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I've written a free Elon Musk biography (available in pdf, epub, mobi)

2 pointsby SuperChihuahuaabout 9 years ago

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SuperChihuahuaabout 9 years ago
Full story: I published it before Ashlee published his, and I haven&#x27;t read that one so I don&#x27;t know what the difference is. But someone at Reddit (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;elonmusk&#x2F;comments&#x2F;48mdf4&#x2F;ive_written_a_free_elon_musk_biography_book&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;elonmusk&#x2F;comments&#x2F;48mdf4&#x2F;ive_writte...</a>) told me:<p>&quot;Interestingly, as I was reading the Ashlee Vance book, I actually had to flip back to yours in order to fill in gaps that Vance had left behind. I also enjoyed the extra stories that you placed in the book - the Winston Churchill story comes to mind.&quot;<p>But it didn&#x27;t sell that well because marketing is difficult even though it got good grades 4&#x2F;5 at Goodreads and a lot of upvotes when I posted the first version here (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=6256959" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=6256959</a>).<p>So I thought why not give it away for free because I think what Elon is doing is important and selling a few copies a month is not making me happier anyway.
Kristine1975about 9 years ago
Started reading the introduction. This seems like an unabashed hagiography to me.