andrewnc

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   by andrewnc 6y ago

   epub on the way!
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   by andrewnc 6y ago

   I just submitted a kindle version to Amazon for review. I'll also be adding the epub version to gumroad for those who want to read it in that format. It's not as nice looking (personal opinion) but it is functional at least.
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   by andrewnc 6y ago

   Oh no offense taken. I definitely hear you loud and clear. :) I appreciate you taking the time to chime in here.
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   by andrewnc 6y ago

   I just submitting a kindle version for review, it should be available in a few days, I'll update here when that happens.
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   by andrewnc 6y ago

   Ok, I spent much of yesterday working on this issue. I reduced the line spacing a decent amount and I have a Kindle version under review with Amazon. It should be available in the next few days :) Thanks for the constructive feedback. I&#x2
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   by andrewnc 6y ago

   Ok, I spent much of yesterday working on this issue and I have a Kindle version under review with Amazon. It should be available in the next few days :) I'll update here and on twitter when it's ready.
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   by andrewnc 6y ago

   Ah that makes sense. I sent out an updated version on gumroad with new line spacing, I hope that is easier to read :)
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   by andrewnc 6y ago

   I wonder if you'd like this community: https://github.com/woop/awesome-quantified-self It's similar to what you're describing and aligns well with the idea of using your personal data in a more open way.
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   by andrewnc 6y ago

   Yeah.. a few other folks have mentioned the line spacing issue. I made that choice because I wanted the book to feel "open" and "approachable". Not sure it was the right choice in the end, but it's the one I made. A
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    by andrewnc 6y ago

    I'm using Kindle Direct Publishing. This service means the books are printed on demand so I don't have to worry about inventory and the like. So I guess that's a long way of saying no, there isn't another option for now.
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    by andrewnc 6y ago

    Thanks for mentioning this. The post was designed with the idea that people would read through the whole thing before deciding to buy (there are two links towards the bottom). I always get annoyed when I navigate to a page and there are HUG
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    by andrewnc 6y ago

    Thanks for the catch!! I definitely didn't pay a professional editor for the blog post. Although, even with an editor looking at the book, I already spotted a few unfortunate typos.. ah well, can't win them all.
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    by andrewnc 6y ago

    Thanks for writing this out. It's priced so high on Amazon to cover printing, shipping, color pages, and international markets. My goal was a $12 book, but that was infeasible (their rules). I've priced it essentially as low as po
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    by andrewnc 6y ago

    This is really astute, thank you for bringing it up. In this case my Mom actually asked to be included in market materials because she enjoyed the book so much. She's a brilliant woman whom I respect very much. I didn't intend for
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    by andrewnc 6y ago

    Thank you for your kind words :) Motivation is such a fickle beast. For whatever reason, I felt good during the entire writing process. Going back and forth with the editor was definitely more challenging. One thing that helped, actually, w
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    by andrewnc 6y ago

    Yes. I officially launched the book at the end of January. I delayed doing a HN launch until I was sure people enjoyed the book and I knew there would be some interest. The unfortunate truth is that book writing is a low margin game and you
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    by andrewnc 6y ago

    Unfortunately not :/ I tried for a while to get the epub / mobi version but the PDF was always mangled by every conversion technique I tried. I did just get a nice tip from a HN user about a piece of software that might work. I&#x
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    by andrewnc 6y ago

    I have higher margin on digital copies :) Amazon loves to take their share. Those are kind words coming from maybe the single greatest programmer I know. Thanks for your support and for the recommendation :D
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    by andrewnc 6y ago

    Nice catch, thank you! I hope your niece likes it, I would honestly love to know how she handles it. I bet she'll get a lot of the ideas, and might have to skip over some of the nitty-gritty details.
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    by andrewnc 6y ago

    whoa cool! Thank you for doing this. It looks like the cover has been added by some kind Librarian. I've submitting a petition to "claim" the book as an author.
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    by andrewnc 6y ago

    Sure! Here are two pages in context. https://andrewnc.github.io/preview/page_20.png https://andrewnc.github.io/preview/page_94.png That should give you an idea of the style of writing etc :)
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    by andrewnc 6y ago

    Thank you! Yes, in theory.. but in practice it didn't work when I tried that route. Because I use the Tufte-Book template, there is a constant margin to the side of the main content that holds figures, equations, and such. This margin
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    by andrewnc 6y ago

    I tried a number of hours to get a kindle version. But since I wrote the whole book in Latex and every converter from PDF -> Mobi/Epub mangled the book, I wasn't able to get a kindle version. I settled with the PDF as a soft co
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    by andrewnc 6y ago

    I've always wanted to write a book. I have helped write 3 different deeply technical books (and one solutions manual), but I wanted something fun, interesting, and valuable. So I wrote "Everyday Data Science" which is a coll
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    Show HN: I wrote a book about using data science to solve “everyday” problems(andrewnc.github.io)

    632 points by andrewnc 6y ago|96 comments
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    by andrewnc 6y ago

    I find this super inspiring and equally frustrating. We've made very little progress since these breakthroughs. I'm working on 3d printed Robotics trained with ultra low data RL, but it just doesn't work well. Traditional con
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    by andrewnc 6y ago

    Not nearly the same level as this book. I have the table of contents and two pages. https://andrewnc.github.io/preview/toc.png https://andrewnc.github.io/preview/page_20.png https://and
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    by andrewnc 6y ago

    I love the idea of personal data analysis. In fact, I recently wrote a book with that premise called "Everyday Data Science". I just wrote about it in another thread, but it seems relevant to the discussion here. I definitely agre
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    by andrewnc 6y ago

    I recently wrote a high level book on data science with a bunch of pictures and illustrations (not nearly this nice). I am a big proponent of the idea of fusing art and technical content in a pedagogical way. This is really nice, even if I&
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    by andrewnc 6y ago

    This is great! I look forward to giving Enso a try again :) I love the idea