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Many experienced technical communicators already have the skills and experience required to be successful authors of retail-market computer books. What they generally lack, however, is an understanding of the retail computer book publishing industry: the roles of the
various players, options and techniques for landing that
all-important first contract, navigating the ins and outs of
money and contracts, developing book proposals, and
working on their own. By learning more about the
industry, technical communicators gain two things: an
increased chance of becoming a first-time author and,
more importantly, whether this is an appropriate career
choice for them.
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Be An Author, Not a Writer: Breaking Into Retail-Market Computer Book Publishing
http://www.stc.org/confproceed/1998/PDFs/00013.PDF
Benz, Christopher J. and Michelle Corbin Nichols
STC Proceedings
1998
Abstract: Many experienced technical communicators already have the skills and experience required to be successful authors of retail-market computer books. What they generally lack, however, is an understanding of the retail computer book publishing industry: the roles of the
various players, options and techniques for landing that
all-important first contract, navigating the ins and outs of
money and contracts, developing book proposals, and
working on their own. By learning more about the
industry, technical communicators gain two things: an
increased chance of becoming a first-time author and,
more importantly, whether this is an appropriate career
choice for them.
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