I have a book deal!

So I might be quiet for a while.

Photo by Patrick Tomasso on Unsplash.

Hello, there.

It’s been a number of weeks since I published an article on this site. Don’t worry though; nothing untoward has happened. In fact, something — erm — toward has happened instead.

Last week I signed a contract to turn The Engineering Manager into a book! A while back, I asked those on my mailing list what they would like to see in the future direction of this website. Should I be focussing on management, current affairs, technology, or something else? The answer was predominantly that I should try and turn what I’ve written into a complete tome. I’m excited to say that it’s now going to happen.

I wrote short pitches to a number of publishers and some of those turned into longer book proposals with sample material. After a bunch of emails and calls, I was extremely lucky to be offered to sign with my number one choice: The Pragmatic Bookshelf, who produce some of the best books for developers out there, including the developer’s bible: The Pragmatic Programmer. Not only do they give their authors a good deal — 50% royalties compared to the usual 10% from other publishers — they also give their editors a cut of the proceeds.

“But,” I hear you cry, “Isn’t this a book about management?”