Question for Mike Gold and/or Mahesh Chand

I would say for your first book, talk to one of the big technical publishers and see if they are willing to take on your book (APress, Addison and Welsey, Prentice Hall, SAMS, Dummies Series, O'Reilley, Syngress, etc.). Keep in mind that if they have already covered the topic, they are less likely to do it. Ask for an advance up front and negotiate a royalty (somewhere between 10-15%). They will want to see your table of contents and possibly the first three chapters before they commit to signing a contract with you. Also they often reserve the right to reject the book at any point during the process. If you want to publish the book yourself, you are entering a whole new ballgame with a lot of work. You'll need to have the book printed, make business relationships with wholesalers and distributors, work with professional publicists to market the book and a lot more. You will also need people to proofread the book and technical edit it. (You will need a technical editor regardless if you publish it yourself or go with one of the big guns.) You'll also need to set up shipping of the book and a lot more. It can be a bit of a headache. Hope this helps you to make a decision, -Mike

Yes James. Its true. We authored and published it ourselves. However, publishing (printing and editing) part was taken care by Mike. Mike can definitely guide you towards that.