Yes, don’t write technical books for the money. But also do! If you approach the book as a business venture, there’s plenty of money to be made.

Here’s my recap of making almost $400k over a few years of working on books-and-such as a sidebiz alongside a full-time job. Not all of it was from books directly, a lot was from opportunities that the books unlocked. And that’s not even counting how the books enabled me to sponsor my own visa/greencard to come into USA and unlock oodles of opportunities.

The main insight I’ve learned is that the book is a product. Write your thing for someone to benefit from. What [useful thing] will they be able to do after reading your book that they weren’t able to before? How does it help them get more of what they want faster?

https://swizec.com/blog/5-years-of-books-and-courses-or-how-...

Sharing this to encourage, not to brag. We need more insightful and useful books out there.

If you’re gonna do this, I strongly recommend picking up a copy of Write Useful Books first. Wish it existed when I started. http://writeusefulbooks.com/