>Traditional publishing ... PRO: You have professional editors looking over your draft.
Honestly, this is probably overstated. My experience is that, yes, you have professional editors but it's mostly about pushing the book into a certain house style. I'm admittedly an experienced writer but there weren't really a lot substantive changes/restructuring in my case. To be clear, the edits were helpful and things were certainly caught but it's nothing you can't hire for on your own.
IMO, perhaps the biggest benefit is that going with a known tech publisher provides, fairly or not, a certain "gravitas" that a self-published book doesn't.
Honestly, this is probably overstated. My experience is that, yes, you have professional editors but it's mostly about pushing the book into a certain house style. I'm admittedly an experienced writer but there weren't really a lot substantive changes/restructuring in my case. To be clear, the edits were helpful and things were certainly caught but it's nothing you can't hire for on your own.
IMO, perhaps the biggest benefit is that going with a known tech publisher provides, fairly or not, a certain "gravitas" that a self-published book doesn't.