscript

An accepted manuscript is the author’s version of the manuscript that has been accepted for publication and may include any author-incorporated changes suggested through the processes of submission, review and editor-author communications. Accepted manuscripts do not include other value-adding contributions of the publisher, such as copy-editing, formatting, technical enhancements and, if relevant, pagination.

Published work

A published work is the definitive record of published research that appears or will appear in a publication or collection and incorporates all value-adding publisher activities, including copy-editing, formatting and, if relevant, pagination.

Version	Personal website	Institutional and non-commercial subject-based repositories (scholarly posting)	Publicly available (semi-)commercial platforms and social media (incl. SSRN)
Author’s original version (preprint)	At any time, until date of final publication. Upon final publication, replace with blurb/cover text and citation; include link to IBFD webpage if possible.	At any time, until date of final publication. Upon final publication, replace with blurb/cover text and citation; include link to IBFD webpage if possible.	At any time, until date of final publication. Upon final publication, replace with blurb/cover text and citation; include link to IBFD webpage if possible.
Accepted manuscript	After embargo period of 90 days from date of acceptance, until date of final publication. Upon final publication, replace with blurb/cover text and citation; include link to IBFD webpage if possible.	After embargo period of 90 days from date of acceptance, until date of final publication. Upon final publication, replace with blurb/cover text and citation; include link to IBFD webpage if possible.	Not permitted. Blurb/cover text and reference to upcoming publication may be posted; include link to IBFD webpage if possible.
Published work	Not permitted. Blurb/cover text and citation may be posted; include link to IBFD webpage if possible.	Only permitted in case of legal obligation by funder or government: if IBFD is duly notified in writing, and after embargo period of 18 months from date of final publication. Blurb/cover text and citation may be posted; include link to IBFD webpage if possible.	Not permitted. Blurb/cover text and citation may be posted; include link to IBFD webpage if possible.

Reproduction for personal or internal institutional purposes is permitted under certain conditions, as stipulated in your agreement. IBFD does not allow the posting of these final versions on open-access websites, but you may post the book’s metadata, table of contents and blurb/cover text and a link to the book page on the IBFD website to increase exposure. Contributors to edited volumes may also include a chapter abstract.

Permission for types of (re)use other than those described in your agreement should be requested via IBFD Rights & Permissions.

The applicable remuneration, monetary and/or in kind, is stipulated in your agreement. Editors, authors and contributors will receive one or more complimentary copies of the print book and/or eBook. Further book copies may be purchased for personal use at a 30% discount.