We’re back talking books and we’re joined by 4 other technical book authors to discuss why we wrote a book, figuring out where to start, whether writing takes you out of the game, and should you write for fun or profit?

Q & A

7:30 Why did Brad Frost write a book?

10:40 Why did Richard Feldman write a book on Elm?

13:00 Simon King: why a book about industrial design?

15:40 What was Val’s path to writing a book about web animation?

18:40 Should you be an expert first and then write a book or become an expert by writing a book?

31:50 Was it the process of writing the book worth it?

43:40 Does writing a book take you out of the game?

54:40 What’s the difference between a book and a blog post?

Links

Val Head / @vlh on Twitter

Designing Interface Animation

Simon King

Understanding Industrial Design

Richard Feldman

Elm in Action

Brad Frost / @brad_frost on Twitter

Atomic Design

What Comes Next is the Future

Workshop on Elm with FrontEnd Masters

Style Guide Podcast

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