New Book

[Tyke]

Is there any proof that author of this book actually knows what he is talking about?
What makes one an expert in crypto-currency?

- Number of posts on BitcoinTalk (certainly not)
- Number of years dealing with crypt-currency (certainly not)
- Number of trades on the exchange (certainly not)
- Number of contributions to source code (helps, but not)
- Years of reading/learning about it (helps, but not)
- Year of mining crypto-currency (helps, but not)
- Launching your own crypto-currency (not)
- Being a member of some crypto-currency board (not)
- Running successful crypto-currency business (not)

^^^ all of the above = maybe
What did author do? My guess, not much of listed. Therefore he is not an expert.

I do not need to be an expert to write about the history of cryptocurrencies.  Let me ask you one simple question?  What have you done to help promote Bitcoin and cryptocurrency?

[Tyke]

Wow no responses for one month 

[Tyke]

Would've been better if you released it for free or at the very least in a non-DRM format, in the spirit of the Bitcoin/cryptocurrency movement itself.

A lot of work went into the book.  I would like to think that people appreciate effort

[Tyke]

Actually you can search and learn about cryptocurrency online.
Why bother to pay when you can do it for free. lol

Just think about the author over 2 or 3 years with (hmm, let's say, over 500,000 books sold at £20/book).
Now do the math

To be honest, I have sold about 40 in 2 months (£4/$6 royality for each).  I wrote the book as a historical reference of popular coins chosen by the community one year ago. 

I am helping to promote cryptocurrency to a wider audience.

[pabitel]

Can I ask why you haven't made an ebook version?

At least I didn't see one on the Amazon page.

[pooya87]

two things are wrong here
first all the information anyone needs on crypto can be acquired from internet and for free
second it can not even be paid for with cruypto !

[tiphound]

Bring it over to r/tiphound and let people tip to unlock it and have it sent to them.

[Tyke]

Can I ask why you haven't made an ebook version?

At least I didn't see one on the Amazon page.

Creating the ebook version will inevitably result in a complete different layout.  I will add a poll to this thread asking if people want an ebook created. 

Thanks for bringing it up. 

[KenJackson]

first all the information anyone needs on crypto can be acquired from internet and for free

That can be said about many topics.  Take the internet itself for example.  Surely anything you can learn from a book about the internet can be learned online for free.  So why would anyone pay for a book about it?  And yet books about the internet, both history and technology, abound and proliferate.

[Tyke]

first all the information anyone needs on crypto can be acquired from internet and for free

That can be said about many topics.  Take the internet itself for example.  Surely anything you can learn from a book about the internet can be learned online for free.  So why would anyone pay for a book about it?  And yet books about the internet, both history and technology, abound and proliferate.

A book can be seen as bringing a lot of information together.  It can also be treated as collectible merchandise.  Ultimately, the book is a piece of written art. 

I respect your perspective