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I've never seen a $50 ebook before. Seems a bit excessive. Whatever, I'll pass or wait till they eventually come to their senses and offer it for $19

lobo_tuerto 15y ago
Yeah the price is a bit excessive, and is not even a finished book yet. So you pay for the knowledge you want now a premium fee, but you have to wait a couple of months to have it all?
- irahul 15y ago
  What are you two people talking about? The url links to github page for the backbone-on-rails.
  - Jgrubb 15y ago
    There's a link to a Thoughtbot page in the Readme that is pushing a $49 eBook.
  - presty 15y ago
    probably about this: http://workshops.thoughtbot.com/backbone-js-on-rails http://workshops.thoughtbot.com/backbone-js-on-rails
thibaut_barrere 15y ago
It's clearly targeted at people who bill more than $100/hour and who are completely willing to pay a premium for that. I bought it and I can tell you they made a killing (I can see how many people bought it as they invite people to a private github repo).
- nestlequ1k 15y ago
  That's great, but it seems to me like a stupid approach. 1% of rails devs make 100+ an hour. So they are limiting their target market. But whatever I'm sure they're making money and are happy.
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raganwald 15y ago
> wait till they eventually come to their senses and offer it for $19 If they eventually offer it for $19, it could be they’ve come to their senses. Another possibility is that it’s good old-fashioned price discrimination: You offer it for $49, and sell as many as you can to those who can afford it. When $49 sales dry up, drop the price and now a whole new group of customers—like you—buy it. If you had offered it at $19 to begin with, you’d have left money on the table from all the people who would have paid $49 but got it for $19.

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I've never seen a $50 ebook before. Seems a bit excessive. Whatever, I'll pass or wait till they eventually come to their senses and offer it for $19

by nestlequ1k 15y ago

lobo_tuerto 15y ago
Yeah the price is a bit excessive, and is not even a finished book yet. So you pay for the knowledge you want now a premium fee, but you have to wait a couple of months to have it all?
- irahul 15y ago
  What are you two people talking about? The url links to github page for the backbone-on-rails.
  - Jgrubb 15y ago
    There's a link to a Thoughtbot page in the Readme that is pushing a $49 eBook.
  - presty 15y ago
    probably about this: http://workshops.thoughtbot.com/backbone-js-on-rails http://workshops.thoughtbot.com/backbone-js-on-rails
thibaut_barrere 15y ago
It's clearly targeted at people who bill more than $100/hour and who are completely willing to pay a premium for that. I bought it and I can tell you they made a killing (I can see how many people bought it as they invite people to a private github repo).
- nestlequ1k 15y ago
  That's great, but it seems to me like a stupid approach. 1% of rails devs make 100+ an hour. So they are limiting their target market. But whatever I'm sure they're making money and are happy.
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raganwald 15y ago
> wait till they eventually come to their senses and offer it for $19 If they eventually offer it for $19, it could be they’ve come to their senses. Another possibility is that it’s good old-fashioned price discrimination: You offer it for $49, and sell as many as you can to those who can afford it. When $49 sales dry up, drop the price and now a whole new group of customers—like you—buy it. If you had offered it at $19 to begin with, you’d have left money on the table from all the people who would have paid $49 but got it for $19.