awesome-book-authoring
by TalAter
A collection of awesome resources for technical book authors
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Book authoring guide
A collection of resources and advice for technical authors writing books on software development topics
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Must Reads
Book Proposals
Contracts
Royalties, Advances, and Other Money Stuff
- Writing A Technical Book: Is It Worthwhile?
The benefits for writing a technical book, and the basics of how book advances work
Editors
Publishers
Marketing
Misc.
- Ask HN: Considerations when asked to write a book?
A discussion on Hacker News where many authors discuss their experience
List of Publishers
Self Publishing
- Self vs Professional Publishing
The pros and cons of each, plus a look at many of the options available for self publishing
Writing Workflows and Tooling
- Living the Future of Technical Writing
Scott Chacon shares his workflow and tools for writing "Pro Git" in Asciidoc
Personal Experiences, Post Mortems and Campfire Stories
- Do Not Buy This Book
Jeff Atwood's warning to potential writers
- 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)
- Writing a Technical Book
Michael Foord shares his experience publishing with Apress
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