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Open sourcing my book Bitcoin Hands-On
534 sats \ 8 comments \ @BitcoinHandsOn 14h bitcoin
I'm considering making my book Bitcoin Hands-On! open source. By this I mean - posting the whole thing up on github.
Obviously I wouldn't make money that way, but I'd be able to mention it everywhere online, without seemingly blatantly promoting something that I'm selling. Also, I could request donations on github.
I would continue selling the book on Amazon, because that's often where people look first for information. And in the future I'll potentially sell an expanded version that could include things like support, personalized instruction, etc.
Any thoughts or considerations? What are some forums/groups that focus on open source?
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32 sats \ 1 reply \ @optimism 12h
Also, I could request donations on github.
You could also get collaborative contributions to it that may help improve quality! Andreas' book has lots of contributors.
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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @BitcoinHandsOn OP 11h
Yes. It's amazing how myopic you can get when you're immersed in something - it gets to the point that you can not understand, how other people can misunderstand what's so easy for you.
Feedback is critical.
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32 sats \ 1 reply \ @denlillaapan 10h
excellent -- love this format.
Books ain't making their authors money anyway, so might as well align with the ethos and give them away
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BitcoinHandsOn OP 10h
They can, sometimes. I made decent money on this one:
SQL Practice Problems: 57 beginning, intermediate, and advanced challenges for you to solve using a “learn-by-doing” approach.
(You may notice a certain similarity in subtitle to my bitcoin book (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F4SZSCH8)
But you're right, most of the time they don't.
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32 sats \ 0 replies \ @supratic 11h
you should, open source is the future. The future is now. You could still sell the printed version to support your work.
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32 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 13h
I think Andreas Antonopoulos does that, so you will be in good company.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @d680ecaa8e 10h
Most communities focus on open sources freemium.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BitcoinHandsOn OP 10h
What do you mean by that?
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