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Is there a sample chapter? It's hard to know if I want to purchase it without knowing anything about how the book is written or whether it tried to achieve its purpose.
Can't you download it for free, look through it and then "re-purchase" it for a price you feel is fair ?
Flashy website, but a quick background check of the contributors reveals that they've barely been working at their respective positions for over a year. In any event, kudos on providing an interesting narrative.
Flashy website, but a quick background check of the contributors reveals that they've barely been working at their respective positions for over a year. In any event, kudos on providing an interesting narrative.
Not everyone documents how long they have been in the field publicly, and for all you know (or don't know...), some of the contributors (that I personally know myself), have been immersed in the field for years.
Also, from a more credible standpoint, majority of the book has direct Q&A + perspectives of some of the best data scientists...
Based on my interest in this field I am willing to pay around $5 for the book. However I agree that it is not a fair price. What should I do? Note that it is not a matter of money. I could afford the suggested price or even more but I am not that interested in the topic. Downloading for free is not morally acceptable for me, I would like to support this business plan.
Buy it for $19. Even if your aren't that interested in the topic just one potential insight from that book will make it worth way more than the $19USD.
The definition of a handbook according to wikipedia: "A handbook is a type of reference work, or other collection of instructions, that is intended to provide ready reference."
Is there a sample chapter? It's hard to know if I want to purchase it without knowing anything about how the book is written or whether it tried to achieve its purpose.
Table of contents: http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bf3241e4b0f0d81bf7ff...
Sample: http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bf3241e4b0f0d81bf7ff...
Based on my interest in this field I am willing to pay around $5 for the book. However I agree that it is not a fair price. What should I do? Note that it is not a matter of money. I could afford the suggested price or even more but I am not that interested in the topic. Downloading for free is not morally acceptable for me, I would like to support this business plan.
Variable pricing is really an interesting business model. I have three books for sale on leanpub, each with a suggested price of $6 with a minimum of $4. A lot of people pay more than $6, BTW, the most so far that anyone has paid is $50. Payments in the $10 to $12 range are common, but probably less than 15% of sales.
I am not a native english speaker and I am wondering why is a book, which is a collection of interviews called a 'handbook'? The definition of a handbook according to wikipedia: "A handbook is a type of reference work, or other collection of instructions, that is intended to provide ready reference."
> The material in this book is too valuable not to share.
and after reading the sample I feel their definition of valuable doesn't align with mine. It's a "handbook" but the chapters are interviews that don't go in depth into anything. Here's a sample "question"
> Compassion is also critical for designing beautiful and intuitive products, by solving the pain of the user. Is that how you chose to work in product, as the embodiment of data?
Really? This reads like an onion article about data science.