Six-ish Months of eBook Sales: Riak Handbook

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Post by thibaut_barrere » Thu, Jul 05, 2012, 7:48 PM UTC

Six-ish Months of eBook Sales: Riak Handbook
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Post by thibaut_barrere » Thu, Jul 05, 2012, 8:11 PM UTC

I love this trend that people share their numbers, discuss pricing etc. I will definitely do the same in the coming months if all goes well.

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Post by robomartin » Thu, Jul 05, 2012, 9:26 PM UTC

Can you explain a little more about the mechanics of selling the eBooks? You mentioned 8.9% going to a fulfillment provider. Who? What exactly did they do for you?

Great article.

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Post by roidrage » Thu, Jul 05, 2012, 9:37 PM UTC

robomartin wrote: post #3

Can you explain a little more about the mechanics of selling the eBooks? You mentioned 8.9% going to a fulfillment provider. Who? What exactly did they do for you? Great article.

Sure can. I actually wrote a post about how I'm building and publishing the book a while back which has more details on the fulfillment provider as well: http://www.paperplanes.de/2012/1/12/my-publishing-tool-chain...

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Post by zenocon » Thu, Jul 05, 2012, 9:48 PM UTC

I bought the book. The reason why: there was a clear lack of documentation on Riak at the time (still is). Your book is bar none one of the best sources of material for quickly getting up to speed on Riak. I read it cover to cover several times. Your writing style, ability to explain complex topics with simple prose, and fantastic executable code snippet examples also contributed to my decision to shell out the $29 - after I had read the sample chapter. Frankly, I probably would have had no issue paying more for it.

Now, if someone would just give the node riak driver some love....

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Post by nathanbarry » Thu, Jul 05, 2012, 9:49 PM UTC

thibaut_barrere wrote: post #2

I love this trend that people share their numbers, discuss pricing etc. I will definitely do the same in the coming months if all goes well.

Please share the numbers even if things don't go well. A balance of successes and failures helps everyone learn.

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Post by thehickmans » Thu, Jul 05, 2012, 9:53 PM UTC

Did you do any validation on the book idea before you started writing? How much time did you invest before you decided to publish it?

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Post by thibaut_barrere » Thu, Jul 05, 2012, 9:54 PM UTC

nathanbarry wrote: post #6

thibaut_barrere wrote: post #2

I love this trend that people share their numbers, discuss pricing etc. I will definitely do the same in the coming months if all goes well.

Please share the numbers even if things don't go well. A balance of successes and failures helps everyone learn.

Will do! My "all goes well" was more about estimating the "when" than about the outcome (which is already fairly positive anyway!).

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Post by edwinnathaniel » Thu, Jul 05, 2012, 10:39 PM UTC

I'm starting to think that Amy Hoy 30x500 class will make more money than her products (^_^)

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Post by jraines » Thu, Jul 05, 2012, 11:17 PM UTC

edwinnathaniel wrote: post #9

I'm starting to think that Amy Hoy 30x500 class will make more money than her products (^_^)

Well, one way to make a lot of money is to help other people make money, with some demonstrable results.