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I thought about writing books (technical stuff) but then realized there is nothing I can do about piracy, pdf/epub/etc are just a few clicks away. unlike music
by synergy20 6y ago
I thought about writing books (technical stuff) but then realized there is nothing I can do about piracy, pdf/epub/etc are just a few clicks away. unlike music and movies that you have some leagues to enforce IP laws once a while, for books there is essentially none. It's hard to get motivations considering writing books are so demanding.
- rossdavidh 6y agoI believe most authors of technical books get most of their payback from it in the form of enhanced status for consulting gigs, being as they are the person who "literally wrote the book" on topic [x]. I have heard that has been the case for quite some time.
- ghaff 6y agoI won't say piracy is a non-issue. OK, it's a non-issue. The issue is if no one knows or cares that you wrote a book on a tech topic. To the degree people do, the far bigger deal in general is that you have now written a book on tech-related topic that can be career-enhancing in many other ways. This is not universally the case perhaps, but it's the way to bet. TBH, I find a downside of publishing through a traditional publisher is that I can't just freely distribute in digital form.