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Awesome Book Authoring
A collection of !Awesome (https://cdn.rawgit.com/sindresorhus/awesome/d7305f38d29fed78fa85652e3a63e154dd8e8829/media/badge.svg) (https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome) resources for
technical book authors.
Table of Contents
- Must Reads (#must-reads)
- Book Proposals (#book-proposals)
- Contracts (#contracts)
- Royalties, Advances, and Other Money Stuff (#royalties-advances-and-other-money-stuff)
- Editors (#editors)
- Publishers (#publishers)
- Marketing (#marketing)
- Misc. (#misc)
- List of Publishers (#list-of-publishers)
- Self Publishing (#self-publishing)
- Writing Workflows and Tooling (#writing-workflows-and-tooling)
- Personal Experiences, Post Mortems and Campfire Stories (#personal-experiences-post-mortems-and-campfire-stories)
Must Reads
- Scott Meyers' Advice to Prospective Book Authors (http://www.aristeia.com/authorAdvice.html)
- Writing A Technical Book: Is It Worthwhile? (http://www.fasterj.com/articles/bookwriting.shtml)
Book Proposals
- The Proposal (O'Reilly: So You Want to Write a Book?) (http://web.archive.org/web/20130809065323/http://oreilly.com/oreilly/author/ch02.html)
- Scott Meyers' Advice on Preparing a Book Proposal (http://www.aristeia.com/authorAdvice.html#bookProposal)
- Write for Us (Pearson Education) (http://www.informit.com/about/write_for_us.aspx)
- Drafting a Proposal (Que Publishing) (http://www.quepublishing.com/promotions/write-for-us-drafting-a-proposal-137677)
- Anatomy of a TOC (Que Publishing) (http://www.quepublishing.com/promotions/write-for-us-anatomy-of-a-toc-137678)
- Proposal Guidelines (The Pragmatic Programmers) (https://pragprog.com/write-for-us/proposal-guidelines)
Contracts
- Book Contract: What’s Negotiable and What’s Not (http://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/book-contract-whats-negotiable-and-whats-not)
- Scott Meyers' Advice on Contracts (http://www.aristeia.com/authorAdvice.html#contracts)
- The Contract (O'Reilly: So You Want to Write a Book?) (http://web.archive.org/web/20130704110948/http://oreilly.com/oreilly/author/ch03.html)
- Apress Standard Contract (https://web.archive.org/web/20161010102603/http://www.apress.com/files/Apress_Contract.pdf)
- No Starch Press Standard Contract (https://www.nostarch.com/download/nspagreement.pdf)
Royalties, Advances, and Other Money Stuff
- Scott Meyers on Royalties, Advances, and Other Money Stuff (http://www.aristeia.com/authorAdvice.html#moneyStuff)
- Royalties and Advances (O'Reilly: So You Want to Write a Book?) (http://web.archive.org/web/20130704110948/http://oreilly.com/oreilly/author/ch03.html#royadv)
- Writing A Technical Book: Is It Worthwhile? (http://www.fasterj.com/articles/bookwriting.shtml) - The benefits for writing a technical book, and the basics of how book advances work.
- How Book Advances Work – A Simple Explanation for Writers (http://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/how-book-advances-work-a-simple-explanation-for-writers)
- Typical O'Reilly Advance Structure (http://web.archive.org/web/20130704110948/http://oreilly.com/oreilly/author/ch03.html#advance)
Editors
- Scott Meyers on the Importance of a Good Editor (http://www.aristeia.com/authorAdvice.html#publishersAndEditors)
- The Editing Process and Editor Types (Que Publishing) (http://www.quepublishing.com/promotions/write-for-us-the-editing-process-137679)
- Writing and Editing (O'Reilly: So You Want to Write a Book?) (http://web.archive.org/web/20130710213743/http://oreilly.com/oreilly/author/ch04.html)
Publishers
- Scott Meyers' Advice on Finding a Publisher (http://www.aristeia.com/authorAdvice.html#findingAPublisher)
Marketing
- Marketing Your Book (O'Reilly: So You Want to Write a Book?) (http://web.archive.org/web/20130711002825/http://oreilly.com/oreilly/author/ch06.html)
Misc.
- Scott Meyers on Advance Sales, and How They Are Impacted by The Delivery Schedule (http://www.aristeia.com/authorAdvice.html#schedule)
- Ask HN: Considerations when asked to write a book? (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12118554) - A discussion on Hacker News where many authors discuss their experience.
List of Publishers
- O’Reilly (http://www.oreilly.com/work-with-us.html)
- Apress (http://www.apress.com/write-for-us/)
- The Pragmatic Programmers (https://write-with-us.pragprog.com/)
- Packt Publishing (http://authors.packtpub.com/)
- Pearson (parent company for Addison-Wesley, Prentice Hall Professional, Que, Sams, and more) (http://www.informit.com/about/write_for_us.aspx)
- Que Publishing (http://www.quepublishing.com/about/write_for_us.aspx)
- Manning Publications (https://www.manning.com/write-for-us)
- Wrox (http://www.wrox.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-105073.html)
- No Starch Press (https://www.nostarch.com/writeforus.htm)
Self Publishing
- Self vs Professional Publishing (https://medium.com/@davetron5000/self-vs-professional-publishing-c3397bd7defd#.lrfhasuo5) - 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 (https://medium.com/@chacon/living-the-future-of-technical-writing-2f368bd0a272#.8x6g1wxjb) - Scott Chacon shares his workflow and tools for writing
"Pro Git" in Asciidoc.
Personal Experiences, Post Mortems and Campfire Stories
- Writing a Programming Book: FAQs after Writing Learning React Native
(https://medium.com/@brindelle/writing-a-programming-book-faqs-after-writing-learning-react-native-8a5ea8ce04e#.e85mhxolh)
- Do Not Buy This Book (http://blog.codinghorror.com/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 (http://www.adamtornhill.com/articles/writingbook/writingtechbook.htm) - Adam Tornhill
shares experience gained writing his three books (two of them self published).
- Writing a Technical Book (http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/articles/technical-writing.shtml) - Michael Foord shares his experience publishing with Apress.
- Tips for Writing a Programming Book (http://www.philosophicalgeek.com/2014/11/10/tips-for-writing-a-programming-book/)
A collection of !Awesome (https://cdn.rawgit.com/sindresorhus/awesome/d7305f38d29fed78fa85652e3a63e154dd8e8829/media/badge.svg) (https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome) resources for
technical book authors.
Table of Contents
- Must Reads (#must-reads)
- Book Proposals (#book-proposals)
- Contracts (#contracts)
- Royalties, Advances, and Other Money Stuff (#royalties-advances-and-other-money-stuff)
- Editors (#editors)
- Publishers (#publishers)
- Marketing (#marketing)
- Misc. (#misc)
- List of Publishers (#list-of-publishers)
- Self Publishing (#self-publishing)
- Writing Workflows and Tooling (#writing-workflows-and-tooling)
- Personal Experiences, Post Mortems and Campfire Stories (#personal-experiences-post-mortems-and-campfire-stories)
Must Reads
- Scott Meyers' Advice to Prospective Book Authors (http://www.aristeia.com/authorAdvice.html)
- Writing A Technical Book: Is It Worthwhile? (http://www.fasterj.com/articles/bookwriting.shtml)
Book Proposals
- The Proposal (O'Reilly: So You Want to Write a Book?) (http://web.archive.org/web/20130809065323/http://oreilly.com/oreilly/author/ch02.html)
- Scott Meyers' Advice on Preparing a Book Proposal (http://www.aristeia.com/authorAdvice.html#bookProposal)
- Write for Us (Pearson Education) (http://www.informit.com/about/write_for_us.aspx)
- Drafting a Proposal (Que Publishing) (http://www.quepublishing.com/promotions/write-for-us-drafting-a-proposal-137677)
- Anatomy of a TOC (Que Publishing) (http://www.quepublishing.com/promotions/write-for-us-anatomy-of-a-toc-137678)
- Proposal Guidelines (The Pragmatic Programmers) (https://pragprog.com/write-for-us/proposal-guidelines)
Contracts
- Book Contract: What’s Negotiable and What’s Not (http://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/book-contract-whats-negotiable-and-whats-not)
- Scott Meyers' Advice on Contracts (http://www.aristeia.com/authorAdvice.html#contracts)
- The Contract (O'Reilly: So You Want to Write a Book?) (http://web.archive.org/web/20130704110948/http://oreilly.com/oreilly/author/ch03.html)
- Apress Standard Contract (https://web.archive.org/web/20161010102603/http://www.apress.com/files/Apress_Contract.pdf)
- No Starch Press Standard Contract (https://www.nostarch.com/download/nspagreement.pdf)
Royalties, Advances, and Other Money Stuff
- Scott Meyers on Royalties, Advances, and Other Money Stuff (http://www.aristeia.com/authorAdvice.html#moneyStuff)
- Royalties and Advances (O'Reilly: So You Want to Write a Book?) (http://web.archive.org/web/20130704110948/http://oreilly.com/oreilly/author/ch03.html#royadv)
- Writing A Technical Book: Is It Worthwhile? (http://www.fasterj.com/articles/bookwriting.shtml) - The benefits for writing a technical book, and the basics of how book advances work.
- How Book Advances Work – A Simple Explanation for Writers (http://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/how-book-advances-work-a-simple-explanation-for-writers)
- Typical O'Reilly Advance Structure (http://web.archive.org/web/20130704110948/http://oreilly.com/oreilly/author/ch03.html#advance)
Editors
- Scott Meyers on the Importance of a Good Editor (http://www.aristeia.com/authorAdvice.html#publishersAndEditors)
- The Editing Process and Editor Types (Que Publishing) (http://www.quepublishing.com/promotions/write-for-us-the-editing-process-137679)
- Writing and Editing (O'Reilly: So You Want to Write a Book?) (http://web.archive.org/web/20130710213743/http://oreilly.com/oreilly/author/ch04.html)
Publishers
- Scott Meyers' Advice on Finding a Publisher (http://www.aristeia.com/authorAdvice.html#findingAPublisher)
Marketing
- Marketing Your Book (O'Reilly: So You Want to Write a Book?) (http://web.archive.org/web/20130711002825/http://oreilly.com/oreilly/author/ch06.html)
Misc.
- Scott Meyers on Advance Sales, and How They Are Impacted by The Delivery Schedule (http://www.aristeia.com/authorAdvice.html#schedule)
- Ask HN: Considerations when asked to write a book? (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12118554) - A discussion on Hacker News where many authors discuss their experience.
List of Publishers
- O’Reilly (http://www.oreilly.com/work-with-us.html)
- Apress (http://www.apress.com/write-for-us/)
- The Pragmatic Programmers (https://write-with-us.pragprog.com/)
- Packt Publishing (http://authors.packtpub.com/)
- Pearson (parent company for Addison-Wesley, Prentice Hall Professional, Que, Sams, and more) (http://www.informit.com/about/write_for_us.aspx)
- Que Publishing (http://www.quepublishing.com/about/write_for_us.aspx)
- Manning Publications (https://www.manning.com/write-for-us)
- Wrox (http://www.wrox.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-105073.html)
- No Starch Press (https://www.nostarch.com/writeforus.htm)
Self Publishing
- Self vs Professional Publishing (https://medium.com/@davetron5000/self-vs-professional-publishing-c3397bd7defd#.lrfhasuo5) - 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 (https://medium.com/@chacon/living-the-future-of-technical-writing-2f368bd0a272#.8x6g1wxjb) - Scott Chacon shares his workflow and tools for writing
"Pro Git" in Asciidoc.
Personal Experiences, Post Mortems and Campfire Stories
- Writing a Programming Book: FAQs after Writing Learning React Native
(https://medium.com/@brindelle/writing-a-programming-book-faqs-after-writing-learning-react-native-8a5ea8ce04e#.e85mhxolh)
- Do Not Buy This Book (http://blog.codinghorror.com/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 (http://www.adamtornhill.com/articles/writingbook/writingtechbook.htm) - Adam Tornhill
shares experience gained writing his three books (two of them self published).
- Writing a Technical Book (http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/articles/technical-writing.shtml) - Michael Foord shares his experience publishing with Apress.
- Tips for Writing a Programming Book (http://www.philosophicalgeek.com/2014/11/10/tips-for-writing-a-programming-book/)