Test & Code

137: Become an Author - Matt Harrison interviews Brian Okken


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Matt Harrison, author of many Python books, is putting together a course, Effective Book Authoring, to help other people write and publish books.
 As part of this course, he's including interviews with people who have already written books, including me. This is that interview.

We discuss:

  • Why I wrote "Python Testing with pytest"
  • Self publishing vs working with a publisher
  • The writing, editing, and publishing process
  • Writing format
  • Book promotion
  • Advice to other writers

Special Guest: Matt Harrison.

Links:

  • Effective Book Authoring — Matt's course
  • Python Testing with pytest - Simple, Rapid, Effective, and Scalable



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