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Personally, I'd much rather see a "pay what you want" (even with a minimum of a couple bucks) type of system rather than compulsory email newsletters [0]. You

Personally, I'd much rather see a "pay what you want" (even with a minimum of a couple bucks) type of system rather than compulsory email newsletters [0]. You can still have the newsletter of course (and even give away copies for signing up). Just please don't have it as the ONLY way to get the full book :) [0]: Of course I'm aware of mailinator, but why waste both our time, in that case?

e12e 8y ago
Agreed. Or at least an option to pay, without email registration. It's not that I can't block spam - it's more: I'm not interested in some newsletter - and I don't understand why you want me to sign up. I assume there's some kind of upsell planned - but surely getting paid ten to twenty dollars (or more) for the epub is a viable option? If the alternative is a newsletter that goes straight to /dev/null?
- epicide 8y ago
  > It's not that I can't block spam - it's more: I'm not interested in some newsletter - and I don't understand why you want me to sign up. Exactly. I've been burned by the whole "it's free so just sign up and cancel later". Not that this is exactly the case here. My email address obviously has monetary value to them, so I'm immediately curious as to why, exactly. When I can just pay money, it eliminates an entire class of concerns [0]. [0]: i.e. "what are they doing with my email?", "do they filter out Mailinator?", "am I robbing them of their income if I use Mailinator?"
  - flaviocopes 8y ago
    That's interesting! In my case I'm an independent publisher and this "product" lets me step into a possible group of people that might never know about me otherwise. Someone that might appreciate other work I do, in the same topic, which I distribute through my newsletter (I try to create a useful set of resources every week, as a full-time effort). I'm more interested on providing value on the long term rather than making a quick buck with "pay as you want". Of course all the usual throwaway domains are then filtered out :)
    - epicide 8y ago
      For many reasons, I would love to hear more about your model. Just be aware that I (and others) are immediately on guard whenever something asks for email (or any personal info, for that matter). _Especially_ if that info is a barrier to something like a book. For better or for worse, it looks an awful lot like the typical email-harvesting-for-spam techniques. > making a quick buck with "pay as you want" If you're writing books and people are getting value out of them, I'd argue you deserve even more than a quick buck. Don't sell yourself short. I don't think anybody would see pay what you want as a cash grab, either.

e12e 8y ago

Agreed. Or at least an option to pay, without email registration. It's not that I can't block spam - it's more: I'm not interested in some newsletter - and I don't understand why you want me to sign up. I assume there's some kind of upsell planned - but surely getting paid ten to twenty dollars (or more) for the epub is a viable option? If the alternative is a newsletter that goes straight to /dev/null?

epicide 8y ago
> It's not that I can't block spam - it's more: I'm not interested in some newsletter - and I don't understand why you want me to sign up. Exactly. I've been burned by the whole "it's free so just sign up and cancel later". Not that this is exactly the case here. My email address obviously has monetary value to them, so I'm immediately curious as to why, exactly. When I can just pay money, it eliminates an entire class of concerns [0]. [0]: i.e. "what are they doing with my email?", "do they filter out Mailinator?", "am I robbing them of their income if I use Mailinator?"
- flaviocopes 8y ago
  That's interesting! In my case I'm an independent publisher and this "product" lets me step into a possible group of people that might never know about me otherwise. Someone that might appreciate other work I do, in the same topic, which I distribute through my newsletter (I try to create a useful set of resources every week, as a full-time effort). I'm more interested on providing value on the long term rather than making a quick buck with "pay as you want". Of course all the usual throwaway domains are then filtered out :)
  - epicide 8y ago
    For many reasons, I would love to hear more about your model. Just be aware that I (and others) are immediately on guard whenever something asks for email (or any personal info, for that matter). _Especially_ if that info is a barrier to something like a book. For better or for worse, it looks an awful lot like the typical email-harvesting-for-spam techniques. > making a quick buck with "pay as you want" If you're writing books and people are getting value out of them, I'd argue you deserve even more than a quick buck. Don't sell yourself short. I don't think anybody would see pay what you want as a cash grab, either.