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Show HN: Softcover – A publishing platform from the author of the Rails Tutorial

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Post by mhartl » Wed, Mar 05, 2014, 10:02 PM UTC

Show HN: Softcover – A publishing platform from the author of the Rails Tutorial
softcover.io

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Post by HistoryInAction » Wed, Mar 05, 2014, 10:19 PM UTC

Interesting, especially in context of the FG Press announcement. Good luck!

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Post by benatkin » Wed, Mar 05, 2014, 10:25 PM UTC

I saw this go to the second page. I don't think it's enough to link to https://news.ycombinator.com/newest rather than the story from twitter to avoid being penalized. I think saying that it's on Hacker News might be the way to promote it without getting penalized. I think this is right up HN's alley though so I expect it to stay on HN for half a day. :)

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Mar 05, 2014, 10:31 PM UTC

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Post by mhartl » Wed, Mar 05, 2014, 10:31 PM UTC

HistoryInAction wrote: post #2

Interesting, especially in context of the FG Press announcement. Good luck!

Thanks!

Re: Show HN: Softcover – A publishing platform from the author of the Rails Tutorial

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Post by markbates » Wed, Mar 05, 2014, 10:32 PM UTC

Congratulations on the launch.

As the first author on the platform, http://conqueringthecommandline.com, and as the author of two other books (http://books.markbates.com), I can say that this was the easiest, and nicest tool chain I've worked with.

It took me from saying "I'm never going to write another book again" to "I have so many books I want to write now!".

Re: Show HN: Softcover – A publishing platform from the author of the Rails Tutorial

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Post by avolcano » Wed, Mar 05, 2014, 10:33 PM UTC

Seems like an alternative to https://leanpub.com/ with much better design. I'm very impressed.

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Post by prateekj » Wed, Mar 05, 2014, 10:46 PM UTC

Looks like a nice product! Congrats on the launch.

One of the main concerns for any new book is marketing. Are you planning to address this issue?

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Post by Anjin » Wed, Mar 05, 2014, 10:50 PM UTC

avolcano wrote: post #7

Seems like an alternative to https://leanpub.com/ with much better design. I'm very impressed.

Thanks, I manage the front-end design and development so hearing that warms my heart!

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Post by Ash-k » Wed, Mar 05, 2014, 10:51 PM UTC

This is cool.. congratulation