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Yeah, I agree. I'm about to publish the second edition of my book targeting a very specific niche of developers[1]. I've made approximately ten times what he qu
by zrail 12y ago
Yeah, I agree. I'm about to publish the second edition of my book targeting a very specific niche of developers[1]. I've made approximately ten times what he quotes there from a small fraction of the traffic his book has gotten.
Of course the real question is, if he had put a paywall on the book, would it have gotten as much traffic? I would say if he had done what Sacha Greif has done with Discover Meteor[2] and made the first few chapters free, he would have done phenomenally better.
[1]: (Shameless plug) https://www.petekeen.net/mastering-modern-payments https://www.petekeen.net/mastering-modern-payments
[2]: https://www.discovermeteor.com https://www.discovermeteor.com
- sgdesign 12y agoThanks for the plug :) Also relevant, a detailed case study about our sales by the Gumroad folks: http://blog.gumroad.com/post/97148570338/discover-meteor-case-study-making-300-000-from-a http://blog.gumroad.com/post/97148570338/discover-meteor-cas...