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Ask HN: How do I MVP an e-book?

3 pointsby bkmnover 7 years ago
I work as an architect (of buildings) in Sweden, and for the last couple of years I&#x27;ve collected a large number of links to and information on manufacturers and providers of construction elements, furniture, kitchen cabinets, and many things related to the construction and refurbishment. I&#x27;m combining this with informative and illustrative texts on each category. It&#x27;s all curated and surprisingly useful as finding high-quality manufacturers and providers is very time-consuming (and even as a professional you tend to forget names of products and manufacturers). The plan is to sell this as an e-book for ~$35 and turn the material into a nice side-project with some, though small revenue.<p>The question is: what is the best (and cheapest) way to MVP this? I appreciate all ideas! Create a e-book mockup as a teaser? Create one sample chapter and give away for free (but how to market it?)<p>I have a (free) webpage running with the categorised links, but I&#x27;ve yet to write the texts.

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webmavenover 7 years ago
Ash Maurya MVPd his book Running Lean as a presentation&#x2F;seminar (and then incorporated that experience into the book itself as an MVP case study).
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brudgersover 7 years ago
Perhaps a blog? That will allow communicating with potential customers, provide feedback on the material, and provide a proxy for market interest.