Do I look that thick? Bobs getting my job

[Doggy Styles]

What sysman said . I've been here and done this and its an absolute timesink for very little return (I wrote a vendor approved book which was a user guide for sysadmins for a niche product)

If you wrote one for a non-niche product you might get better returns.

[Gentile]

If you wrote one for a non-niche product you might get better returns.

I think the main return you can expect from writing a technical book is to be able to say to a ClientCo: "I literally wrote the book on this topic". A marketing thing; no more and no less. Also, there is the nice sense of deep knowledge that comes from sitting down and really thinking about how to explain those things you know to do to somebody else.

[Scoobos]

She's not wrong.

Btw, I thought writing the ONLY book on the topic was going to be a cracker, as did the vendor Shame the product bombed.

[Gentile]

She's not wrong.

Btw, I thought writing the ONLY book on the topic was going to be a cracker, as did the vendor Shame the product bombed.

Kindle? - you could republish it yourself (provided you've retained copyright), and it might become The Tome of reference in your niche field.