I canceled my book deal
Austin Z. Henley Associate Teaching Professor Carnegie Mellon University azhenley@cmu.edu @austinzhenley github/AZHenley Home | Publications | Teaching | Blog I canceled my book deal 12/31/2025 Back in 2020-2022, my blog was getting a lot of attention. Some of the big tech book publishers reached out about whether I was interested in writing a book. I had a few conversations but decided against it. I did want to write a book but self-publishing seemed like the better option. Then an acquisitions editor for another big publisher asked to chat. He had a similar background to me, an academic who enjoys coding and writing. He had written a few books for multiple publishers so he knew the process and wasn’t shy to share the good and bad. He even made decent money from his…
