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About 5 years back, I submitted a collection of awk one-liners (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15549318 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15549318). Th
by asicsp 4y ago
About 5 years back, I submitted a collection of awk one-liners (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15549318 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15549318). The response I received was one of the reasons I started writing ebooks about a year later. Since then I've done Show HN posts for my ebooks and many of them reached front page too. I give them away for free during release (but readers can still pay) and I've gotten significant sales as a result.
And as mentioned by graderjs, I've also had good sales when I link to my ebooks in relevant discussions.
- bombcar 4y agoBy the way, for anyone watching, PLEASE do have the "option to pay" and various amounts, too! Many free resources I've found have helped greatly at work, and work is quite willing to pay for them as long as I can generate a reasonable looking receipt for it (e.g., $50-100 for a book is fine, $50-100 for "PATREON - BIG JOE" is a harder sell).