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by ZephyrBlu 1195 days ago
What? That estimate is the opposite of conservative, it's outrageously optimistic. In all likelihood, £6k is >50% of lifetime earnings.

Just check out Daniel Vassallo, who has a large audience and also wrote an "evergreen" book on AWS. His book made $80k in its first 90 days out of a total $140k earnings.

https://twitter.com/dvassallo/status/1563280049373331456

Selling an info product is also not at all like an investment. It's not even recurring revenue. Consistent product sales tend to rely on a lot of factors including continuous spend on marketing/ads.

If you offered me the revenue from this book or £100k, I'm taking £100k every time.