书籍作者
Awesome Book Authoring¶
Must Reads¶
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)
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
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? - 编写技术书籍的好处,以及书籍进展如何运作的基础知识.
- How Book Advances Work – A Simple Explanation for Writers
- Typical O'Reilly Advance Structure
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?)
Publishers¶
Marketing¶
Misc.¶
- Scott Meyers on Advance Sales, and How They Are Impacted by The Delivery Schedule
- Ask HN: Considerations when asked to write a book? - 关于 Hacker News 的讨论,许多作者讨论了他们的经验.
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
Self Publishing¶
- Self vs Professional Publishing - 各自的优缺点,以及许多可用于自助出版的选项.
Writing Workflows and Tooling¶
- Living the Future of Technical Writing - Scott Chacon 分享了他在 Asciidoc 中编写“Pro Git”的工作流程和工具.
Personal Experiences, Post Mortems and Campfire Stories¶
- Writing a Programming Book: FAQs after Writing Learning React Native
- Do Not Buy This Book - 杰夫阿特伍德对潜在作家的警告.
- Writing a Technical Book: Motivation, Publishing and how to stay focused without ruining your Life - Adam Tornhill 分享了他撰写三本书(其中两本自行出版)的经验.
- Writing a Technical Book - Michael Foord 与 Apress 分享他的出版经验.
- Tips for Writing a Programming Book