Look what our authors have to say about writing for us.
"Packt is a company that understands its authors as well as its audience. They have given me the means to pursue my interest in writing books that fill the Open Source documentation gap. But they have done far more than merely provide the means. The editors have helped me work through the process of writing a book, providing the conceptual tools to get my thoughts in order, the editorial expertise in smoothing out the bumps in my text, and on occasion – that gentle push I've needed to get me through what seemed an insurmountable task. I wrote my first book with Packt. I wrote my second book with Packt. And the reason I'm now working on a third one with them is simple: The Packt team is a pleasure to work with."
Matt Butcher, author of Building Websites with OpenCms and
Managing and Customizing OpenCms 6 Websites
"As a first-time author, I can only praise the Packt team for their professional support. They carefully explained the editorial process to me, and their comments about my text were helpful. After publication, marketing support has been great, and the phpMyAdmin project appreciates the royalties from the book sales."
Marc Delisle, author of Mastering phpMyAdmin for Effective MySQL Management
"Now that I have had some time to look back on the whole experience of producing a book jointly with the Packt team of professional editors, my impressions are:
- That is was a positive experience – working with people who have done it all before
- That their help got me to the finish line, and with a much better product than if I had tried to just write it all by myself
- That the layout of the book, font usage, and editing for language and technical terms as well as style (all work done by the Packt team), came together to produce a book that was better than perhaps I ever thought I could produce. That's because it really is a team product – the Packt safety net of experience is with the author all the way.
- That producing a book in the CRM field has certainly helped establish my credentials as a CRM expert, in a way that almost nothing else can
- That the Packt exposure and promotion of the book have helped to significantly raise my profile in my chosen field."
"Writing for Packt Publishing differs from writing for other publishers in many aspects. The most important one is the personal relation between the Packt people and the authors. This way, we – authors – are encouraged in searching for new, innovative titles, and writing content that differs. The innovative marketing approach of Packt on the other hand rewards well selling books."
Matjaz Juric, author of Business Process Execution Language for Web Services and
BPEL Cookbook: Best Practices for SOA-based integration and composite applications development
Have a look at our book proposal document.You can download it and fill it in at leisure and send it to us at authors@packtpub.com
