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I'm guessing this "well known technical book publisher" is Packt?

• downrightmike 4y ago
  Sometimes they are gems, others yeah...
• cfeduke 4y ago
  Based on the description, yes, my experience with Packt was the same. As the author you are mostly on your own and the pages per chapter during the outline phase caught me completely by surprise. (I am certain I did not stick to my estimates, but the book had to be exactly 54 pages with some extra pages for TOC, blanks, preface, ads for similar titles.) It was an experience that was worth it for the first time around but not something I'd do again - at least probably not a technical book.
• __mharrison__ 4y ago
  Royalty number seems too high... Pragmatic has high royalties (higher than listed in this post).
• nunez 4y ago
  probably. they approach everyone. but if you're (really) good, you could also have o'reilly asking for you.