(Author of The Art of Agile Development, which just came out with a second edition.) I don’t agree that going with a publisher is a fool’s game. Yes, they take

(Author of The Art of Agile Development, which just came out with a second edition.) I don’t agree that going with a publisher is a fool’s game. Yes, they take the majority of the income of the book, but most technical books don’t do all that well anyway. In return, they provide credibility and marketing support, as well as a certain amount of editing (depends on the publisher) and infrastructure support (ISBN, getting the book into stores, etc.) For me, the credibility and marketing is more valuable than the money to be made. I spent a full year writing the new edition, close to full time, and I’ll likely never be paid what I’m worth for that time. But going with O’Reilly as my publisher means that a lot more people will hear about and read the book, and that’s a win to me.