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This. I wrote a book about React and after that didn't get asked stupid interview questions anymore.

• OJFord 6y ago
  Surely that doesn't work if it's 'just' some self-published book the interviewers haven't heard of? I don't mean any disrespect to yours at all (since I've never read any book on React, so I can say with certainty not your (unshared name) book on React) but anyone can write a bad book and start selling (or rather, 'offering for sale') PDFs/ePubs on their website (I've thought about doing it!) that shouldn't make them an automatic authority on the titular topic though.
  • User23 6y ago
    Check GP's profile. The info you're asking about is there.
    • OJFord 6y ago
      I'm not really asking for any info, I'm assuming that if that's really worked as described for k___, then their book is well known or regarded in React circles, and that's why. I don't think that's a good reason to do it, because well-regarded authors didn't become so by writing any old book - they either already were, or they wrote a bloody good one.
  • ghaff 6y ago
    I don't disagree in that a publisher provides some quality floor and they presumably wouldn't have taken your book on if they already have a superior library on the same topic. That said, put a self-published book on your site and someone can tell pretty quickly from a few minutes with the PDF if it's obviously bad. (Honestly, if I'm doing a book primarily for reputational purposes and I self-publish, I will (and have) just given it away for free.