I do think there’s some value there, although I do agree that blogs are way more useful for communicating medium-sized ideas quickly and usefully
I’d argue you can weave medium-sized ideas together pretty easily, though. Particularly if they’ve been vetted and shaped by community feedback.
This is mostly due to the deep discounts that stores (physical and virtual) force on the publisher
Then we need new stores, or sell directly to me.
So, my hope is that in the “back-end” the effort [of writing a book] will pay off by getting more consulting opportunities, more chances to do trainings or maybe a lead for a great partner ship.
I still maintain that same effort, if channeled into a series of blog entries, will produce better and longer-lasting results. And you can always package that into a book later, if you must.
John sold 166 ebooks based on the invoice.
it’s worth noting that John’s JavaScript book royalty statement in this post is more than 5 years old
Yes, John’s results are from 2007, so we’d get a very different result if he tried today. But you’ll notice Mr. Resig has created zero technical books since the 2nd unfinished one in 2008. I’m pretty sure that’s intentional.