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Pragmatic Royalties鈥�2013 Edition

Back in 2009, I posted a summary of the we paid on our titles. Susannah, our managing editor, has been suggesting for a while that I should update it. I was surprised by what I found.

These pie charts show the percentage of titles that earn royalties in a particular range. (Click on a chart to see a large version.)

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Dave Thomas鈥檚 books

Average rating: 4.26 · 28,734 ratings · 1,738 reviews · 11 distinct works 鈥� Similar authors

	The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master by Dave Thomas (欧宝娱乐 Author), Andy Hunt (欧宝娱乐 Author), Ward Cunningham (Foreword) 4.33 avg rating — 23,207 ratings — published 1999 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Agile Web Development with Rails, 1st Edition by Dave Thomas (欧宝娱乐 Author), David Heinemeier Hansson, Leon Breedt 3.86 avg rating — 2,224 ratings — published 2005 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmers' Guide by Dave Thomas (欧宝娱乐 Author), Chad Fowler (欧宝娱乐 Author), Andy Hunt (欧宝娱乐 Author) 4.04 avg rating — 1,982 ratings — published 2000 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Programming Elixir: Functional \|> Concurrent \|> Pragmatic \|> Fun 4.28 avg rating — 734 ratings — published 2013 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pragmatic Unit Testing in Java with JUnit by Dave Thomas (欧宝娱乐 Author), Andy Hunt (欧宝娱乐 Author) 3.66 avg rating — 272 ratings — published 2003 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pragmatic Unit Testing in C# with NUnit by Andy Hunt (欧宝娱乐 Author), Dave Thomas (欧宝娱乐 Author), Matt Hargett 3.70 avg rating — 156 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Manifesto for Agile Software Development by Kent Beck, Mike Beedle, Arie van Bennekum 4.64 avg rating — 98 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pragmatic Version Control Using CVS by Dave Thomas (欧宝娱乐 Author), Andy Hunt (欧宝娱乐 Author) 3.31 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Learn Basic: A Guide to Programming the Texas Instruments Professional Compact Computer 40 did not like it 1.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1983	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Portable Basic: Programming the Trs-80 Model 200, Trs-80 Model 100, and NEC Pc-8201a Computers 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1985	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Agile Web Development with Rails (1 book)
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Quotes by Dave Thomas (?)

“You probably don鈥檛 want to change the meaning of true halfway through your program (except perhaps if you鈥檙e a politician).”
― Dave Thomas, Programming Ruby 1.9 & 2.0

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“We're all in the customer service business. Our goal must be to exceed our customers' expectations everyday.”
― Dave Thomas

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“a way, processes in Elixir are like objects in an object-oriented system (but they have a better sense of humor).”
― Dave Thomas, Programming Elixir: Functional |> Concurrent |> Pragmatic |> Fun

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