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Writing books just don’t make enough money. It makes you look like cool for having published a book, and that’s about it.
by charlieyu1 4y ago
Writing books just don’t make enough money. It makes you look like cool for having published a book, and that’s about it.
- WJW 4y ago"Enough" money varies widely between people. There are plenty of people who choose lower stress at the cost of not maximizing income and it sounds like OP might be interested in that.
- dustincoates 4y agoI second this. I wrote a book for Manning, and I always describe it as something I'm really glad I did, that I'll never do again. However, it did have nice second order effects on my career, and if I had written a book in an area that hasn't sputtered out (mine was on building voice apps for smart assistant platforms), I suspect it may have even lead to work directly.
- auggierose 4y agoFound your book. So you would consider this area dead? Why? Did Google et al close down their APIs?
- dustincoates 4y agoI wouldn't consider it dead yet, but I do consider it a failed platform. (I've been intending to write a blog post on this.) Alexa/Amazon is still going, but there are rumors that layoffs will disproportionately impact this division, Google has shut down their APIs unless you're wanting to integrate with an Android app, and Apple has never really opened up Siri. As for why—it's so hard to build a business on the platforms. They are geared toward "get in and get out" interactions and for things like ordering a pizza, you've already got your phone on you. I still think voice has life, and I love using my devices, but it didn't take off how I thought it might.
- Temporary_31337 4y agoIt’s great long term marketing though.