Our book on statistics is coming out, after three years of work. The number of questions on “how did this happen?” and “how is it to write a book” I’ve been getting recently warrants a blog post with a bit of an early post-mortem – here it is! How did this happen is answered quite easily: I’ve often advised colleagues on statistics, and they frequently asked, “which book should I get”? Despite suggesting some textbooks, colleagues generally found them too long, and/or complicated and/or missing important content while containing plenty of lower-relevance information. Over time, I understood why existing books do not quite meet their needs. Examples of problems include: Length over 500 pages. This is completely fine for people who want to learn statistics in a certain depth. But most researchers in life sciences are busy with their own research and do not have training and priority for an in-depth d...