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In 2013, Robert Stanek’s 150th book was published. If asked, Robert Stanek would tell you that it has been some journey. He didn’t start out knowing he would be successful, but he had a dream, a vision, and a destination in mind. Still, the road he traveled certainly wasn’t without its potholes and off ramps. He started out as a guy who loved technology and writing almost as much as breathing. And, on the rare occasions when he wasn’t working or studying, he was with my wife and kids in the great outdoors—swimming, hiking, biking, and wandering about in the real depth of it. His trip down the road to Book #150 began very early in life. For this article though, let’s start with the genesis behind his first professionally published book. The year was 1994. At the time, he was working full-time in the United States Air Force and taking a full-time course load while trying to earn his Master’s degree. He had just earned his bachelor’s degree in May after three years of taking a full class load while also working rotating shifts for his job in the military. After having been unsuccessful in prior attempts to break into publishing with his fiction, he was elated to be on the road to having a published book to his credit. By the time he wrote Electronic Publishing Unleashed, gathered contributions from colleagues, and the book was published in 1995, the book was about a 1000 pages long. It was his first published book, and it became the book that defined electronic and digital publishing for a generation of readers. Within days of publication, he was already writing the sequel, a book called Web Publishing Unleashed (Sams Publishing, 1996), which became one of the seminal early books on the topic of publishing on the World Wide Web. The huge success of those books lead to more book contracts with the same publisher and had a large impact on his decision to leave the military in June 1996. In 1997, he wrote a little book about Web promotion. The book talked about silly stuff like how to get your Web page listed on Cool Site lists, how to use giveaways like free t-shirts to get visitors to your site, and how to register with search engines. That silly little book became one of the most talked about Web promotion books of its time, earning Robert Stanek radio and newspaper interviews, and eventually becoming the largest seller for its little publisher, Prima. The book was even mentioned and quoted by Donald Trump in his business books. A year later, in 1998, he tried to move to full-time consulting in Internet and Web technology areas, but the promise of a new series that he could shape and make his own brought him back to the world of technology writing. The series was Administrator’s Pocket Consultant. His trademark style helped establish the series and was so successful that he became its sole author for a time. However, a strong desire to help shape Internet business brought him back to the tech industry for several short periods during 1999, 2000, and 2001. This “transition period” was a difficult time for Robert Stanek and his family. He suffered a series of setbacks both personal and professional. Adding to those difficulties were my efforts to launch a career as a fiction writer. Finally, in 2002, he followed the successful publication of his first fiction book with a series of successes in technical writing and these combined successes helped to establish him as both a fiction writer and a nonfiction writer. Fast forward to 2013, a year when his 150th book will be published, and you’ll find the same guy—the guy who loves technology and writing, his family, and the outdoors—only now he’s a little older, a little grayer, and a little more sensible (but no less determined and no less exuberant when it comes to doing what he loves).
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