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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
And let's not forget, there is more to new writing than fiction. If you're going to put out a non-fiction book, you're almost certainly going to need resources that extend far beyond what is available to the average person.
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Yes.
I read a fair bit of non-fiction, and the quality demands are even higher.
As one example, a book on my shelves is David McCullough's
The Path Between the Seas, a history of the Panama Canal. It won the National Book Award for History, the Francis Parkman Award, the Cornelius Ryan Award, and the Samuel Elliot Morrison award. It was the author's full time job for a couple of years.
This is not the sort of thing that will be self-published.
As another, I have an assortment of O'Reilly's computer books. They are the first place I look for such things, as I know from experience they will be clear, accurate, well edited, and well produced.
This is also not the sort of thing that will be self -published.
They require publishers with the resources to do it properly, including making sure the facts are accurate, making sure the book is well produced, and making sure the author has a roof over her head, clothes on her back, and food on her table while the book is being written.
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Dennis