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Ep. 088 Should you Give Away Your Book for Free?

February 2, 2022

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“Write a book worth charging money for. Then give it away for free.“

When I tweeted this a few weeks ago, Josh Duffney reached out and mentioned that he has written around 50K words for his manuscript and that he was thinking of giving it all a way for free.

However, he was tinkering with what ways he should go about that. So he asked me if I would you be interested in discussing that with him live in a Twitter Space. 

I said yes, and we recorded the session. 

On this episode, we talk about how whether it makes sense to write a book and give it away for free.. 

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Resources

Here’s a list of resources that are mentioned in the episode:

  • Ep. 062 Josh Duffney on How his Book led to a Job at Microsoft
  • Ep. 037 $40,000 in 16 Days from Daniel Vassallo’s First Book
  • Ep. 025 Getting 200x More Downloads by Offering Your Book for Free
  • Mahmoud Rasmi’s courses on philosophy (including the one on money)
  • Twitter accounts: Josh Duffney, Daniel Vassallo, Mahmoud Rasmi, and Me

 

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