awesome-book-authoring
github.com/talater/awesome-book-authoring ↗:books: A collection of awesome resources for technical book authors
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Must ReadsBook ProposalsContractsRoyalties, Advances, and Other Money StuffEditorsPublishersMarketingMisc.List of PublishersSelf PublishingWriting Workflows and ToolingPersonal Experiences, Post Mortems and Campfire Stories
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Book Proposals
List of Publishers
Contracts
Misc.
- Ask HN: Considerations when asked to write a book?
A discussion on Hacker News where many authors discuss their experience.
- Scott Meyers on Advance Sales, and How They Are Impacted by The Delivery Schedule
Personal Experiences, Post Mortems and Campfire Stories
- Do Not Buy This Book
Jeff Atwood's warning to potential writers.
- Tips for Writing a Programming Book
- Writing a Programming Book: FAQs after Writing Learning React Native
- Writing a Technical Book
Michael Foord shares his experience publishing with Apress.
- Writing a Technical Book: Motivation, Publishing and how to stay focused without ruining your Life
Adam Tornhill shares experience gained writing his three books (two of them self published).
Royalties, Advances, and Other Money Stuff
- How Book Advances Work – A Simple Explanation for Writers
- Royalties and Advances (O'Reilly: So You Want to Write a Book?)
- Scott Meyers on Royalties, Advances, and Other Money Stuff
- Typical O'Reilly Advance Structure
- Writing A Technical Book: Is It Worthwhile?
The benefits for writing a technical book, and the basics of how book advances work.
Writing Workflows and Tooling
- Living the Future of Technical Writing
Scott Chacon shares his workflow and tools for writing "Pro Git" in Asciidoc.
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