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I have these issues in mind. The way i'm intending to solve them is via the self-publishing model. I have written large works before (including non-public books
by mjburgess 5y ago
I have these issues in mind. The way i'm intending to solve them is via the self-publishing model. I have written large works before (including non-public books on Scala, R and effectively a couple textbooks on data science).
What I'm aiming to do here is cautiously acquire a minor second income stream by taking a lot of my already well-formed thoughts on various areas, and create small and cheap PDFs that a few people would be interested in reading.
I am very wary about "When Machine Learning Fails" as that feels like one of those magnum-opus books that takes years to write and a mental breakdown to finish. If I were to do that, I'd probably release a first chapter and mid-chapter as drafts to gauge interest.
The first chapter would be a lighlty mathematical theory of learning & philosophy discussion, which should polarise enough people into like/dislike -- and a mid-section chapter would be a semi-math. semi-prog. case study popular write up of, probably, an academic paper.
- mkl 5y agoI think also the machine learning one is quite a bit riskier than the others due to how quickly the field is moving. Big failures you write about may be easily worked around by the time you finish, and even if everything is current when you finish, the book may have a pretty short shelf life.
- formerkrogemp 5y agoWhat do you mean by "non-public books?" Are these books that you haven't released or published but have already written?