Writing a book

Writing a book is, in many respects, a kind of intellectual assertion or a search for an identity. In this sense it is an "I write therefore I am," kind of activity. If this were not so, the author is no more than a mechanical instrument stringing facts and data together, or to use a cruder term, "a hack."

Nevertheless, the commercial considerations of the publisher (who, after all, is the vehicle that carries the author's message to the public audience!) need to be considered too.

Writing a book is thus a tight rope walk between retaining one's own integrity to a holistic self identity and making the conntent more palatable for the end-users perceived needs.