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> “ The book I want to read. ” — Matz, creator of the Ruby language The amazing review / testimonial the author probably was able to ask for because he's credible and an active member of the Ruby ecosystem (tinyrb). Another lesson on the value of real working relationships.
Cool tips. I especially like the part about testing the market before actually doing the work. Clever.
> “ The book I want to read. ” — Matz, creator of the Ruby language The amazing review / testimonial the author probably was able to ask for because he's credible and an active member of the Ruby ecosystem (tinyrb). Another lesson on the value of real working relationships.
Of course, it also implies that Matz did NOT read the book... :-/
Also, I'd like to read the book, but not for the price the author is asking.
I'm impressed that one can sell an e-book for near $1/page, though. I realize that, in the end, it's about value delivered, not page count, but still.
It tells me that people are not as price sensitive to some things as I thought.
Also, "Help Me Promote My Book And Get 50% on Each Sale"
Now THAT'S a good way to sell a book. Hooray pyramid schemes!
Any reviews of his actual ebook? http://createyourproglang.com/
Man, if it's tough to get programmers to buy a set of custom controls or developer tools, it must be ten times more difficult to get them to buy an eBook. I'll admit, the site does portrait credibility.
Any reviews of his actual ebook? http://createyourproglang.com/
Man, if it's tough to get programmers to buy a set of custom controls or developer tools, it must be ten times more difficult to get them to buy an eBook. I'll admit, the site does portrait credibility.
For my own, I started with InDesign but found it too painful to use (I only used it for the cover). I used LaTex (since I had some math equations) but the benefit is that it's all plaintext and easy to modify with quick scripts. It also gives you really nice typography. Again, this is probably most useful if you end up having math equations inside :).
I self-published a PHP programming book ( http://www.littlehart.net/book ) and I've sold about the same number of copies as he has (~200 between PDF and LuLu) but (a) I didn't charge as much as he did and (b) didn't hook up with any affiliate marketing / promotion until October of 2009. Sold about 150 copies (PDF + Lulu) before I found my current publisher.
I know fiction is a different market than programming, but just the number comparison is interesting.