What do you think about my new landing page?

Love how the first thing you do is describe how the reader will be transformed: "Imagine what could you do if you read this book..." instead of just telling us the content.

Hello! First off, I think the book idea is great. We need more of these type of resources that explain how things should work in production. Especially for those people that are trying to learn as they build.

I have some feedback regarding the site, but please take it with a grain of salt as I am not a web designer.

1. I like the "Imagine what" section. I think that is a clever way of pointing out how someone can utilize and gain from the book. Double check whether the "Imagine what could you do if you read this book" should be "Imagine what you could do if you read this book". Notice the "you" and "could" is swapped. I'm not a fan of the little icons. I don't think they add much and are a distraction to me. Also, there is a typo "Site Realibity"
2. I feel like your call to action can be larger or more prominent in some way. Also, what does it mean by "beta"? Am I buying something that is incomplete? Will I get the complete version later?
3. In the "More than just a book" section, I'm not a fan of the icons. I don't understand the significance of the number of icons. And, the icons are very similar. Maybe use different icons that relate to the text more and make them larger?
4. I like the Chapters section because it gives a glimpse of each chapter beyond the name. But, it does seem long. I didn't go through it all and skipped over most of the section. Maybe have a few and have a "See more" link that will take someone to another page?
5. I like the preview section and I agree with you that more book websites should have them.

Hopefully this helps. Again, take it with a grain of salt. These were just the thoughts I had as I looked at the page for the first time.

Good luck!

The landing page is good but honestly, I wouldn't like to pay $35 and read 500+ pages just to make deployment. I'd prefer to pay $5/month to somebody or something what makes deployment for me.

IMHO,

• The lobster font is a little difficult to make out with a quick glance.
• I agree with dennis_zoma the CTA needs to pop out. Your CTA buttons only say "Buy beta..." Is this the only direction that you want to send visitors?
• You may want to use the page to start an email list and use that to sell your book(s), product(s) and service(s).

Hey Josef, great page. In most points I agree with @unsungNovelty. That what I would add:

• The CTA needs to pop out a bit more (via color/size/whatever)
• You need a CTA in the first section of your page. Currently on my screen size I don’t see any CTA above the fold (which is not ideal at all).

Good luck with your book 🙃
Dennis

Hey @strzibnyj,

I am new to the Indie community. So please take the suggestions with a pinch of salt.

1. Since this is for a text book, I didn't mind the text oriented interface. In fact, I loved it. Since this is a book for backend devs, it might even work in your favour.
2. I didn't like the testimonial section. Since there is only one testimonial I guess. Don't take my word for it, but this one guy wasn't very reassuring to me when I first read it. I am sure there are others like me. Maybe highlight the gumroad review of 5 star instead of one testimonial? Or mix them both? Not sure.
3. The page is too long. Mainly because of the 26 chapters of awesome content section. Increasing the width of the tiles should make it shorter and better. Like Table of contents, but with the current box shadow?
4. Shouldn't Demonstration to get you started section be way up in the sections? It could also be used to provide a little colour which could satisfy people who are looking for it. Loved the colour selection.
5. Preview section could be removed and replaced with the Start reading with the first chapter which you already have as the last section. Both literally does the same thing. This will also make the landing page shorter and I really loved the short PDF icon style which you have in the Start reading with the first chapter section. It conveys the idea better.

These are the things that I thought could be improved. Hope this helps.

PS: My native tongue is not English. So if the tone came out rude with the above feedback, please ignore as that is not intentionally.

Hi Josef,

Here's some opinions. :)

The design is clean and text-oriented, which I think is good, since your target audience are developers. However, I don't like the testimonial section, I think that should stand out more. Same goes for the author section. Also, maybe the buttons could be improved (add some colors, make them bigger, etc.)?