Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Newbie’s Guide to Publishing | 2010 | J.A. Konrath | Buy |
| 2 | Be the Monkey | 2011 | J.A. Konrath | Buy |
J.A. Konrath’s non-fiction output reflects his role as one of the earliest and most vocal advocates for ebook self-publishing. The Newbie’s Guide to Publishing, published in 2010, collects material from his popular blog of the same name, which tracked his experiments with ebook pricing, marketing, and sales.
Be the Monkey, co-written with Barry Eisler in 2011, continued the conversation about publishing’s future. The two books capture a specific moment in publishing history when the ebook revolution was upending the traditional model, and Konrath was one of the loudest voices arguing that authors should go independent.