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Patrick McKenzie

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I work for the Internet, at @stripe, mostly on accelerating startups. Opinions here are my own.

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    1. Austen Allred‏ @Austen 9 Jun 2019
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      I wish biographies spent 10x as much time on the “struggle years” and 1/10 the time on the “now they are rich and successful and donating to a bunch of charities” years

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    2. Austen Allred‏ @Austen 9 Jun 2019
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      That’s probably one of the reasons why I loved the Wright Brothers biography so much. It was a masterpiece.

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    3. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen 9 Jun 2019
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      If authors could make 10x-100x what they do from books, that might be possible. Author income surveys vary quite a bit, but even among people published by major publishers, very very few exceed more than a few $10k per year of work on a book.

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    4. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen 9 Jun 2019
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      A good example, comparable to results in other surveys is this. Median for traditional publication is less than $10k per year. Less for self-publication. It's a miracle books are as good as they are.pic.twitter.com/5ZAkM71ebG

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    5. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 9 Jun 2019
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      Ebooks/etc for technical authors have a much healthier curve, although for the amount of risk/business savvy ventured doesn’t earn a huge premium over software engineering. (Can be done from anywhere though, which many friends take advantage of.)

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      Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 9 Jun 2019
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      Replying to @patio11 @michael_nielsen @Austen

      My impression is that meat-and-potatoes execution on the playbook, and it is a playbook, gets about one $40k launch for a book which took 6 to 16 weeks to write.

      5:00 PM - 9 Jun 2019
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        2. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen 9 Jun 2019
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          Replying to @patio11 @Austen

          As nearly as I can tell, the issue is one of quality. In most areas, a good book will take a 1-5 years of fulltime work to write. My guess is that for @Austen's original wish to be fulfilled requires on the high end of that, usually 3+ years.

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        3. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen 9 Jun 2019
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          Replying to @michael_nielsen @patio11 @Austen

          Of course, the books you're talking about can be very useful, & written quite quickly. But they're not the Wright Bros bio...

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        1. Laz‏ @snapsocialguru 24 Dec 2019
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          Where’s the playbook on how to do an ebook launch like this? Following this thread + seeing Austen’s ROI from his book has me intrigued. Any resources appreciated.

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