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Re:Show HN: DevBooks – Help Developers find indy books by AlchemistCamp on Saturday January 09, 2021 @05:06AM (#25699086)
I'll throw my "Learn Elixir by building 5 games" book into the ring:

https://alchemist.camp/little-potions

It's still in pre-release (and discounted to $15) but but the reception has been good so far. I don't have a testimonial page for it yet or much marketing behind it, but but you can find comments on it on Twitter and some of my YT videos.

Re:Show HN: DevBooks – Help Developers find indy books by hawkweed on Saturday January 09, 2021 @06:57AM (#25699649)
I've just bought it. At the first glance it's very basic. Hope, that you will ehnance it with some real world example. The way it is... it looks like five ways to write Hello World program.
Re:Show HN: DevBooks – Help Developers find indy books by AlchemistCamp on Saturday January 09, 2021 @10:32AM (#25701133)
It's explicitly aimed at people with zero Elixir experience, as the description says. Every project is a game, also as the description says.

If you'd like a refund, just reply to the welcome email.

Re:Show HN: DevBooks – Help Developers find indy books by simon-holdorf on Saturday January 09, 2021 @05:30AM (#25699219)
Thanks, looking forward to your submission!
Re:Show HN: DevBooks – Help Developers find indy books by AlchemistCamp on Saturday January 09, 2021 @05:54AM (#25699332)
I submitted it before commenting here.

Did you receive it or was there some issue with the form on the site?

I'm not sure, but possibly manually entering "Elixir" as a category along with "Programming" could have caused it to break.

Re:Show HN: DevBooks – Help Developers find indy books by simon-holdorf on Saturday January 09, 2021 @06:07AM (#25699396)
No it's there, no worries, but so are many others - will review it asap :)
Re:Show HN: DevBooks – Help Developers find indy books by AlchemistCamp on Saturday January 09, 2021 @06:19AM (#25699471)
Thanks and good luck with the site!

I'm a huge fan of tech books and pretty regularly share when I see discounts on Manning, Pragprog or especially Humble Bundle.

Re:Show HN: DevBooks – Help Developers find indy books by simon-holdorf on Saturday January 09, 2021 @06:47AM (#25699607)
Thank you, I hope it will become a cool place for developers in the future!

Your book is up, thanks for submitting it!