[dglass]

Not your typical side project but my book, Junior to Senior, has been averaging over $500/month in sales since it was published back in October of this year.

I've also been growing my newsletter, Beginner.dev, to help reach my target audience for the book and teach them the importance of soft-skills for software engineers.

I also have a job board for junior software engineering roles in the works to add even more value for the book's target audience.

book: https://www.holloway.com/b/junior-to-senior

newsletter: https://newsletter.beginner.dev/

[lifeplusplus]

How were you able to write a book, I mean it's a lot of writing. How long did it take you to write the whole thing. Did you use some special program? How did you publish it? How did you plan your lessons or chapters?

[yellow_lead]

> How were you able to write a book, I mean it's a lot of writing

Although I'm not the OP, it can be less daunting if you split your topic into an outline i.e chapters. Then outline each individual chapter. Before you know it you've got a book ;)

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How did you grow your newsletter/market your book? My goal for 2023 is to focus on growing my audience for my newsletter on devopsy topics.

[dglass]

Mostly through posting valuable content on the newsletter and sharing it across various channels, as well as comments like this where I can plug the book and newsletter in the right context.

It also helped that the book was published on Holloway.com, and they had their own audience that they have been able to promote their titles.