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<h1 id="awesome-book-authoring">Awesome Book Authoring</h1>
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<p>A collection of <a
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href="https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome"><img
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src="https://cdn.rawgit.com/sindresorhus/awesome/d7305f38d29fed78fa85652e3a63e154dd8e8829/media/badge.svg"
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alt="Awesome" /></a> resources for technical book authors.</p>
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<h1 id="table-of-contents">Table of Contents</h1>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="#must-reads">Must Reads</a></li>
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<li><a href="#book-proposals">Book Proposals</a></li>
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<li><a href="#contracts">Contracts</a></li>
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<li><a href="#royalties-advances-and-other-money-stuff">Royalties,
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Advances, and Other Money Stuff</a></li>
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<li><a href="#editors">Editors</a></li>
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<li><a href="#publishers">Publishers</a></li>
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<li><a href="#marketing">Marketing</a></li>
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<li><a href="#misc">Misc.</a></li>
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<li><a href="#list-of-publishers">List of Publishers</a></li>
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<li><a href="#self-publishing">Self Publishing</a></li>
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<li><a href="#writing-workflows-and-tooling">Writing Workflows and
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Tooling</a></li>
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<li><a
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href="#personal-experiences-post-mortems-and-campfire-stories">Personal
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Experiences, Post Mortems and Campfire Stories</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="must-reads">Must Reads</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="http://www.aristeia.com/authorAdvice.html">Scott Meyers’
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Advice to Prospective Book Authors</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.fasterj.com/articles/bookwriting.shtml">Writing
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A Technical Book: Is It Worthwhile?</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="book-proposals">Book Proposals</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><a
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href="http://web.archive.org/web/20130809065323/http://oreilly.com/oreilly/author/ch02.html">The
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Proposal (O’Reilly: So You Want to Write a Book?)</a></li>
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<li><a
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href="http://www.aristeia.com/authorAdvice.html#bookProposal">Scott
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Meyers’ Advice on Preparing a Book Proposal</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.informit.com/about/write_for_us.aspx">Write for
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Us (Pearson Education)</a></li>
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<li><a
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href="http://www.quepublishing.com/promotions/write-for-us-drafting-a-proposal-137677">Drafting
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a Proposal (Que Publishing)</a></li>
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<li><a
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href="http://www.quepublishing.com/promotions/write-for-us-anatomy-of-a-toc-137678">Anatomy
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of a TOC (Que Publishing)</a></li>
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<li><a
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href="https://pragprog.com/write-for-us/proposal-guidelines">Proposal
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Guidelines (The Pragmatic Programmers)</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="contracts">Contracts</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><a
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href="http://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/book-contract-whats-negotiable-and-whats-not">Book
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Contract: What’s Negotiable and What’s Not</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.aristeia.com/authorAdvice.html#contracts">Scott
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Meyers’ Advice on Contracts</a></li>
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<li><a
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href="http://web.archive.org/web/20130704110948/http://oreilly.com/oreilly/author/ch03.html">The
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Contract (O’Reilly: So You Want to Write a Book?)</a></li>
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<li><a
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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161010102603/http://www.apress.com/files/Apress_Contract.pdf">Apress
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Standard Contract</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://www.nostarch.com/download/nspagreement.pdf">No
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Starch Press Standard Contract</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="royalties-advances-and-other-money-stuff">Royalties, Advances,
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and Other Money Stuff</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="http://www.aristeia.com/authorAdvice.html#moneyStuff">Scott
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Meyers on Royalties, Advances, and Other Money Stuff</a></li>
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<li><a
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href="http://web.archive.org/web/20130704110948/http://oreilly.com/oreilly/author/ch03.html#royadv">Royalties
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and Advances (O’Reilly: So You Want to Write a Book?)</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.fasterj.com/articles/bookwriting.shtml">Writing
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A Technical Book: Is It Worthwhile?</a> - The benefits for writing a
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technical book, and the basics of how book advances work.</li>
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<li><a
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href="http://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/how-book-advances-work-a-simple-explanation-for-writers">How
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Book Advances Work – A Simple Explanation for Writers</a></li>
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<li><a
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href="http://web.archive.org/web/20130704110948/http://oreilly.com/oreilly/author/ch03.html#advance">Typical
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O’Reilly Advance Structure</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="editors">Editors</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><a
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href="http://www.aristeia.com/authorAdvice.html#publishersAndEditors">Scott
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Meyers on the Importance of a Good Editor</a></li>
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<li><a
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href="http://www.quepublishing.com/promotions/write-for-us-the-editing-process-137679">The
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Editing Process and Editor Types (Que Publishing)</a></li>
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<li><a
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href="http://web.archive.org/web/20130710213743/http://oreilly.com/oreilly/author/ch04.html">Writing
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and Editing (O’Reilly: So You Want to Write a Book?)</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="publishers">Publishers</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><a
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href="http://www.aristeia.com/authorAdvice.html#findingAPublisher">Scott
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Meyers’ Advice on Finding a Publisher</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="marketing">Marketing</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><a
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href="http://web.archive.org/web/20130711002825/http://oreilly.com/oreilly/author/ch06.html">Marketing
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Your Book (O’Reilly: So You Want to Write a Book?)</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="misc.">Misc.</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="http://www.aristeia.com/authorAdvice.html#schedule">Scott
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Meyers on Advance Sales, and How They Are Impacted by The Delivery
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Schedule</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12118554">Ask HN:
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Considerations when asked to write a book?</a> - A discussion on Hacker
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News where many authors discuss their experience.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="list-of-publishers">List of Publishers</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="http://www.oreilly.com/work-with-us.html">O’Reilly</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.apress.com/write-for-us/">Apress</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://write-with-us.pragprog.com/">The Pragmatic
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Programmers</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://authors.packtpub.com/">Packt Publishing</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.informit.com/about/write_for_us.aspx">Pearson
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(parent company for Addison-Wesley, Prentice Hall Professional, Que,
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Sams, and more)</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.quepublishing.com/about/write_for_us.aspx">Que
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Publishing</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://www.manning.com/write-for-us">Manning
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Publications</a></li>
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<li><a
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href="http://www.wrox.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-105073.html">Wrox</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://www.nostarch.com/writeforus.htm">No Starch
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Press</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="self-publishing">Self Publishing</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><a
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href="https://medium.com/@davetron5000/self-vs-professional-publishing-c3397bd7defd#.lrfhasuo5">Self
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vs Professional Publishing</a> - The pros and cons of each, plus a look
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at many of the options available for self publishing.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="writing-workflows-and-tooling">Writing Workflows and
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Tooling</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><a
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href="https://medium.com/@chacon/living-the-future-of-technical-writing-2f368bd0a272#.8x6g1wxjb">Living
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the Future of Technical Writing</a> - Scott Chacon shares his workflow
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and tools for writing “Pro Git” in Asciidoc.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="personal-experiences-post-mortems-and-campfire-stories">Personal
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Experiences, Post Mortems and Campfire Stories</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><a
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href="https://medium.com/@brindelle/writing-a-programming-book-faqs-after-writing-learning-react-native-8a5ea8ce04e#.e85mhxolh">Writing
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a Programming Book: FAQs after Writing Learning React Native</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://blog.codinghorror.com/do-not-buy-this-book/">Do Not
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Buy This Book</a> - Jeff Atwood’s warning to potential writers.</li>
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<li><a
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href="http://www.adamtornhill.com/articles/writingbook/writingtechbook.htm">Writing
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a Technical Book: Motivation, Publishing and how to stay focused without
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ruining your Life</a> - Adam Tornhill shares experience gained writing
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his three books (two of them self published).</li>
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<li><a
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href="http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/articles/technical-writing.shtml">Writing
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a Technical Book</a> - Michael Foord shares his experience publishing
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with Apress.</li>
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<li><a
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href="http://www.philosophicalgeek.com/2014/11/10/tips-for-writing-a-programming-book/">Tips
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for Writing a Programming Book</a></li>
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</ul>
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<p><a
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href="https://github.com/TalAter/awesome-book-authoring">bookauthoring.md
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Github</a></p>
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