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The Best and Worst Tech-Book Publishers?

Posted by timothy on from the little-pots-of-red-ink dept.

An anonymous reader writes "I am an author working on a technical book about an open-source software package. I am looking for a publisher, and I would like to hear experiences from any Slashdot authors. Who are the best publishers to work with and why are they great? Who are the worst publishers in the tech book business, and what nightmare/horror stories can you tell us about them? Any publishing company in particular you recommend avoiding? Any gems of advice (rights reversion, etc.) you can provide for first-time tech book authors?"

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  1. Get back to work. ;) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Any gems of advice (rights reversion, etc.) you can provide for first-time tech book authors?

    Get back to work on the BOOK - quit fooling around on Slashdot. ;)

  2. Worst tech publisher ever by Len · · Score: 5, Funny

    Penguin Classics. They're forever bitching about plot, characters and crap like that. Plus, they won't publish anything about tech invented after 1920.

  3. Re:Why not open source your book? by interkin3tic · · Score: 4, Funny

    Shockingly, I've seen books devoted to PHP, Apache, and C - books which cost money to buy. But get this - those things are free!

    To add to that, I've seen books about sex for sale, and sex is occasionally free.

  4. Re:Why not open source your book? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    [citation needed]

  5. Re:Why not open source your book? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Your mom.

  6. Re:Isn't this the age of e-books? by msclrhd · · Score: 4, Funny

    Harry Potter and the Windows 2008 Administrator?