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My first eBook - results & feedback (10k USD in 27 days)

https://blog.alexellis.io/my-first-ebook-results-feedback/
submitted this linkon February 11, 2021
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    I wrote this post to encourage other developers that they can and should write their own eBook, if they want to, and that it can work out.

    You'll hear how I panicked when I didn't have a single sale after 3 hours, but what happened after that surprised me.

    I hope you'll enjoy the details, transparency and openness - and since it just broke through 10k USD today in sales, I'll be writing the how-to guide I promised to my followers on Twitter.

    Feel free to ask me questions, or to post your write-ups on how your eBook went. I've also included a couple of indie hackers that inspired me to have a go.

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    Congrats Alex, and thanks for sharing! :)

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    Thanks for sharing! What a great journey & success. Wish you best of luck with everything.

    Would be great to be kept posted about how this develops further. I am just wondering if there is an initial peek at the beginning or if you'd have similar growth for a period of time.

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      Thanks for the reply and encouragement.

      I'm now seeing some long-tail growth from placing a link on openfaas.com and at blog.alexellis.io - the amount of people coming into the funnel isn't that high yet, but it's turning into a small % of sales.

      I also wonder if my other content that reaches a much broader audience would do well as an eBook - Golang and Kubernetes, or whether that market is saturated and would become lost amongst the noise.

      With all of this, I'm learning that experimentation is key - the book I reference "The Right It" opened my eyes, and is also available as a free PDF pamphlet if you google for it.

      In the meantime, I just released revision 6 of the eBook and will continue spending a small % of time on it each week. I don't think that's usual for eBook authors, but everyone who's purchased gets the updates and additional value for free. The Slack community has also helped with engagement.

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        Appreciate you being so precise! And well said!

        Great book recommendation. I read it about three years ago and I can only agree with you. Eye opener!

        If you're unsecure about Golang and Kubernetes, maybe you launch a pre-sales campaign on Gumroad or whatever to test it and then produce it?

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    Congrats Alex!
    Great accomplishment! 💪