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In the context of programming languages and tech stacks, that is an astronomical audience though. I work in a niche where there are two books that have ever be

In the context of programming languages and tech stacks, that is an astronomical audience though. I work in a niche where there are two books that have ever been written, by the same author, and there might be a couple thousand people total in the whole world that use this particular SDK. Most technical books appeal to an incredible narrow slice of the already small pie that is software people.

Retric 8y ago
I suspect that the total number of books written on SQL/C/C++/C#/Java etc probably significantly exceeds those written for niche languages. Similarly, Windows/Linux/Unix/iOS or MS Office or Visual Studio... across the various CS domains.
no_wizard 8y ago
What niche? It’s almost a disservice to your niche not to mention it by name! The books too
- megaman22 8y ago
  Microsoft Lync/Skype for Business development. Michael Greenleaf has written a couple books, and there are maybe a double handful of people blogging about it.
  - ggg9990 8y ago
    What’s your plan for Skype for Business getting canned? Teams development?
    - megaman22 8y ago
      That's many years down the pike, honestly. We still see a lot of customers using Lync 2010. People do not move fast in this segment.