How I Made $6K With My eBook

Re:How I Made $6K With My eBook by bgraves on Monday March 01, 2010 @03:02PM (#1159617)

I'd love some more details: 1. How did you come up with this as a topic for an eBook?

2. Is this your area of expertise, or did you see a niche market?

3. What are some specifics on your AdWords campaign?

4. Looks like you have a strong online presence. Do you think that helped sell your book or was it completely irrelevant to its success?

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Re:How I Made $6K With My eBook by macournoyer_ on Monday March 01, 2010 @06:18PM (#1160098)

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.

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