Thanks for making it optionally free! I'm going to download it now for 0, check it out, and if I like it, I'll go back and buy it for $50
Thank you.
I wrote a 750-page guide to self-hosting production apps
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Re: I wrote a 750-page guide to self-hosting production apps
#12Thank you so much for such a useful book, I really appreciate what you did! But please add alternative payment methods to thank you, I don't trust leaving credit card details on third-party services
Let me add that and come back to you.
Re: I wrote a 750-page guide to self-hosting production apps
#13I’ve been working on this for nearly two years. I originally aimed to complete it before my son was born, but he’s now 16 months old. Go figure. Seems like writing a book is harder than it looks. My original motivation was to write something I would want to read since most resources I found on self-hosting were either too shallow, lacked real-world examples like code, or didn’t fully address the knowledge gaps I kept…
Congratulations on completing the book!
Thank you. It was the hardest thing I've ever did by far.
Re: I wrote a 750-page guide to self-hosting production apps
#14What if I want a hard copy? Are you working with a printer? That would revenue.
I talked with several publishers. It seems a 750-page, high-quality printed book just isn’t economically viable these days.
So why not break it up into smaller bits? You could probably do that fairly easily with an LLM - I get that you don't want AI slop, but this would be more about helping you structure it into more publishable sizes/topics and would be your words.
Re: I wrote a 750-page guide to self-hosting production apps
#15Congratulations, that's an impressive achievement. I've successfully evaded learning anything about Kubernetes this far, but I guess this is a good opportunity to see what I've been missing.
Re: I wrote a 750-page guide to self-hosting production apps
#16I have downloaded the book (and thanks for making it free!), I will really love to read this book when I get into college/have more spare-time
Thanks for creating this book!
Re: I wrote a 750-page guide to self-hosting production apps
#17What if I want a hard copy? Are you working with a printer? That would revenue.
I talked with several publishers. It seems a 750-page, high-quality printed book just isn’t economically viable these days.
https://www.lulu.com/pricing
Had to search but it seems that lulu allows 800 pages so your book can fit just right in
There are definitely some other publishers like No Starch Press who might help ya as well.
Re: I wrote a 750-page guide to self-hosting production apps
#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
I talked with several publishers. It seems a 750-page, high-quality printed book just isn’t economically viable these days.
https://www.lulu.com/pricing Had to search but it seems that lulu allows 800 pages so your book can fit just right in There are definitely some other publishers like No Starch Press who might help ya as well.
A standard color book with 800 pages will be around $25 at scale. So, if I sell it for ~$40, I would make ~$5.
Since I spend so much time, I decided to let people read it.
Re: I wrote a 750-page guide to self-hosting production apps
#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
I talked with several publishers. It seems a 750-page, high-quality printed book just isn’t economically viable these days.
So why not break it up into smaller bits? You could probably do that fairly easily with an LLM - I get that you don't want AI slop, but this would be more about helping you structure it into more publishable sizes/topics and would be your words.
Most publishers wanted me to split it into two or three parts. However, doing so would require splitting it at awkward points.
Additionally, I’ve spent so much energy writing it that I didn’t want to deal with that.
Re: I wrote a 750-page guide to self-hosting production apps
#20I have downloaded the book (and thanks for making it free!), I will really love to read this book when I get into college/have more spare-time Thanks for creating this book!
You're welcome. Please read and share it.