Awesome post. I'm finishing my third book, and totally recognize the agonizing over whether the book will ever get done!
On not using a conventional publisher: my first two books were with mainstream publishers (Cambridge University Press and Princeton University Press). For my third book I decided to self-publish online only, because that makes it possible to integrate animations, interactive Javascript, and so on. Four publishers have asked about publishing paper editions of the book, but it's hard to imagine going back to the printed page as the primary target medium. Having the web as the primary target is so much more powerful.
Hey Micheal, just wanted to let you know i'm very, very keen on reading your DL book! The first two chapters u've put out are great, and i can't wait to read the rest of it :)
On not using a conventional publisher: my first two books were with mainstream publishers (Cambridge University Press and Princeton University Press). For my third book I decided to self-publish online only, because that makes it possible to integrate animations, interactive Javascript, and so on. Four publishers have asked about publishing paper editions of the book, but it's hard to imagine going back to the printed page as the primary target medium. Having the web as the primary target is so much more powerful.