A stalled book
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International bestseller
Took a stalled author from 15 sales in 15 months to international bestseller in 60 days
For IT Leaders
How Does an IT Leader Write and Publish a Book (Without Falling Behind on the Roadmap)?
A working IT leader (CTO, CIO, or VP of Engineering) can go from idea to published book in 6 to 12 months by working the process in order: position the book first (one reader, one problem you solve better than anyone), extract the manuscript through structured sessions built around sprint cycles, then hand editing, publishing, and launch to a partnership team while keeping 100% of your rights and royalties. The writing is not the hard part. Making technical expertise readable to a non-technical buyer is.
Where you are now
Sound familiar?
You've explained the same architecture decision to a board that doesn't know what an API is, more times than you can count. Somewhere between sprint reviews, incident calls, and a backlog that never empties, there's a book that would make that explanation once and for good. Your team keeps telling you to write it. So do we.
The obstacles
What's actually in your way
“I don't have time. The roadmap doesn't pause.”
The honest answer
Correct, and it didn't pause for the IT leaders on our roster either. The manuscript is extracted in structured sessions around sprint cycles and travel, your talking, our system doing the assembly.
“My expertise is too technical for a general audience.”
The honest answer
The most common worry we hear from this group. Positioning decides whether you're writing for engineers, for executives, or for both, and translates the technical depth into language the right reader actually wants.
“There are already a hundred leadership books from tech people.”
The honest answer
Most of them are generic. Your specific systems, your specific incidents, your specific decisions are the material competitors can't copy. That's the angle positioning finds.
“Editors will strip out the technical nuance that matters.”
The honest answer
Your voice survives editing here. We edit with you, not over you, and the precision that makes you credible to technical readers stays intact.
The payoff
What your book does for a it leader
Keynote invitations at industry conferences, a hiring magnet for engineers who read it first, board-level credibility beyond a title, and a body of work that outlasts any single company. The book is rarely the income. It's the credibility instrument.
Our method
The EPIC Publishing Path, for your calendar
Engineer
Positioning first. The right book, the right reader, the right promise, decided before a word is written.
Produce
Structured extraction and professional editing that keeps your voice. We edit with you, not over you.
Ignite
Publishing done right: your name, your rights, your royalties, everywhere books are sold.
Compound
A launch system, then quarterly pushes. Because a book isn't an event. It's an asset.
Proof
Proof from the path you're on
[TESTIMONIAL: pending permission: IT leader author]
Five days
1,000+
books sold
Sold 1,000+ books for one client in 5 days
These are our results and our clients' results, not a promise of yours.
Your book
Book types it leaders write
Leadership Book
A leadership book earns its place on a desk, not a shelf, when it gives readers a named fr…
Read more Business BookA business book earns its keep when it positions you before it informs anyone. The process…
Read more Nonfiction BookA nonfiction book gets written in a specific order, not a specific amount of talent. Posit…
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Questions it leaders ask us
Straight answers to the questions we hear most.
Still have a question?
Talk to a real personHow much does it cost?
It depends on scope, but partnership publishing is a real investment, not a low-hundreds self-publishing package. We publish an honest, itemized range instead of hiding it behind a call. See the full breakdown on the pricing and cost page.
How many hours a month does it take?
Most IT leader-authors give a few structured hours a month, scheduled around sprint reviews and travel. It's built around a full calendar, not a blank-page grind.
Do I need to be a strong writer to do this?
No. You explain complex systems clearly every day in reviews and postmortems. That's the actual skill a book needs; we supply the structure.
Do I keep the rights?
Yes. 100% of your rights and royalties, always. That's the difference between partnership publishing and a traditional deal.
What if my technical niche feels too narrow for a book?
Narrow is often the advantage. A precise book for one kind of technical reader outperforms a vague book for everyone. Positioning decides this before a word is written.
Free strategy call
Your book has waited long enough.
One call. A real read on your idea, your positioning, and your path, whether or not we work together.
- Keep 100% of your rights and royalties
- 6 to 12 months, guided start to finish
- Founded by USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling authors