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Steven Rosenberg
Personal blog · stevenrosenberg.net/blogprogrammingwriting
Steven Rosenberg's personal blog at stevenrosenberg.net covers programming and writing. Since 2012, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2024-12-22, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
The linked post, Tips for Writing a Technical Book, covers advice for authors writing technical books. The one comment discusses publishing with Packt and does not judge the post itself.
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What Hacker News says?
Was it from Packt? Me too :). I have been wondering if it is worth writing for Packt or find another publisher or even self-publish. I don't think Packt is bad publisher but I have no experience in book publishing and have no idea how much publisher really matter. I have used some excellent books from Packt and some not so. Almost all authors who have written for Packt who I found online have had good experience wri…
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