Packt publishing is reaching out to potential authors through Twitter. The @packtauthors account features the latest book ideas, topic areas, author interviews, reviews, and anything else Packt thinks authors and future authors will want to see.
March 12, 2010- Packt launched a new twitter account to tweet about new writing opportunities arising at Packt. Technical people interested in writing technical books are invited to follow @packtauthors.
Most technical publishers expect authors to deliver detailed book proposals, with very little guidance on the sort of proposals likely to be accepted. Packt is turning this on its head by openly proclaiming the sort of topics and titles they’re most interested in right now, and inviting interested authors to get in touch with a simple email.
“We are planning to publish more than 200 books this year and will be inviting authors to write them. We’ll tweet about specific book ideas that need authors, topic areas that we’re looking into, interesting links, and anything else we think authors and future authors will want to see,” said David Barnes, Author Relationship Manager at Packt Publishing. “Follow @packtauthors so you can be the first to discover our latest writing opportunities.”
Writing a book is a great way to demonstrate and share your expertise in a topic area. Packt pays an advance to its authors, as well as a generous royalty of 16%. You don’t need writing experience to write for Packt -- just as enthusiasm for the subject and an ability to put your expertise into words.
The @packtauthors account has already posted about topics such as Python, Joomla!, Drupal, Blender, Unity3D, and Lotus. As Packt continually discover new topics, and new opportunities in our established topic areas, you can expect requests for a wide variety of interesting authors.
Anybody with an interest in writing technical books follow @packtauthors on Twitter, for all the latest author news and writing opportunities:http://www.twitter.com/packtauthors
