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Why Corydon

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We pair working experts with sharp editors so every chapter earns its place.

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Every author is a working professional — CISOs, principal engineers, instructors — who teaches what they actually do.

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Three-pass technical review, hands-on labs, and exam-aligned outlines. We test everything against real environments.

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Print and digital editions in 120+ countries, with localized editions in Spanish, German, and French.

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The cybersecurity list — written by defenders.

From SOC fundamentals to nation-state threat hunting, our security imprint is built around working CISOs, incident responders, and penetration testers.

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  • Hands-on labs for every chapter
  • CompTIA, ISC2, and OffSec exam-aligned
  • Free 12-month digital revisions
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Production ML systems, LLM application architecture, MLOps pipelines, and applied data science — by engineers who ship to millions of users a day.

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  • Runnable code, real datasets
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Step 02 · Draft

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Every code sample, command, and lab is built in a real environment as the chapter is written. If it doesn't run, it doesn't ship.

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Print, distribute, and update for a year.

Global print partners across three continents. Every reader gets a year of free digital revisions and a free errata pack.

Outline review — a one-page pitch becomes a chapter map
Outline reviewA one-page pitch becomes a chapter map.
Live drafting — chapter and lab built side by side
Live draftingChapter and lab built side by side.
Three-pass review — technical, editorial, reader-experience
Three-pass reviewTechnical, editorial, reader-experience.
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Print & shipWorldwide distribution + year of updates.
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Watch the line draw as you scroll — five milestones we'll ship in 2026.

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Proposal & outline

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01How do I get notified when a book I'm reading is updated?
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