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Fullstack.io | Book author | Remote | Part Time | https://www.fullstack.io/write-a-book/ https://www.fullstack.io/write-a-book/ Earn on order of $50k/year by wr
by jashmenn 8y ago
Fullstack.io | Book author | Remote | Part Time | https://www.fullstack.io/write-a-book/ https://www.fullstack.io/write-a-book/
Earn on order of $50k/year by writing a programming book. We’re the authors of Fullstack React, ng-book, Fullstack Vue and we’re looking to work with authors like you to write a few new books this year.
Our books sell very well because:
- We go way beyond API docs and teach everything you need to know to build real apps.
- We guarantee the books and code are up to date.
- We invest in marketing the books (and have an active email list of over 100k)
- We love the topics we write about and aim to create something remarkable every time.
If you decided to self-publish, you may find the marketing is more than writing the book. We have an audience, and we know what they want to read - so when your book is done, we already have people who want to buy it.
If you decide to go with a “traditional” publisher, you may be given a mediocre editor, write your book in MS Word (ha), and earn 5-15% in royalties. With us, our editors (me) are programmers first, our tooling is dev-friendly, and our royalties are split 50/50. (For scale, the author of Fullstack Vue earned $20k on the opening weekend.)
I’d specifically like to work with someone on Fullstack Go and Fullstack Rust - which is less about the respective languages and more like guides to building full-stack web applications with each, including third-party libraries, etc. But we’re also looking to write content about Python, Kubernetes, JavaScript, Elixir, etc. Anything up and coming.
If this sounds like something you’d be interested in, fill out the form linked below. Looking forward to hearing from you!
https://www.fullstack.io/write-a-book/ https://www.fullstack.io/write-a-book/
(I've talked more about our economics of writing books here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17015117 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17015117)
- jeanlucas 8y agoPretty cool, I've always wanted some topics to write about.
- wilde 8y agoThis looks cool. Couple of bits of feedback on your website: the “Request for Books” link appears to be broken on the landing page you linked here. The hamburger menu in the upper right doesn’t do anything for me in iOS Safari. I have an adblocker though so maybe that’s interfering?
- jventura 8y agoThis is very cool! Last year I wrote a manuscript on an hands-on approach to learning Python [0][1], going to apply on your site.. :) [0] https://github.com/joaoventura/full-speed-python https://github.com/joaoventura/full-speed-python [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16622038 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16622038
- xtagon 8y agoThis sounds like something I'd love to get into, but I don't have any book writing experience. Do you have any tips/pointers for me? Can you recommend any online courses that might help me learn more about technical book writing?
- jashmenn 8y agoWe will teach you :) What's most important is that you've used your topic in production and you have some "earned secrets" that don't normally appear in API docs that you'd love to share to others. I always say that we're writing the books we wish existed when we were learning. We have some internal training on how to think about outlining, how to evaluate the audience, and how to refresh yourself on the things beginners want to know. We'll also work with beta readers before we launch, so you'll be able to test the material against a fresh audience. Basically, if we decide to work together, I'll be working with you closely through every step of the process: outlining, drafting, coding, revising, editing, marketing, etc. If this interests you, please apply.
- xtagon 8y agoThere are definitely topics I can think of that I have always wished were in the books I learned from. I'll let the ideas churn for a bit before I apply. Thanks so much for the quick response :)
- philipkiely 8y agoQuick note @jashmenn : in the last sentence of section 8 of the "write a book" page, "filling" is misspelled as "filing" (missing n). Also fullstack.io seems pretty cool!
- jashmenn 8y agoHa - Looks like I need to use an editor on my own landing page. Thank you!