Awesome Book Authoring
Book Authoringを扱う資料や関連プロジェクトをまとめたAwesomeリストです。
目次
必読
書籍企画書
- 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)
契約
- 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
印税・前払い金・その他のお金の話
- 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? - 技術書を書く利点と、書籍の前払い金の基本的な仕組み。
- How Book Advances Work – A Simple Explanation for Writers
- Typical O’Reilly Advance Structure
編集者
- 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?)
出版社
マーケティング
その他
- Scott Meyers on Advance Sales, and How They Are Impacted by The Delivery Schedule
- Ask HN: Considerations when asked to write a book? - 多くの著者が自身の経験を語る Hacker News 上の議論。
出版社一覧
- 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
自己出版
- Self vs Professional Publishing - 両者の長所と短所、および自己出版で利用できる多くの選択肢。
執筆ワークフローとツール
- Living the Future of Technical Writing - Scott Chacon が Asciidoc で「Pro Git」を執筆したワークフローとツールを共有しています。
個人的な体験、振り返り、焚き火話
- Writing a Programming Book: FAQs after Writing Learning React Native
- Do Not Buy This Book - Jeff Atwood から将来の著者への警告。
- Writing a Technical Book: Motivation, Publishing and how to stay focused without ruining your Life - Adam Tornhill が3冊（うち2冊は自己出版）の執筆で得た経験を共有しています。
- Writing a Technical Book - Michael Foord が Apress での出版経験を共有しています。
- Tips for Writing a Programming Book