Comments on: What? No Printed Copies?

By: David Scott Lynn

David Scott Lynn — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:18:50 +0000

Hi! I guess I’m in the minuscule minority here, but I read just about EVERYTHING on line, and have for the last five years — IF I can get it online, that is. … I’m on the computer either 4 to 5 or 8 to 10 hours a day, depending on other time factors. But I use Macs and am told their screens are easier on the eyes??? … I just thought I’d put that out there in case you’re on the fence about not focusing on print too much.

Your Book seems WAY excellent to me, and no, I did not buy the print version, and I doubt I will. And even if the PDF was $100, it seems like it would be worth it. Although your layout skills are excellent, it is the information I want, not the aesthetic entertainment.

The only PROBLEM, though, is that I am a total civilian when it comes to computers, software & WordPress, so I get scared easily with things that are beyond the basics, like editing config files, etc. So, being a user of Semiologic Pro (runs on top of WordPress), I checked with them on your security idea of moving the main folder down one from root, and putting a weird name in. The Geeks at Semiologic did not even respond to my question, and the owner of the hosting platform that Semiologic recommends (who is known to be an expert and is a VERY helpful guy) thought it would be too disruptive for someone to troubleshoot my site if something came up I could not fix. … So I stopped there, for fear that he was right. Among two experts who disagree, I have no way of judging who to listen to.

I also began thinking, well, what else in this book would they disagree with? So I have, sadly, implemented little from the book, but do think that has been an error on my part. Just don’t know WHICH part.

I even have offered to buy the hosting guy a copy of Digging In if he’ll take a closer look at it.

Any thoughts on getting beyond my Inner Roadblock?

By: Karlene Lattanzio

Karlene Lattanzio — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:08:13 +0000

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By: Vickie Tolbert

Vickie Tolbert — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:01:15 +0000

I love the idea of a ring binder since updates will be freqent. Just tell people what size binder to get and ship us the inner pages.

By: Josue Kinnan

Josue Kinnan — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 03:29:17 +0000

Had errors viewing the site in Firefox on the Mac, but apart from that loved the site. :)

By: Erica Rueschhoff

Erica Rueschhoff — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 02:53:47 +0000

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I have to agree with Rachel and Alicia from your blog comments – we had a great experience with Lulu.com when we did the book http://www.HearUsRoar.com. I can send you some pictures of the actual book or mail you a copy so you can see the quality. I’d also be happy to share any info I have, just email me. I think having the print option for those that learn better that way is in your best interest and keeping it print on demand will be better for you so that you can make updates easier.

I’m not sure if you had the book on amazon or not but you could definitely list there. Another thought on monetizing the book for yourself while adding loads of value to all of us wanting to learn more about wordpress – would be to create a membership portal making each chapter a lesson, you could eventually include video tutorials for the different things you teach in the book and then provide each chapter in an individual pdf for them to download – and you could provide instructions for them on how they could send it to kinkos to have specific chapters printed for themselves or the whole book – at their own expense – but you might be able to get them to give you a good discount for your members if you are highlighting their service – if you add a commuity component to the membership portal your members will help each other and learn from each other — it could be really awesome and help you monetize the book and your brillance nicely while providing an affordable way for p eople to learn. – Let me know if there is anything I can do to help you – I think you provide rockstar content and help and I appreciate all that you do for the wordpress community.

By: Sonia Coleman

Sonia Coleman — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:00:39 +0000

We recently bought the PDF version of the Digging into WordPress book, and I’m enjoying reading it through through Apple iBooks app on my iPad.

You can put in notes and the interface handles the PDF very well. Plus searching and I love being able to quickly reference information later in the digital format. I’m normally a paper book lover too, but this is working well for me.

By: Jon Padilla

Jon Padilla — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:06:11 +0000

Hey there, I stumbled across this site, while trying to teach myself how to use javascript in WordPress. In a past life, I was a print buyer. Little things affect the price, like the page size, cover stock, etc. The online PoD solutions always seemed more expensive to me, than knowing a good local vendor, by the way.

I’d be happy to look over your specs, maybe even get you some extra quotes.

Good luck, and thanks for a great, informative site,
-Jon Padilla

By: jeannene langford

jeannene langford — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:30:06 +0000

My suggestion is wait until you are ready with the 3.o changes and then print again only more. It’s a good problem to have running out but never the less a problem. POD makes no sense for this type of book. If you find the right printer you should be okay.
Did anyone suggest going to a software publisher and selling them the rights? If you have the history of sales already behind you then you have a great talking point. You would get a royalty fee per book printed/sold.
The other way to get the information out would be to break the book into sections and then sell those as pdf’s. Is there a reason all the info has to be in one book?

Cheers

By: Jamie Kelley

Jamie Kelley — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 05:09:50 +0000

With respect to Michael Fields, please let the consumer be the judge of what is far too much for ANY book.

I have no problem paying $100 for DIWP color coil bound book. It’s no different than paying for a piece of software and I know that with the knowledge learned from your text, I’ll make the $100 back in no time.

So I do support your move toward POD but please, if possible, make options available. I will pay a premium price for a premium product.

Thanks for reaching out and listening to us.

By: Michael Fields

Michael Fields — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:12:29 +0000

@Jeff Starr – Have you looked into Lightning Source? I know that the documentation regarding pricing is hard to find for visitors, but I just checked it out and It looks like $45.00 (approximately) for 400 page full color book. As far as Amazon is concerned, I think all you really need is an ISBN number. My friend uses LS for their publishing company and I recall that it was pretty easy. I know that they are somehow linked to Ingram which makes it simple to get your books distributed to the larger chains. I will usually talk my clients out of this because the publishing industry is kinda jacked – If a book store orders 50 copies of your book and sells none, they reserve the right to return all of them for a full refund – IN ANY CONDITION + you pay shipping. It’s a jaw dropping practice that not many outside of the publishing world are aware of.

Depending on the amount of images I would go B&W.

Good luck with the project. I’ve always wanted to buy a WordPress book, but as stated above, $100.00 is far too much for ANY book IMO :)