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Re:I self-published a learn-to-code book and made nearly $5k... by sdrothrock on Wednesday July 08, 2015 @07:03AM (#9850860)
I went to Leanpub because you commented here and also because OP's book was there. I was interested in seeing what else was out there about Django, but when I searched, only one result came up... and I know there's at least one other one: OP's book.

Any plan for improving the search engine?

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Re:I self-published a learn-to-code book and made nearly $5k... by limedaring on Wednesday July 08, 2015 @07:21AM (#9850903)
Huh, looks like my fault. I was avoiding mentioning Python/Django in favor of emphasizing "web app development" so it didn't look too technical, but I think I went a bit far and forgot to mention them altogether. Whoops. Adding now.
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Re:I self-published a learn-to-code book and made nearly $5k... by sdrothrock on Wednesday July 08, 2015 @08:10AM (#9851030)
Oops! I hope that fixes the situation, then. I thought it was much more likely that the site had a finicky search engine than there really being only one book related to Django.
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Re:I self-published a learn-to-code book and made nearly $5k... by limedaring on Wednesday July 08, 2015 @12:01PM (#9852462)
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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Re:I self-published a learn-to-code book and made nearly $5k... by sdrothrock on Wednesday July 08, 2015 @10:59PM (#9855955)
It looks like Leanpub isn't doing it either -- I guess they're both prioritizing title keywords.

Maybe a subtitle would help? "Hello Web App: Making Your Own Django App" or something.

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Re:I self-published a learn-to-code book and made nearly $5k... by limedaring on Thursday July 09, 2015 @04:57AM (#9856833)
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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