The day after her conviction, Manning declared her gender identity was a man and began to transition.

"In README.txt, Manning recounts how her pleas for increased institutional transparency and government accountability took place alongside a fight to defend her rights as a trans woman,'' according to an announcement Thursday by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

"Manning details the challenges of her childhood and adolescence as a naive, computer-savvy kid, what drew her to the military, and the fierce pride she has about the work she does.''

The book's title refers to a file she used for sending a message about the documents.