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by JoshTriplett 1965 days ago
> I was asked multiple times for solutions to my self-pub ebooks that I relented.

You could always publish the solutions in a separate paid ebook. If people want to be able to check their own answers, or they want to use the exercises to set homework and make it easier to grade, they might be willing to pay you for them.

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>You could always publish the solutions in a separate paid ebook

Yeah that's an option too, especially with gumroad/leanpub providing version/packages for such cases.

In my case, I provide my ebook for free online (inspired by FOSS and authors such as Al Sweigart and Allen Downey) and charge for pdf/epub formats. Good enough to pay my living costs (and a bit more in recent months). So, I don't mind providing solutions as well.

Caricatural mercantile thinking at play here. It’s sad to read.