[ghaff]

And I'd say that was a pretty good result overall.

For what may be more relatable to many here, publishing a technical (or tech-adjacent, i.e. more popular industry takes of various kinds) book may be career-enhancing, even significantly so, in various ways. But you still will likely just make a few $K in direct moneys.I did a book about open source history/business models/etc. and it's been good--even was asked to do a second edition/done book signings at event/etc.--but still only made single-digit thousands of dollars directly.

[VBprogrammer]

Appreciate that you probably didn't want to be accused of shameless promotion but I'm genuinely interested; what is the name of your book?

[ghaff]

How Open Source Ate Software (from Apress)--think it's on Safari.

I've done book signings at Linux Foundation events and it's led to me doing a number of internal projects that probably wouldn't have happened otherwise.