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This is a great way of working. I just wonder if the books are: (a) any good? (b) selling? There's a huge difference between writing a good book and sticking
by oskarth 15y ago
This is a great way of working. I just wonder if the books are:
(a) any good?
(b) selling?
There's a huge difference between writing a good book and sticking a couple of notes together. Anyone read the books in question?
EDIT: I didn't see that one of the books was published - search on Amazon gave nothing and all I could find was a buy-my-book landing page. Sorry about that.
- andyouthink 15y agoDid you miss this part: "The Pragmatic Programmers"?
- lukejduncan 15y agoOh wow, I definitely missed that part. For some reason I thought the middle of the post was the end. The bold "How'd I do" made me think that was a closer
- swah 15y agoAFAIK many folks have a dream of getting a book published, not gettting it to be a best seller. (Probably getting a book published means less in the digital age but still a cool thing to have done.)
- mhartl 15y agoThis only true the first time. The thrill of being a published author wears off quickly when you realize that this doesn't pay the rent. (In my case, the second time 'round I figured out how to get it to pay the rent as well. Believe me, it's very satisfying.)
- masterj 15y agoOne data point here. I found the Recipes with Backbone well worth the $24 asking price. Aside from the PeepCode screencasts, it was the source that most helped me get up and running with Backbone. I've also seen it recommended in several threads so I'm guessing (b) is also satisfied.