That's a fair comment. I didn't buy the book completely blind; I read a tutorial Brisbin wrote on his blog on building a simple web app with Yesod. I thought he

That's a fair comment. I didn't buy the book completely blind; I read a tutorial Brisbin wrote on his blog on building a simple web app with Yesod. I thought he wrote clearly and concisely, and he didn't gloss over parts that would otherwise be a total roadblock for me. As I mentioned in the article, I don't know the guy, so I can't speak on his behalf. But, maybe write to him and see if he can cut you a deal? In any case, I'm not made of money but given the choice again I wouldn't hesitate to pay the money to gain that much knowledge.