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Back in 2009, I posted a summary of the breakdown of the royalties 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.

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	The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master by Andy Hunt (Goodreads Author), Dave Thomas (Goodreads Author), Ward Cunningham (Foreword) 4.33 avg rating — 23,849 ratings — published 1999 — 61 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 (Goodreads Author), David Heinemeier Hansson, Leon Breedt 3.86 avg rating — 2,229 ratings — published 2005 — 41 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 (Goodreads Author), Chad Fowler (Goodreads Author), Andy Hunt (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 1,986 ratings — published 2000 — 17 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 — 736 ratings — published 2013 — 24 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 Andy Hunt (Goodreads Author), Dave Thomas (Goodreads Author) 3.66 avg rating — 274 ratings — published 2003 — 13 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 (Goodreads Author), Dave Thomas (Goodreads Author), Matt Hargett 3.70 avg rating — 155 ratings — published 2004 — 7 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 4.63 avg rating — 101 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 (Goodreads Author), Andy Hunt (Goodreads Author) 3.31 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2003 — 4 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
	simplicity: sustainable, humane, and effective software development by Dave Thomas (Goodreads Author), Susannah Davidson (Editor) 3.40 avg rating — 15 ratings — 2 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

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“You probably don’t want to change the meaning of true halfway through your program (except perhaps if you’re 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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Dave Thomas’s Followers (166)

Dave’s Bookshelves

Dave’s Friends (7)

Dave Thomas

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Pragmatic Royalties—2013 Edition

Combine EditionsDave Thomas’s books

Series by Dave Thomas

Topics Mentioning This Author

Dave’s Friend Comments

20 posts
Dave Thomas's Blog

Combine Editions
Dave Thomas’s books