Hi Guys,<p>I'm Laksman (@Laksman on twitter), author of SideProject book. I put together this project over many months with the help of the 37 participants. Launch has been pretty hectic but is going well, so far the feedback has been positive and I'm implemented a lot of changes suggested here. Also, feel free to shoot me an email personally if you have any questions, firstname at gmail.com. Hope you guys enjoy the book.<p>Laksman
I don't want to be negative, but $34 for a 124 page book seems a bit steep. What's more, the fact it's 37 interviews over 124 pages means that on average it's only 3.3 pages (including pictures) per 'interview' / example.<p>If we expect a standard introduction / conclusion to the book, then I expect the average number of pages per example would be even less.<p>Looking at the sample on his site, it doesn't exactly go that in depth with the questioning.<p>I think the key attraction to this book and many other 'self help / get rich / be successful' style books, is that people get drawn in by the 'examples' and hope that somewhere in the pages there is the answer that they've been looking for, the golden piece of information that's going to guarantee them success. However, their time may have been better used trying to execute their idea, rather than just trying to read things which reiterate the success of others.<p>- If this was $12 I would have not been so negative, but for $34 it just seems steep considering the potential lack of real value it will give.
Purchased!<p>I'm launching my first book next month (<a href="http://doubleyourfreelancingrate.com" rel="nofollow">http://doubleyourfreelancingrate.com</a>), which, like SideProjects, is based on many, many lot of conversations I've had with the freelancers/consultants who use my SaaS product.<p>The idea that developers don't pay for things - including infoproducts - is bunk. My book has netted just over $2,000 in prepurchase sales in the last week.<p>Kudos to the author for putting this together (the list of people you've interviewed is OUTSTANDING)
Looks interesting. I think the sample would work better as an image from the actual PDF. Currently, there's three snippets that don't make much sense out of context.<p>Also, Good Dog (the script font) is barely readable in Webkit Mac. -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; helps, but I think it's better if you change it for something more legible.
On Firefox 14, roll over on the project list is very broken. If I hover over a project in the first column, it shows in the second column instead. Same for the second and third column. And third column shows off the project list all together.<p>Otherwise looks interesting. I'll wait on what others say before committing the $25.<p>Also, if we purchase the PDF today, are we guaranteed the mobi/epub when its released in the future?
I've been speaking with the author for the last year as he worked on the book and have reviewed it. Lot's of good material and a great read for anyone interested in building revenue generating side projects. I've got a few of my own side projects up my sleeve and this book helped inspire me to get going again. I'd recommend it, especially once the epub/mobi versions come out.
The price advertised on the site is $25, but when I go to buy it's $34 (which incidentally is incredibly steep for an eBook). At least where I'm from there are laws against that kind of advertising.
Please mention the price somewhere. Having to click the "Get the book" button, then waiting 5 seconds, then having Paypal finally tell me the price is a turn off for me.
Just FYI; the menu top overlay on the page makes browsing on a mobile device really bad. It covers more then half the screen, and I'm on a fairly large one (Galaxy S2).
Big thanks for including our site! When I have some time over the weekend I'll be reading all the other interviews, but from the two others I've read so far, this book should be very informative for people getting into bootstrapping a business. Nice work!
"I don’t really market it much but I working on that department."<p>Hey, before I pay $34 for your book, can you make sure its edited for grammar? If this is in the sample, I'm afraid of what the rest of the book will contain.
I'm interested in doing something like this (not same topic, just structure). Could you share something about your approach to convince the founders and the technicalities of the interview process.
It could be just me, but judging by the sample chapter I cannot really justify spending $34 dollars on this book.<p>I am sure author has put a lot of work into it, yet still the price feels way too high.
My business is part of this ebook. Had a chance to read the other interviews earlier this week and must say that there is a ton of great content in there. Definitely worth its price!
Thanks for the book. I bought it after reading some comments on here about it being motivating and have some good ideas and thoughts.<p>I figured even if I only learn 1 thing from this, it's money well spent.<p>Thanks!
What about these 37signals bootstrapped profitable projects? <a href="http://37signals.com/bootstrapped" rel="nofollow">http://37signals.com/bootstrapped</a>
I'm sure it's no accident that there are 37 projects. I'd be more interested to hear feedback from people who aren't featured in the ebook.<p>Looks interesting to say the least.