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I shared a book I was working on in a Facebook group I admin (with 10k members). It was just a book that I wanted to exist and read myself. I published it a wee
by whatamidoingyo 1y ago
I shared a book I was working on in a Facebook group I admin (with 10k members). It was just a book that I wanted to exist and read myself. I published it a week later. Then... little by little, similar books started appearing on Amazon. I didn't market it so much, so while mine was published first, it has way less traction than the others. It's a bit frustrating, but that's just the way the world is. People are leaches.
Like others have mentioned, though, your best bet is to just keep going. Keep pushing updates. Try to get reviews. Chances are, if they're copying your app, they're copying other apps. They'll never be able to keep up!
- tTarnMhrkm 1y agoI think what I am trying to get at is this new and different from the past of software development? Or has it always been there? Sorry to here about your book!
- whatamidoingyo 1y agoYes, I understood what you meant. My point about the book was that this is nothing new, and happens in every area of life. Although, I have seen some indiehackers like levelsio recommend their thousands of followers to just copy successful products (while improving it). So I'm sure that increases the number of copiers, but it has indeed always been a problem.
- pieterhg 1y agoI don't think I've ever said that