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by limedaring 3928 days ago
I released a book teaching beginner Django web app development: http://hellowebapp.com

Sure, it was quite a bit of work beforehand, but I've made around $25,000 from it so far, around $13,000 if you don't count the Kickstarter campaign.

The first book working so well is one of the reasons why I'm writing a followup book (which is fundraising on Kickstarter now: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1868398473/hello-web-ap...)

FYI: The best thing I did when releasing a book was to a have a super-tier with screencasts and videos. That one tier provides ~60% of the revenue from the sales of the book.

2 comments

Looks cool. If I back the Kickstarter on the "both books" tier, when do I get the first book?
Immediately after the Kickstarter ends, so early October. :)
I loved this book! Have recommended it to a few friends interested in doing dev bootcamps! Nice work :}
Yay! Thanks a ton. Really looking forward to getting the second book out.