awesome-book-authoring

Book authoring guide

A collection of resources and advice for technical authors writing books on software development topics

A collection of awesome resources for technical book authors

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Table of Contents / Must Reads
Scott Meyers' Advice to Prospective Book Authors
Writing A Technical Book: Is It Worthwhile?
Table of Contents / Book Proposals
The Proposal (O'Reilly: So You Want to Write a Book?)
Scott Meyers' Advice on Preparing a Book Proposal
Write for Us (Pearson Education)
Drafting a Proposal (Que Publishing)
Anatomy of a TOC (Que Publishing)
Proposal Guidelines (The Pragmatic Programmers)
Table of Contents / Contracts
Book Contract: What’s Negotiable and What’s Not
Scott Meyers' Advice on Contracts
The Contract (O'Reilly: So You Want to Write a Book?)
Apress Standard Contract
No Starch Press Standard Contract
Table of Contents / Royalties, Advances, and Other Money Stuff
Scott Meyers on Royalties, Advances, and Other Money Stuff
Royalties and Advances (O'Reilly: So You Want to Write a Book?)
Writing A Technical Book: Is It Worthwhile?			The benefits for writing a technical book, and the basics of how book advances work
How Book Advances Work – A Simple Explanation for Writers
Typical O'Reilly Advance Structure
Table of Contents / Editors
Scott Meyers on the Importance of a Good Editor
The Editing Process and Editor Types (Que Publishing)
Writing and Editing (O'Reilly: So You Want to Write a Book?)
Table of Contents / Publishers
Scott Meyers' Advice on Finding a Publisher
Table of Contents / Marketing
Marketing Your Book (O'Reilly: So You Want to Write a Book?)
Table of Contents / Misc.
Scott Meyers on Advance Sales, and How They Are Impacted by The Delivery Schedule
Ask HN: Considerations when asked to write a book?			A discussion on Hacker News where many authors discuss their experience
Table of Contents / List of Publishers
O’Reilly
Apress
The Pragmatic Programmers
Packt Publishing
Pearson (parent company for Addison-Wesley, Prentice Hall Professional, Que, Sams, and more)
Que Publishing
Manning Publications
Wrox
No Starch Press
Table of Contents / Self Publishing
Self vs Professional Publishing			The pros and cons of each, plus a look at many of the options available for self publishing
Table of Contents / Writing Workflows and Tooling
Living the Future of Technical Writing			Scott Chacon shares his workflow and tools for writing "Pro Git" in Asciidoc
Table of Contents / Personal Experiences, Post Mortems and Campfire Stories
Writing a Programming Book: FAQs after Writing Learning React Native
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
Tips for Writing a Programming Book

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Table of Contents / Must Reads

Table of Contents / Book Proposals

Table of Contents / Contracts

Table of Contents / Royalties, Advances, and Other Money Stuff

Table of Contents / Editors

Table of Contents / Publishers

Table of Contents / Marketing

Table of Contents / Misc.

Table of Contents / List of Publishers

Table of Contents / Self Publishing

Table of Contents / Writing Workflows and Tooling

Table of Contents / Personal Experiences, Post Mortems and Campfire Stories

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