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Great analysis. One thing he missed: Kickstarter. Two weeks ago I launched "Learn Ruby on Rails" with a Kickstarter campaign: http://www.kickstarter.com/projec

Great analysis. One thing he missed: Kickstarter. Two weeks ago I launched "Learn Ruby on Rails" with a Kickstarter campaign: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/909377477/learn-ruby-on-rails http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/909377477/learn-ruby-on-... (You can read more about the book here: http://learn-rails.com/learn-ruby-on-rails.html http://learn-rails.com/learn-ruby-on-rails.html if you want to help with a new book for Rails beginners). In less than two weeks I've raised over $4000. Significantly, nearly a third of revenue is from people who found out about the book on Kickstarter. So, Leanpub is great, but first, do a Kickstarter campaign. You get advance sales, a significant market channel, sales of a book at multiple price points (customers choose different pledge levels), and the additional boost of time-limited, event-driven marketing. Publishing is not dead; it's booming thanks to new market channels like Leanpub and Kickstarter. And yes, you have to build a following first.

royosherove 13y ago
Good points!
throwmeaway2525 13y ago
Disappointed to read, among other exclusions: - "No self-help material (books, videos, etc). This includes projects that offer (or produce materials that offer) business, emotional, financial, health, medical, sex/seduction, or other self-help advice." - "Kickstarter cannot be used to fund websites or apps focused on e-commerce, business, and social networking."
- wtracy 13y ago
  IndieGoGo doesn't seem to have such a limitation. You can double-check me: http://www.indiegogo.com/about/terms http://www.indiegogo.com/about/terms
  - throwmeaway2525 13y ago
    Pretty sure you're right, based on some other articles I read. But one consideration: https://medium.com/p/2a48bc6ffd57 https://medium.com/p/2a48bc6ffd57 I'm kind of surprised that Kickstarter gets as much discussion in some circles as they do, because they seem to thumb their noses a bit at "us," or at least the "us" in software (hardware and other creative projects are in the clear, of course).

royosherove 13y ago

Good points!

throwmeaway2525 13y ago

Disappointed to read, among other exclusions: - "No self-help material (books, videos, etc). This includes projects that offer (or produce materials that offer) business, emotional, financial, health, medical, sex/seduction, or other self-help advice." - "Kickstarter cannot be used to fund websites or apps focused on e-commerce, business, and social networking."

wtracy 13y ago
IndieGoGo doesn't seem to have such a limitation. You can double-check me: http://www.indiegogo.com/about/terms http://www.indiegogo.com/about/terms
- throwmeaway2525 13y ago
  Pretty sure you're right, based on some other articles I read. But one consideration: https://medium.com/p/2a48bc6ffd57 https://medium.com/p/2a48bc6ffd57 I'm kind of surprised that Kickstarter gets as much discussion in some circles as they do, because they seem to thumb their noses a bit at "us," or at least the "us" in software (hardware and other creative projects are in the clear, of course).