— Maish Saidel-Keesing (@maishsk) November 16, 2017Before I actually go live with the announcement - I would like to prepare you all for how this is going to work - because it could be slightly different from the conventional book launch you might be used to.
I have decided to use Leanpub.
Why did I choose to go with self publishing and not with a traditional publisher?
The main reason behind this is not money, of course royalties are a nice little surprise every now and again - but having co-authored more than one book - I can say with no doubt - we do not do it for the money - definitely not the money,The main reason - is because of flexibility. I have the option to decide the content - and I am the sole owner of what I want to have in the book. I do not have an ‘overlord’ looking out over my shoulder saying that this is not good, not long enough - or the words are not clear. I decide what goes in, how it goes in and when.
This has it’s up-sides and of course its drawbacks - but that is a topic for a future post.
Why Leanpub?
After reading Jeff Geerlin’s book (Ansible for DevOps) and his posts on using Leanpub - I decided to try it out for myself, and I found…- I love the workflow, git commits, working with Markdown - simple smooth and it just works.
- I did not want to wait for the whole book to be complete - because I think that what I have now will be highly useful - and there is no reason to wait until the end for the information to get out there.
So how does this work?
- I am currently actively writing the book and if you so choose - you can purchase the book before it is finished.
- You choose the price that you are willing to pay (there is a minimum charge).
- All updates to the book are free.
- Currently (until the book is complete) - there will only be a digital version (perhaps a paperback in the future).