limedaring

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   by limedaring 10y ago

   Thanks for the compliment!
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   by limedaring 10y ago

   Through the Django and Python community, primarily -- they've been super supportive. The second book was aimed at folks who've completed the DjangoGirl's tutorial.
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   by limedaring 10y ago

   I wrote Hello Web App and Hello Web App: Intermediate Concepts ( http://hellowebapp.com , they're learn-to-build-a-web-app books using Django) and self-published both in 2015. Just checked and this year I've made about $
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   by limedaring 10y ago

   I'm biased (this is my husband's website) but I like the conciseness of https://shazow.net/ a lot.
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   Five tips for improving your technical writing and documentation(medium.com)

   1 points by limedaring 10y ago|0 comments
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   by limedaring 11y ago

   Immediately after the Kickstarter ends, so early October. :)
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   by limedaring 11y ago

   Yay! Thanks a ton. Really looking forward to getting the second book out.
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   by limedaring 11y ago

   I released a book teaching beginner Django web app development: http://hellowebapp.com Sure, it was quite a bit of work beforehand, but I've made around $25,000 from it so far, around $13,000 if you don't count the Kic
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   by limedaring 11y ago

   Oh, apologies - I got good feedback on the last Show HN and I wasn't aware of these rules! This chapter will appear in the new Hello Web App: Intermediate Concepts book: https://hellowebapp.com/news/tutorial-settin
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    Show HN: I'm writing a book to teach intermediate web app programming

    1 points by limedaring 11y ago|2 comments
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    by limedaring 11y ago

    I'm really happy to hear that! The 12 month delay really made me feel terrible, and I got a lot of (justified) emails asking me what was up and why I hadn't delivered yet. I'm actually considering a Kickstarter campaign for t
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    by limedaring 11y ago

    Another personal datapoint — I wrote a book and funded it on Kickstarter as well (similarly named: Hello Web App) and mine was 12 months delayed. Producing a book was definitely way harder than I anticipated, esp. as I am used to the fast-t
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    My adventures and advice on fulfilling orders for a printed self-published book(hellowebapp.com)

    1 points by limedaring 11y ago|0 comments
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    by limedaring 11y ago

    I'm lucky in that wedding vendors primarily work online, so they're always on email. Other businesses in other verticals, probably not. This vertical was a good fit for me because I would do anything to avoid making a phone call (
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    by limedaring 11y ago

    Thanks!
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    by limedaring 11y ago

    Yeah — not in awhile though! About four years ago I wrote a few articles about looking for a cofounder and then about learning how to code and launching the site myself that got popular here. Good memory.
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    by limedaring 11y ago

    Happy to answer any questions anyone has about bootstrapping, running a marketplace, trying and failing to raise money, etc.!
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    How I run a bootstrapped marketplace with 11 sites and 5,000 vendors – by myself(limedaring.com)

    32 points by limedaring 11y ago|8 comments
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    by limedaring 11y ago

    Happy to answer any questions anyone has about editorial design or self-publishing! I posted my pre-order/launch revenue numbers earlier here, some great discussions and questions: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9
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    Designing and Printing Hello Web App's PDF and Paperback Editions(hellowebapp.com)

    1 points by limedaring 11y ago|1 comments
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    by limedaring 11y ago

    Yes :)
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    by limedaring 11y ago

    FYI I just chatted with Amazon and unfortunately I can only do one version of a Kindle book, so I'd have to get rid of my natural Kindle book in order to sell an eTextbook version with videos. They said they're looking into allowi
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    by limedaring 11y ago

    LOL I wish. I never feel like I have time to do A/B testing. I just went with my instincts.
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    by limedaring 11y ago

    Try again now? Looks like Cloudflare was having issues for a bit.
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    by limedaring 11y ago

    Yeah... but with non-programmer-y people, "Django App" is worse than "Web App." I'll have to see how things go and change it if it's worth it!
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    by limedaring 11y ago

    I think beginner books are easier to get to that 50%. The subject I'm teaching really isn't that hard, it just needs to be explained differently. So, that said - maybe it's not feeling like an authority, but more feeling like
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    by limedaring 11y ago

    I'm assuming/hoping that most paperback readers will still have a computer in front of them when going through the book since it's a tutorial, so hopefully opening up the GitHub code isn't that much of an inconvenience.
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    by limedaring 11y ago

    I have heard one datapoint from another author that publishing in LaTeX has been nothing but pain (I think in mostly in regards to creating the eBooks). That said, the formatting in InDesign was kind of a pain on its own (it kept adding &qu
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    by limedaring 11y ago

    Amazon actually doesn't list me for "Django tutorial" even though both keywords are mentioned on my page. It's been driving me nuts!
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    by limedaring 11y ago

    2015-05-04 would be the published date.