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Comment · 16 years ago
What I did at first is I bought stuff from competitors or similar products. It was easier for me since I considered it market research in my head :) But now of course it's a lot easier to spent the money I've made online on other products. I feel like I give back when I do so. This is all just a story you tell yourself.
Comment · 16 years ago
Sorry about that, I think I fixed it. My english is not as good as it should indeed. You can see I "translated" valorizing straight from French there...
Comment · 16 years ago
Great presentation! Some exciting new stuff in Eventmachine.
Comment · 16 years ago
1. I did everything myself, except reviewing

2. Sorry the old page is gone, it was a very crappy 2 colors page w/ a box in the middle w/ bullet points. My idea was, if I get decent CR on this, I'm guaranteed to sell some. I don't remember the CPC and the bid, but I spent 50$/day for 2 days on just a few keywords (about 10 iirc).

Comment · 16 years ago
Comment · 16 years ago
No I'm not worried. I'm just trusting people buying the book like they are trusting me by buying it. I hate penalizing everyone for what some people might do.

Also, it's a pretty small niche and it got good exposure when it came out. I think it would be hard to copy and sell it to the same market again.

Comment · 16 years ago
Thx a lot! I'm also surprised by the low quality of most products on ClickBank & other sites. That's why I'm talking openly about it, I'm sure most geeks here could do way better then everything on those sites.
Comment · 16 years ago
Based on other similar package/eBooks around at that time and the price it cost me to run AdWords for 1 day. The initial market research w/ AdWords can also help choosing a price. According to my tests, I guessed I could sell one book per day w/ ads, which cost ~50$/day. I thought $50 was too much, so cut it back to $40.
Comment · 16 years ago
Aww yes I need to learn LaTex :/
Comment · 16 years ago
1. I've been interested in language and VMs about 1 year ago, built http://code.macournoyer.com/tinyrb/ and a couple other languages.

2. No, it all started w/ a passion for languages. I had the idea to write a book after reading 4 Hour Work Week

3. What do you want to know exactly? I used the keywords "create programming language" iirc

4. Yes, I think it helped a lot. The only "marketing" I've done is on Twitter and my blog (also recently on my site http://refactormycode.com). I was surprised by the success, but I'm now convinced that OSS can pay in a way or another.

Comment · 16 years ago
I've heard ppl selling a lot more then I did in a lot less time. Self-publishing is probably less glamourous, but surely more profitable.
Comment · 16 years ago
That's why it's important to sell more than just an ebook. I included 2 full languages you can use in OSS, http://jashkenas.github.com/coffee-script/ started from the Ruby language included in the package. + screencast and more. Also the book is amazingly good :p

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