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Kathy Sierra published an article about writing tech books at “creating passionate users”.
“The biggest problem with many tech books (and tech training) is indecision. When the author can’t decide between creating a reference or learning book, they often try to do both. That rarely works. So the second most important question to answer when you start to write a tech book (or a book proposal), instructional manual, or training course is what’s my goal?
And the most important question is, “what’s the reader’s goal?”
When a non-fiction book (especially a tech book) doesn’t sell, or a training course isn’t successful, it’s often because the reader was on one end of the graph while the writer/course developer was on the other. Or because the author/teacher believed that giving information was the way to communicate knowledge and understanding.”
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Reference vs. Learning: pick ONE
