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Re:On Writing Books for Programmers by wmat on Friday February 18, 2011 @02:11PM (#2236769)
Great article. I particularly like the advice to keep the length of the book short. However, what do you do when you can't, break it into separate Volumes like Knuth's, TAoCP?
Re:On Writing Books for Programmers by ddbeck on Friday February 18, 2011 @02:59PM (#2236974)
Volumes, sure, but those volumes need to specialize and, to a certain extent, stand alone. In other words, don't just put "to be continued" at the end of a chapter; find a logical place to segment your work.