The article asks > Is it a good book? Is it $580,905 good? The point it misses, I think, is that it doesn't have to be "$580,905 good". It just has to be $15

The article asks > Is it a good book? Is it $580,905 good? The point it misses, I think, is that it doesn't have to be "$580,905 good". It just has to be $15 or $20 good to each independent backer. If I put up $20 to get a physical copy, then the worth of my copy has absolutely nothing to do with everyone else's copy. This is, of course, the "work smarter, not harder" concept proven. Contracting, consulting, and anything else where our time is the product on sale is a low return product. We can't create more time to increase our returns. Instead we need to find our own "Hamlet" that for some finite effort on our part we can be rewarded by tens, hundreds or even thousands of customers. All of whom receive the value they pay for and all of whom have no interest in every other customer and whether our effort (time) is worth the total we've been paid by all customers.