Programming in D On Goodreads

[Jack Stouffer via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On Saturday, 18 July 2015 at 13:34:55 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
> Thank you for doing that.
>
> On a related note, the paper version of the book is in proofing 
> stage: I have just ordered a print copy for proofing. (I don't 
> expect any major problem as what they print is the same as the 
> pdf copy.) It should hit Amazon soon.
>
> I am also trying to determine the price for the paper copy. 
> Unfortunately, the threshold price for standard distribution 
> channels came out to be a little over $17, which is almost the 
> same as what I was hoping to sell for. Adding extended 
> distribution channels pushes the threshold price to over $25. :(
>
> What is a fare price for that book, considering that HTML and 
> PDF versions will always be free anyway?

$20-$30 is the standard price for most programming books so I 
don't think anyone who is willing to buy physical books in the 
first place will think that you are charging too much.

> I have started considering drastic changes to reduce the page 
> count by
>
> - making the font smaller (currently 10pt)
>
> - reducing the margins
>
> - removing the exercise solutions from the book (currently 50 
> pages)

Please don't. This will just make the book a lot less useful. If 
you make the PDF have more content than the print version there 
is no reason why anyone would buy the physical copy.