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		ticmasta on Sept 29, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Writing a book: is it worth it? Do you think the lifespan of the topic or the delivery platform impacted your returns? I don't buy a lot of books anymore but used to drop 40-50 bucks on an O'Reilly book that would be used for years. My LP purchases probably top out under $10 and are for more immediate, short-lived topics (which seems to be what the platform targets with it's digital & updated content focus)

Murkin on Sept 29, 2020 [–]

It's easy to use LP but getting into O'Reilly is not that simple.

If we could, we would of published with them instead

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