You could try No Starch Press, they might take a look at it.
If you self publish, I'd suggest using the calibre program to offer
formats other than pdf, many folks like epub files these days (myself
included of course), and while I've been told that smashwords isn't the
platform it once was, and it should be avoided for new publishing, which
is a shame, because I like that platform, you can of course publish on
amazon, which would get your book in front of a whole lot of readers. I
both love and hate amazon as a publishing platform. I like it, because
it's big enough, many folks go there first, publish their books, and
then I get access to them, which is great, but I don't like them,
because they lock the book to that specific reader, and they aren't
always the best about making their apps completely accessible, though
they generally get a *lot* of negative feedback when they break
accessibility in a new version, but until they fix it, many visually
impaired readers are left with no way to read their books.
Whatever you do though, (even if you have to buy one yourself), please
ensure you get an ISBN for your book, don't depend on amazon to generate
one of their asin numbers that don't work anywhere but amazon, it makes
it difficult for offline folks to locate the book, which certainly will
impact sales, every little bit helps in a nich market like this one.
On 8/4/2024 5:14 AM, Jim Hall via Freedos-user wrote:
Will do! I'm planning to get most of the book written then reach out
to a few academic publishers (IEEE, STC, …). If no one picks it up
(it's a pretty niche topic) I'll self publish as pdf and print via the
Technically We Write website.
You might also be interested in Technically We Write. It's an open
community, article-based website about all things "tech writing." I
sponsor it through my consulting company, even though it doesn't
generate revenue (no ads, and we give everything away under a Creative
Coming license). We have several articles there about DOS word
processors, including WordStar and WordPerfect.
https://technicallywewrite.com/
On Sat, Aug 3, 2024, 11:26 PM EdzUp via Freedos-user
<freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
Hi Jim,
Please post a link to the completed book when it's ready as I
would like to buy it I am always interested about reading about
the DOS days and have many fond memories of that time from DOS 2.0
onwards.
-Ed
EdzUp
On Sat, 3 Aug 2024, 21:30 Karen Lewellen via Freedos-user,
<freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
Hi Jim,
Congratulations!
Not a big fine of posting at the bottom.
Still, I imagine you have perhaps come across the articles
where George
r. r. Martin shares that he writes his novels in DOS using
Wordstar?
would rock if you got an interview, but at the very least any
Wordstar
chapter should include him?
Kare
On Sat, 3 Aug 2024, Jim Hall via Freedos-user wrote:
> Liam Proven wrote:
>>>> From Canadian SF novelist Robert J Sawyer. (I've met him
and read
>>>> quite a few of his books. I like them.)
>>>>
>>>> He writes solely in WordStar so he's put together a
freebie distro of
>>>> the final version.
>>>>
>>>> https://sfwriter.com/blog/?p=5806
>
> Jim Hall wrote:
>>> This is really interesting! I'd seen Sawyer's archived
info about
>>> WordStar, but obviously this is new. (I'm writing an
academic book
>>> about 'milestones in tech writing history' and I'm
considering adding
>>> a chapter on WordStar. Sawyer's info will be good
research. I may also
>>> email him for an interview about it.)
>
> Roger wrote:
>> I think, you would be crazy not to ask for an interview from a
>> programmer (or "WABits") from this era!
>
>
> I've emailed Robert for an interview, and he's agreed! So
that will be exciting.
>
> If you know of anyone else I might interview about WordStar,
please
> share an email address or other contact info with me. (And
if you're
> volunteering for an interview, email me off-list so I can
send you a
> list of interview questions.)
>
>
> Jim
>
>
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