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This book has always been free right? It started life as a free HTML version and they only added the pay-for-PDF later when it became successful. http://gettin

This book has always been free right? It started life as a free HTML version and they only added the pay-for-PDF later when it became successful. http://gettingreal.37signals.com/toc.php http://gettingreal.37signals.com/toc.php Kudos for making the whole thing free. But it wasn't that big a leap.

jmonegro 14y ago
True, but a lot of people bought the PDF for its benefits over the online version (portability, offline, permanency). I already read it but downloaded it to my dropbox anyways for those reasons.
- gouranga 14y ago
  Wget brings me permanency :)
  - anthonyb 14y ago
    Specifically wget -m -k -nH <http://site.url/>
petercooper 14y ago
No. Originally it was solely a $19 PDF. They sold 23,000 copies (so $437k+ worth) before rolling out the free Web version in late 2006: http://37signals.com/svn/posts/85-getting-real-the-book-now-comes-in-three-flavors http://37signals.com/svn/posts/85-getting-real-the-book-now-...