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How I wrote, crowdfunded, and independently published a book

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Re: How I wrote, crowdfunded, and independently published a book

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Post by mjayhn »

shahinrostami wrote: post #8
rhizome wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How are yours doing?

We can say... slow and steady! I can go days without a sale, and most of the time it requires active promotion. I list them directly ( https://store.shahinrostami.com/ ) and not through Amazon/Gumroad etc, so maybe that makes it more difficult... but I'm still enjoying it!

I don't know what I was expecting but nice work that's really great. Now I want a data is beautiful coffee book..

Re: How I wrote, crowdfunded, and independently published a book

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Post by shahinrostami »

swyx wrote: post #6

for those seeking more info i collected other book launches (developer focused) here https://github.com/sw-yx/launch-cheatsheet/

Thanks for sharing! Through your link, I found my way to this image. It reminded me of the time I thought I had a similar inbox indicating a successful launch, but it was just the same person's "payment failed" notification coming through!

Re: How I wrote, crowdfunded, and independently published a book

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Post by pteraspidomorph »

alwaysLrng27 wrote: post #3

Amazing job. I think your portuguese cover/book title needs work if you plan to publish/sell in the brazilian market. It has a typo and doesn't sound natural.

It's fine standard portuguese.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/porque#Adverb

Re: How I wrote, crowdfunded, and independently published a book

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Post by kentosi »

alwaysLrng27 wrote: post #3

Amazing job. I think your portuguese cover/book title needs work if you plan to publish/sell in the brazilian market. It has a typo and doesn't sound natural.

> It has a typo and doesn't sound natural.

What's the typo and why doesn't it sound natural?

If it's about the "porque" then please keep this in mind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUYzlYg_axo

Re: How I wrote, crowdfunded, and independently published a book

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Post by soneca »

soneca wrote: post #10
alwaysLrng27 wrote: post #3

Amazing job. I think your portuguese cover/book title needs work if you plan to publish/sell in the brazilian market. It has a typo and doesn't sound natural.

Adding to that, let me offer a suggestion on how it could be improved: Original: ”Porque continua a mandar os seus filhos para a escola?” Grammatically correct: ”Por que continua a mandar os seus filhos para a escola?” More naturally sound: ”Por que você continua a mandar seus filhos para a escola?”

update of comment above: I just learned from kentosi comment that "Porque" without a space in a question is gramatically correct if you are using portuguese from Portugal. So, consider that I made my suggestions in Brazilian Portuguese.

Re: How I wrote, crowdfunded, and independently published a book

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Post by nunorbatista »

kentosi wrote: post #14
alwaysLrng27 wrote: post #3

Amazing job. I think your portuguese cover/book title needs work if you plan to publish/sell in the brazilian market. It has a typo and doesn't sound natural.

> It has a typo and doesn't sound natural. What's the typo and why doesn't it sound natural? If it's about the "porque" then please keep this in mind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUYzlYg_axo

Portuguese here: there's no error, it's fine.
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