FLOSS Weekly 749: That's In Chapter Three - Kyle Rankin, How To Write a Tech Book

Writing a tech book is easy if you start with the proper guidance. Doc Searls and Jonathan Bennett get that guidance and much more from Kyle Rankin, author of How to Write a Tech Book.
The benefits of using LaTeX for formatting and layout when self-publishing.
How to pitch a book idea to traditional tech publishers like O'Reilly.
Advice on when you're ready to write your first tech book based on your skills.
How to make the transition from writing short-form articles to full book projects.
Differences between self-publishing and working with traditional publishers.
The editing process and importance of tech editing to perfect a textbook manuscript.
How the rise of the internet and digital documents impacts tech book publishing.
Hosts: Doc Searls and Jonathan Bennett
Guest: Kyle Rankin
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Sep 13th 2023

FLOSS Weekly 749

That's In Chapter Three

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Doc Searls,

Jonathan Bennett

Kyle Rankin, How To Write a Tech Book

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Writing a tech book is easy if you start with the proper guidance. Doc Searls and Jonathan Bennett get that guidance and much more from Kyle Rankin, author of How to Write a Tech Book.

- The benefits of using LaTeX for formatting and layout when self-publishing.
- How to pitch a book idea to traditional tech publishers like O'Reilly.
- Advice on when you're ready to write your first tech book based on your skills.
- How to make the transition from writing short-form articles to full book projects.
- Differences between self-publishing and working with traditional publishers.
- The editing process and importance of tech editing to perfect a textbook manuscript.
- How the rise of the internet and digital documents impacts tech book publishing.

Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv.

Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music.

Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

- Transcripts: FLOSS Weekly Episode 749 Transcript

#### Links

- Kyle Rankin's Writing

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- Tempus Nectit Knitting Project

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- LaTex Project

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