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That's a really expensive (and I can afford it). How did you figure out these prices?

Seems like it's in the same price range as a lot of other similar books and courses. Authority and Marketing for Developers are two that spring to mind. I'm sure if you subscribe to his mailing list there'll be some sort of sale on at some point.

Yes that's right! I did base my pricing on books like Authority

Any discount for students?

Seems like a pretty standard price for a non-fiction book to me..?

Not for a book of 75 pages. The price and the amount of content don't seem to be in balance.

Unless it is of great quality perhaps. But I do agree, it seems like just a bit too much.

This very common line of thinking is how books that ought to be 75 pages balloon out to 225 pages, using 3x the words to convey the same amount of content.

Should you not set the price on the value of the content, not the amount content?

If the book enabled you to e.g. create and sell a WebAssembly project quicker or win a big client project that requires WebAssembly then $29 shouldn't be worth thinking about to most developers.

Books aren't priced by the number of pages

I agree. Look for example on book called "Learn WebAssembly" by Mike Rourke which contain similar content on 328 pages and is priced at €16.00, have free preview and code examples

The price is quite reasonable.

The pricing is in tiers. Just the book is $29.

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